PHILE'S WAY OF LIFE, AS WELL AS GROWTH, FULFILLMENT AND MANY REWARDS.

"WE WILL RENEW OUR SUBSCRIPTION TO YOUR MAGAZINE OF THAT YOU CAN BE SURE. VE ONLY WISH WE KNEW 1,000 OTHERS TO WHOM WE COULD SEND SUBSCRIPTIONS. THIS IS IMPOSSIBLE, UNFORTUNATELY, BUT WE WOULD LIKE TO CONTRIBUTE IN ANY WAY WE CAN TO YOUR SUPPORT AND CONTINUED GROWTH.

"IT IS EXCITING TO BE A SUBSCRIBER TO THE LADDER. WE SINCERELY HOPE WE WILL BE TELLING YOU THE SAME THING TWENTY-FIVE YEARS FROM NOW."

M. B. K., NEW YORK,

NOT

"I READ THE SEPTEMBER ISSUE OF THE LADDER WITH GREAT INTEREST. HOWEVER, I BELIEVE THAT THESE FINDINGS, UNCOVERED BY THE QUESTIONNAIRE OF 1958, ARE NOT CONCLUSIVE. WE KNOW THAT THIS IS ONLY A SMALL SECTION OF THE LESBIAN POPULATION OF THE UNITED STATES. ONLY IS IT A SMALL PERCENTAGE, BUT THOSE ANSWERING THE QUESTION= NAIRE SENT TO THEM ARE OBVIOUSLY OF THE HIGHER TYPE LESBIAN. THE ALCOHOLICS AND THE NARCOTIC ADDICTS WERE TOO BUSY DOING OTHER THINGS TO REPLY; THAT IS 'HY YOUR FINDINGS ARE LIMITED.

"HOWEVER, I THINK THAT THE QUESTIONNAIRE MADE A TREMENDOUS STRIDE FORWARD. WE AT LEAST KNOW ABOUT 157 LESBIANS. NOW LET US GATHER INFORMATION CONCERNING THE 157,000,000 WHICH INHABIT THE WORLD. IS IT POSSIBLE? OR ARE OUR WOMEN HIDING BEHIND IGNORANCE AND FEAR AND STUPIDITY, WHEN YOU GET INFORMATION ON THAT GROUP YOU MAY HAVE SOMETHING OF REAL VALUE. HOWEVER, MOST OF THIS INFORMATION WILL HAVE TO BE GIVEN TO YOU, NOT BY THE SUBJECTS THEMSELVES BUT BY COMPETENT PSYCHIATRISTS."

J. W., NEW YORK

"MY ROOMMATE AND I SURELY DO ENJOY THE LADDER AND AS SOON AS WE GET A MINUTE WE'LL WRITE YOU THAT SUMMARY AS TO "WHY" THAT YOU REQUESTED IN THE OCTOBER ISSUE.

D. S. P., NEW MEXICO