WORK ON THE AMICUS CURIAE BRIEF FOR THE "MARY'S FIRST AND LAST CHANCE (BAR)" CASE. THE APPEALING BRIEF GAVE A HISTORY OF THE HOMOPHILE MOVEMENT IN THE UNITED STATES AND IN PARTICULAR GAVE EXCERPTS FROM THE SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER 1958 LADDER ISSUES. IT ALSO INCLUDED THE TWO ISSUES IN QUESTION AS EXHIBITS IN THE CASE.

MISS MARTIN READ PORTIONS OF THE FAVORABLE DECISION HANDED DOWN IN WHICH IT WAS MADE CRYSTAL CLEAR THAT IT WAS NO CRIME TO BE A HOMOSEXUAL OR A "SO-CALLED' PERVERT" IN A BAR SO LONG AS NO IMMORAL OR ILLEGAL ACTS WERE COMMITTED WHILE THERE. SO FAR AS THE BAR OWNER WAS CONCERNED, HE WAS NOT ONLY NOT LIABLE FOR THE FACT THAT HOMOSEXUALS WERE PRESENT IN HIS BAR, BUT HE WAS NOT LIABLE FOR THEIR ACTIONS IF THEY HAPPENED TO BE IMMORAL OR ILLEGAL. UNLESS IT COULD BE PROVEN THAT HE HAD KNOWLEDGE OF THESE ACTS AND DID NOTHING TO STOP THEM,

RICK HOOPER, CHAIRMAN, MATTACHINE SOCIETY, INC., SAN FRANCISCO, CONFINED MOST OF HIS PROGRESS REPORT TO THE SOCIAL SERVICE DIVISION. HE MENTIONED THAT WHILE THIS WAS NOT YET A LEGALLY CONSTITUTED DEPARTMENT OF THE SOCIETY, IT WAS TO BE HOPED THAT IT SOON WOULD BE. THE NEED IS GREAT IN THIS FIELD; THE PROBLEMS ARE JUST AS GREAT. ON APRIL 4, 1959, MATTACHINE WILL HOLD A "SOCIAL SERVICE PLANNING DAY." MRS. FARLEY OF THE U.S. PUBLIC HEALTH DEPT. IN SAN FRANCISCO WILL SPEAK ON SOME OF THE PROBLEMS OF MENTAL HEALTH AND WELFARE. RICK SAID THAT IN THE PAST YEAR 300 HAD COME FOR HELP REGARDING THE NEED FOR REFERRAL TO ATTORNEYS WHO COULD HELP IN SUCH MATTERS AS BLACKMAIL, SEX OFFENSES, UNJUST COLLECTION ACCOUNTS, COURTS MARTIAL, DISHONORABLE DISCHARGES, ETC. IN EMPLOYMENT COUNSELING A DOZEN OR SO HAD BEEN PLACED. RICK FELT THAT THEY HAD BEEN ABLE TO DO THE MOST GOOD IN LAY COUNSELING, HOWEVER. SOME OF THE ONES WHO CAME WITH DEEPER PROBLEMS THAT NEEDED PROFESSIONAL CARE WERE ABLE TO BE REFERRED TO THE "NORTHERN CALIFORNIA SERVICE LEAGUE." HE ADDED THAT SAN FRANCISCO NATTACHINE MEMBERSHIP MORE THAN DOUBLED IN 1958 AND THAT THERE NOW WERE 8| LOCAL MEMBERS.

JAMES KEPNER, JR., VICE CHAIRMAN, ONE, INC., LOS ANGELES, REFERRED TO ONE'S ANUAL BUSINESS MEETING OF JAN. 30, 1959, AND THE A&UAL REPORT TO BE PUBLISHED ON THE ORGANIZATION'S ACTIVITIES AND PROGRESS IN 1958. HE MENTIONED THE NEED FOR MANY DIFFERENT TYPES OF ORGANIZATIONS BECAUSE THERE WERE MANY DIFFERENT TYPES OF HOMOSEXUALS. HE SAID THAT ONE WAS NOT A MEMBERSHIP ORGAN I ZA-

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