Holiday Greetings.

Christmas is the time of "good will towards all men" (and women), and certainly the staff of THE LADDER has been receiving this past year many, many letters of good will from readers all over the world.

May we now express our gratitude for all the support we have received in the way of manuscripts, funds and messages of encouragement?

And may we add that during the coming year we hope to be able to grow in a manner befitting your unqualified support.

God Bless You Al1!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Phyllis Lyon, Editor

ABOUT THAT CHAPTER IN YOUR AREA..........

Approximately a year ago I wrote an article for THE LADDER entitled "Why a Chapter in Your Area?" in which I attempted to stimulate interest in the formation of chapters of the Daughters of Bilitis, Inc., in various parts of the country. To date there has been a great deal of interest shown.

However, during the interim we have found that to form an effective chapter takes quite a bit more than stimulation and interest. It takes time, strong leadership, thorough indoctrination of the principles and aims of the organization, imagination, hard work, planning. name it we need it!

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But don't be discouraged we 're not. As a matter of

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