the abrasion that followed he felt that much revision of thinking for the better occured.
ONE'S EDITORIAL POLICIES
At the luncheon, Eric Julber, ONE's attorney, spoke on "Community Standards and ONE Yagazine's Editorial Policies." His speech was concise, witty and to the point.
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Julber stated that he thing was to keep the magazine in existence and out of trouble. However, he added, certain kinds of trouble were in his opinion, worth inviting. He cited the Los Angeles Post Office case which he won successfully for ONE in the U. S. Supreme Court. This case for freedom of the homosexual press involved items much less frank than are normally found every day in magazines and newspapers giving the heterosexual point of view.
He next cited the "Joel Beck" story, which has not become a court case and which he doesn't expect shall; but scores of ONE's supporters were incensed and offended at its inclusion in the magazine. Eric spread his hands and shrugged, "I cannot be responsible for ONE's readors; I can only pass on that material which I believe to be printable, or worthy of print." All present laughed, including some who were incensed or offended by "Joel Beck".
Eric mentioned the "Pon Pals" problem and why his answer to ONE was always "no". This is a very difficult area to dofond in court. It por so turns ONE into an introduction agency and casts doubt upon its high educational and scientific principles, as Eric proved with a roar of laughter from the audience on stating that these "pen pals" wished to write about the ballet, books, art and other "innocent" matters.
He then launched into the subject of what is safe and what is not. This is a difficult matter for anyone to know absolutely. In America there are so many different communitios. For example there are the "Intellectual Community", the "Gay Community", the "Average American Community", tho "Artistic Community", etc. All look at life differently and accept things which to the other groups are shock-
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