EACH AND ALL OF YOU TO SEND YOUR CONTRIBUTION OF $6.00, OR MULTIPLES OF SIX, TO THE SUMMER SPECIAL FUNDS APPEAL, AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION, 170 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK 10, NEW YORK,

"MAIL IT TODAY, WON'T YOU?"

B. S., CALIFORNIA

"THE JUNE ISSUE ARRIVED ONE DAY EARLY AND IT IS ONE OF THE BEST TO DATE. SOME OF THE ISSUES ARE HEAD AND SHOULDERS ABOVE THE GENERAL RUN. ABOUT EIGHT TIMES YOU HAVE HIT A HIGH SPOT, AND THIS IS ONE.

"THE REPORT ON THE PHILOSOPHER'S OPINION IS HEARTENING, ONE MIGHT HOPE THERE WILL BE OTHERS AS VEHEMENT IN THEIR OBJECTIVE APPROVAL OF US. (THIS SORT OF THING MEANS 10 TIMES AS MUCH AS SUBJECTIVE OUTCRY.)"

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B.G., KANSAS

"NATURALLY NO AUTHOR LIKES TO HAVE HER (HIS) WORDS DISTORTED EVEN THE LEAST LITTLE BIT, AND BEING AS SUPER-SENSITIVE AS AUTHORS ALWAYS ARE, I FEEL THAT MINE AS PRINTED IN THE JUNE ISSUE (WHAT IS RESPONSIBILITY?') WERE DISTORTED MORE THAN A LITTLE SO AS TO BE QUITE INCOMPREHENSIBLE. TYPISTS I KNOW THAT THEY WORK UNDER A LOT OF STRESS, AND MISTAKES ARE CNLY HUMAN.

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SO MUCH PLEASE DO NOT FIRE YOUR

"STILL, I WONDER IF YOU WOULD HAVE THE SPACE TO PRINT THIS CORRECTION OF PARTS OF TWO PARAGRAPHS THAT MIGHT HAVE MYSTIFIED ANY POSSIBLE READERS:

"'RESPONSIBLE BEHAVIOR IN A BROADER SENSE WOULD SEEM TO INVOLVE MORE THAN, AND SOMETIMES LESS THAN, THIS: IT WOULD SEEM TO CALL FIRST FOR A REALISTIC APPRAISAL OF ONE'S OWN PERSONALITY, ASSETS AND LIABILITIES, SCOPE AND LIMITS; AND SECOND, FOR A WILLINGNESS TO THROW ONE'S ENERGIES FULLY INTO SOME SOCIALLY DESIRABLE ACTIVITY. RAISING A FAMILY (IF WELL DONE) MAY QUALIFY AS SUCH AN ACTIVITY, AND A BASIC ONE, BUT IT IS NOT THE ONLY ONE ......'

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