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16 ( F r i ) KOPPEE KUTCH ( in fo rn a i D lscu s- oueslon Oroup 570 Page S t . , Apt 12

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21 (Wed) IDNTHLY BUSINESS HKETING 693 M ission S tr e e t

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30 ( F r l ) Seventh ANNUAL MIW;iNTER INST. ONE, I n o . , (See d e t a i l s and program , pp . 6- 7)

Fob 5 ((T hu) Ï/DNTHLY DISCUSSION POHUM I 83O S u t te r S tr e e t S u b jec t to be annoimoed

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13 ( P r i ) KOPPEE KLATCH570 Page S t . , Apt 12

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JA N U A R Y 195 9 . .. .

68 th I s s u e January 1959* * * » * * * * •» •••♦ ••* •♦ ••» * •* * * * •* •* •* ••••* * * •* * * » •» * ••» ♦ * •••* » * •••* •••••* •* * * •*

PUBUISHED BY THE SAN iBANCISCO AlffiA CMUNCIL OP THE MATTACHINE SOCIETY, I n o . , 693 M ission S t r e e t , Room 309, San P ranoisoo 5 , C a l i fo rn ia . T e l. EX 7“ 0773* Monthly s u b s o r lp t lo n fo r one y e a r , $1, m a iled I n se a le d p la in enve lope . Sub- s o r lp t lo n In c lu d ed In lo c a l Area C ouncil Membership.

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"THEY WALK IN SHADOW" AUTHOR TO SPEAK

J .D . M ercer I s a determ ined a u th o r . He h as sp en t 14 y e a r s p re p a r in g th e m an u sc rip t Tor a 505"P®'E® book, "They Walk In Shadov, to be p u b lish e d in February by Comet P ress In New York. D uring t h i s p e r io d , M ercer has been In a n d o u t o f s e v e ra l p u b l i s h e r 's o f f i c e s , under c o n tr a c t a t one tim e o r a n o th e r w ith two o f them , and f i n a l l y h as a r r iv e d a t t h a t p o in t every a u th o r dreams o f i He I s go ing to see h i s volume in p r i n t .

B ut M erce r 's dream . I f we can c a l l i t t h a t , i s f a r more th a n a b o o s t f o r h i s ego. F h th e r , I t I s a n ev en t o f extrem e Importeinoe f o r human se x - u a l l s t s —and t h a t in c lu d e s j u s t ab o u t everybody.

M eroer, a s e l f - c o n f e s s e d and s e l f - a c c e p t in g , p r a c t ic in g am b isexua l, p r e s e n ts a m lq u e . I n t e r e s t in g and In c lu s iv e work örtlich sea rch es EVERY phase o f th e se fo rm erly submerged to p ic s o f v a r ie d sex b e h a v io r . He p a r t i c u l a r ly s t r e s s e s th e new " t r u th s " and t h e i r s c i e n t i f i c f a c t s r e - ^ r d l n g v a r io u s sexual b e h a v io r p a t t e m s an d t h e i r r e l a t i o n s h ip to th e I r r e g u la r , outmoded and u n r e a l i s t i c sox laws w hich s t i l l p r o h ib i t and can p u n ish most sex u a l e x p re s s io n s BOTH h e te ro se x u a l and hom osexual.

Ho concludes th a t o v e r 90 p e r c en t o f th e p o p u la tio n w alk in th e shadow and th r e a d o f th e s e outmoded sex law s which he propounds shou ld bo roBBved from th e s t a tu t e books o f every s t a t e .

T h is g round -b reak ing book, co rvobo ra ted by f a c t , s c i e n t i f i c in q u iry and a n a ly s i s , lo n g y e a r^ c f p a in s ta k in g re s e a rc h an d o b s e rv a t io n , makes a n im p o rta n t a n d u n p a ra l le le d o o n tid b u tio n to th e l i t e r a t u r e o f i t s k in d .

Mr. M ercer w i l l be in teirv lew od by two Board members o f th e M attaohine Society. Q uestions r e l a t i n g to th e p u b lic a t io n o f th e book, i t s o r i g in a l oonoep tion an d vardous o th e r f a c e t s w i l l be a sk ed . Then th e au d ien c e w i l l p a r* tlo ip a te i n a q u es tio n and answ er p e r io d .

Some la v e r e f e r r e d to t h i s book a s " th e gay p e r s o n 's B ib le " , o th e r s have a t ta c k e d and oondenmed i t . Be p re s e n t a t th e M attaohine S o c ie ty 's m onthly P u b lic D isc u ss io n Forum, I 83O S u t te r S t . , 8:00 PM Thursday January 8t h , and see what you* r e a c t io n w i l l be.

REPORT (»1 PUBLICATIONS SEMINAR

C ensorsh ip o f books, p la y s , m ovies, rad io & TV has tottay assumed g l f ^ t i e p ro p o r tio n s . L e g is la t iv e g ro u p s , church and c iv lo conunitteea a r e b u s i ly engaged in gnawing away th e p r iv a te r i g h t s o f c i t i z e n s to choose h is own re a d in g m a te r ia l and en te r ta in m e n t media.

In th e name o f such o s te n s ib ly lau d ab le aim s a s p ro te c t in g c h i ld r e n , su p p re ss in g pornography , p re v e n tin g crim e, th e s e n a ss iv e a s s a u l t s on o u r b a s ic American freedom s a r e g a in in g headway every day.

These were some o f th e id e a s ex p ressed d u ring th e P u b lic a tio n D ept. Workshop and Sem inar, h e ld i n SF on Deconfcer 6t h , P a r t i c i p a t i n g were r e p r e s e n ta t iv e s from ONE, I n o . , Los A ngeles, D aughters o f B l l l t l s , In c .j and t& tta o h ln e S o c ie ty , I n o . , San F ran c isco , and th e new p p b l lo a t io n .Sex & C en so rsh ip .

The morning s e s s io n was devoted to h e a rin g a ta p e re c o rd in g o f the r e c e n t KPPA b ro a d c a s t on "The Homosexual In Our S o c ie ty " . The a f t e r ­noon program c o n s is te d c h ie f ly o f a d is c u s s io n o f weys and means o f in c re a s in g th e a p p ea l an d c i r c u la t io n of p u b lic a tio n s d e a lin g w ith th e s u b je c t .

The banquet f e a tu re d M orris Lowenthal, San F rancisco a t t o r n e y , rtio d e sc r ib e d in d e t a i l th e complex le g a l invo lvem en ts , le a d in g to a C a li­fo rn ia Supreme C ourt D ec isio n in I 95I , t h a t hom osexuals, l i k e a l l o th e r

had th e r i g h t to assem ble and be se rved in b a r s , r e s ta u r a n t s th e a t r e s and e lsew h e re , an d t h a t no d is c r im in a t io n cou ld be en fo rced a g a in s t them o r on th e p r o p r ie to r s o f such " g a th e r in g p la c e s " because o f h om osexua lity .

Mr. Lowenthal enum erated th e c o n tin u in g and c a lc u la te d a tte m p ts o f v a r io u s law -enforcem ent a g e n c ie s to circum vent c i v i l l i b e r t i e s in th e se c a s e s . T his campaign has le d to new le g i s l a t i o n i n 1956 whereby th e A looho lie Beverage C ontro l Commission was o rd ered to suspend th e l iq u o r l ic e n s e s o f b a rs s e rv in g hom osexuals, "sex p e rv e r ts " e tc .

As a r e s u l t , M r.Lowenthal 1s ag a in re p re se n tin g th e "B lack C at" and a n o th e r Bay A rea b a r whose l i c e n s e s have been revoked. H is two m assive b r i e f s p re s e n te d in th e s e c a se s a re b r i l l i a n t l y conceived a t t a c k s on th e s o - c a l le d " l e g a l" p e rs e c u tio n o f hom osexuals. In h is b r i e f s , th e a t to rn e y made e x te n s iv e use o f m a te r ia ls p r in te d by th e "hom ophile movement" a s he term ed i t , i n p u b lic a t io n s o f th e LADDER, ONE Ifagazine and th e Ifa tta ch in e Review. He a ls o u se s K insey and o th e r p ro fe s s io n a l a u t h o r i t i e s .

Mr. Lowenthal s t a t e d t h a t th ro u g h th e s e o a se s , he had been b ro u g h t i n to c o n ta c t w ith one more a re a o f th e c i v i l l i b e r t i e s q u es tio n o f id iloh he to d n o t been b e fo re aw are.

The Seminar i s p lanned a s an Annual even t in San F ra n c isc o .

ANOTHER GIFT FROM BAY AREA MEMBER

In a d d it io n to o v e r 25O volum es donated to th e S o c ie ty l l b r a i y , th e same f r ie n d h a s bought m a te r ia l and b u i l t sh e lv e s f o r th e o f f i c e to house th e se volum es. Members a re in v i te d to use th e r e g u la r check -ou t s e rv ic e a v a i l a b le . Our s in c e re th an k s to such lo y a l members. T his g i f t o f books now b rin g s o u r l i b r a r y to a lm o st onethousand c o p ie s .

A VEtff MERRif CHRISTMAS PARTY

The C hrlstim .s P a r ty 'was reg a rd ed by Area members and a l l o th e r s p re - sen ty a s perhaps th e most s u c c e s s fu l an d a g re e a b le one th e Area h a s h i t h e r to g iv e n . There was a h ig h ly d iv e r s i f i e d group o f p e rso n s a t te n d in g ; th e r e were a r t i s t s , s tu d e n ts , , p ro f e s s io n a l peo p le a l l o f bo th sex es , p re ­s e n t . However, th e y a l l f r a te r n iz e d w ith a good d e a l o f f r ie n d l in e s s and th e u su a l f e e l in g th a t everyone th e r e le a rn e d more ab o u t how o th e r p eo p le l i v e .

The u su a l a u c t io n o f p re s e n ts m s h a n d led by a v o lu n te e r a u c t io n e e r . There was d a n c in g , s in g in g and s e v e ra l e n te i r ta ln e r s pe iio rm ed impi^iirptu, an d f re e o f ch a rg e . Among them , n ig h tc lu b e n te r t a in e r s In c lu d in g a fo lk - s in g e r .

OPERATING BUDGET FOR 1959 s e t .

The fo llo w in g proposed Mon'thly O p e ra tin g Budget f o r 1959 i s to g iv e you an id e a of th e expenses t h a t must be met d u rin g th e coming y e a r .

Rent $ 25.00Telephone 4 .0 0Pos'tage 10.00 Membership Dues @ $6 $é00.00 (* )N ew sle tte r 18 .00 N e w sle tte r S u b sc r ip tio n s 50.00S ta t io n e ry 3.00 F u n d -ra is in g even ts 300.00H all R en ta l 5.00 D onations a t A c t iv i t i e s 200.00Miso (* ) 20.00 T ota l $ 1 , 150.00 Annual

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M isce llan eo u s expenses In c lu d e amount due on 1959 A ssessm ent. E stim ated income r e p re s e n ts membership dues from 100 members. T h is means th e need to in c re a s e th e membership lo c a l ly by 35$^ Your lo c a l o f f i c e r s t r u s t you w i l l h e lp meet t h i s need by p re s e n tin g i ia t ta c h in e to y o u r f r ie n d s and in ­v i t i n g ■them to j o i n o u r w orthy cau se .

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The s u b je c ts to be d is c u sse d a t th e f i r s t F rie n d s Committee on N a t '1 L e g is la t io n Forum, a r e o f v i 't a l i n t e r e s t to you a s a C it iz e n in a f r e e c o u n try . The o p p o r tu n ity o f h e a r in g th e s e is su e d is c u s se d in th e open i s in 'V aluab le . The m o d era to rs , sp eak e rs and in te rv ie w e r s have been s e le c te d c a r e f u l ly in th e knowledge th a t w hat i s s a id an d h ea rd w i l l h e lp to c l a r i f y , m odify and a l t e r p o s i t io n s a lr e a d y h e ld by many o f u s , and to enab le us to a c t . T h e re fo re , we urge you to p a r t i c i p a t e in t h i s im por'tan t program .

Funds a r e needed to a s s u re su p p o rt f o r th e s e i s s u e s in Sacram ento t h i s s p r in g . T h ere fo re SERIES TICKETS a re b a l in g so ld i n advance , and may be o rd e red d i r e c t l y from th e M attach ine o f f i c e . C a ll EX 7”0773* $3 .00 f o r one p e rso n and $5 f o r two p e rso n s fo r a l l POUR le c tu r e s .

FRIENDS COMMITTEE ON LEGISLATION - FIRST ANNUAL PROGRAM

JANUARY 15 (T hursday) 8 :00 PM MUST TfE HAVE THE DEATH PENALTY?

M oderator: Speakers :

O u erle rs

Rabbi S idney A k se lrad , Temple B eth E l, B ereke ley A u stin IfeoCormiok, P h .D ., P ro fe s s o r o f C rim inology , UC Kary E lle n L eaty . A ssoc . E d ito r , San F ran c isco NEWS Byron B ry an t, K-P-F-A M argaret M il le r , Olympic P ressv ;i ll ia m 0 . V ie issich , D i s t r i c t A tto rn e y , Marin County

FEBRUARY 19 (T hursday) 8:00 PH TOWARD A CREATIVE FOREIGN POLICY

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Speakers

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T revo r Thomas, Exec. S e c re ta ry , N orthern C a li fo rn ia F rie n d s Committee on L e g is la tio n

Eugene B u rd ick , P h .D ., A s s t . P ro f , o f P o l i t i c a l S c ien ce , UC; A uthor: "The N inth Wave," "The Ugly American" W illiam t'h .ndel. L e c tu re r , K-P-F-A, e x p e r t on USSR R obert S ohul'tz , K-P-P-A, EconomistM arsh a ll W indm iller, R esearch F ellow , C en te r fo r South A slan S tu d ie s , U.C.To be announced

MARCH 20 (F r id a y ) 8 :0 0 PM C iv il/L IB E R T IE S - THE PEOPLE'S BUSINESS

M oderator!S peakers:

A lb e r t B endioh, C oim sel, American C iv i l L ib e r t ie s Union A lan B a r th . P h .D ., V is i t in g P r o f . , P o l i t i c a l S c ien ce , UC A uthor! "The L oyalty o f Free Men"John O 'C onnell. Assemblyman, 23rd D i s t r i c t , Chrm. Sub-

Û u e rle rs :Committee o f J u d ic ia ry Cora on C o n s t i tu t io n a l R igh tsD avid S e l ^ n , E d ito r , SP LaborD r. C a rlto n G o od le t, P u b lis h e r , SUN REPORTERTora W in n e tt, F i r s t V ice P re s id e n t , C a l i f . D em ocratic C ouncil

APRIL l é (T hursday) 8 :00 PM NARCOTICS ADDICTION - WHAT LIES AHEAD?

M oderator!

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D r. Pau l S anazaro , P ro f . UC M edical C en te r, SP; member Bericeley School B oardE drord T. Mancuso. P u b lic D efender, C ity o f San F ran c iscoJudge S 'tanley Mosk, A tto rn ey -G en era l E le c tD r. A rnold Schw artz, S ta te Departm ent o f P u b lic H e a lthFred Cooper, A tto rn e y , S te e r in g Com m ittee, PCLMary Eubanks, P u b lic R e la tio n s

all meetings at international HOUSE. Piedm ont A ve., B e rk e le y , 8 :00 PM

ALL 4 D iscu ss io n s $3 each — $5 fo r two. ii 'k ttach ine S o c ie ty , I n c . , has t i c k e t s f o r s a le .

KPFA BROADCAST REmTED; LETTERS READ

Radio s t a t i o n K-P-P-A,Pli, B erk e le y , r e -b ro a d c a s t th e 2 -hou r p an e l d is c u s s io n s on "The Homosexual In Our S o c le '^ " on Monday ev en in g , Dec­ember 2? , and once a g a in fa v o ra b le comment on th e su b je c t n a t e r l a l f o l ­low ed. One c a l l to th e M attach lne S o c ie ty o f f i c e , from a l i s t e n e r , r e ­s u l te d in a $100 d o n a tio n . A number o f o th e r I n q u i r ie s , in c lu d in g some s u b s c r ip t io n s an d v i s i t s to th e o f f i c e , have r e s u l te d from th e I n i t i a l 14>vember 24 b ro a d c a s t.

On Satu rday ev en in g , December 27, E lsa iC n i^ t Thompson, o f KPFA's P u b lic A f f a i r s D epartm ent, who m oderated th e two p a n e ls , re a d e x c e rp ts from many l e t t e r s sdiioh th e s t a t i o n had re c e iv e d . Of th e s e , o n ly two were o u t r ig h t c r i t i c a l , she s a id . I t h a s been le a rn e d th a t a t l e a s t a h a lf -d o z e n groups o f M attach lne f r ie n d s have l i s t e n e d to th e p rogram s.—

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A t r a n s c r i p t In b o o k le t form, h as been p rep a red and is s u e d by th e s t a t i o n in co o p e ra tio n w ith Pan-G raphic P re s s . Mrs. Leah G a lley , one o f th e p a n e l i s t s , ty p ed th e t r a n s c r i p t d i r e c t l y from th e ta p e . Mrs. Thompson e d i te d , th en M rs. G alley c u t m echanical s t e n c i l s f o r th e p re s s . C opies may be o b ta in e d from e i t h e r Pan-G raphic P re s s , 693 M ission S t . ,San F ran c isco 5 , o r from K-P-P-A, 2207 Shattuok A v e ., B erkeley 4 .C ost i s $1 each.

PORNOGRAPHY REPORT AVAIUBLE

The Los A ngeles D ally Jo u rn a l ( o f f i c i a l paper f o r c i t y an d county o f Los A ngeles) h a s p r in te d a "REPORT ON PORNOGRAPHY", which i s a compre­h en siv e survey o f obscene l i t e r a t u r e , c a r to o n s , ph o to g rap h s, and f i lm s in Southern C a l i f o r n ia .

The R eport i s an i n t e r e s t in g summary o f c e i^ in w p u b llo a t t i t u d e s con­c e rn in g th e q u e s tio n o f c e n so rsh ip , t h a t we t h o u ^ t i t sh o u ld be d i s t r i ­b u te d in th e Bay A rea.

C opies a re a v a i la b le a t M attach lne o f f i c e , 693 M ission S t . , SP 5, f o r 25/ each .

RESEIWATIONS NECESSARY FOR LOS ANGELES INSTITUTE PROGRAM

The program f o r ONE'S MIIWINTER INSTITUTE appeal's on th e fo llo w in g page . About h a l f a dozen M attach lne members p lan to a t te n d th e e n t i r e s e s s io n . I f y o u r p la n s should c a r ry you to Los A ngeles d u rin g t h i s th re e -d a y p e r io d , why n o t make r e s e rv a t io n s fo r th e program?

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A dm ission P id o es : S a tu rd ay Morning & A fternoon — $1.50 Luncheon — $ 2.50 B anquet — $5.00 Sunday A fternoon Dt'amatio program — $1.50

ONE'S 1959 MIDWINTER INSTITUTEi MENTAL HEALTH » .HOMDSEIUALITYSponsored bys ONE, Ino* , Los A ngolss

JANUARY 30 F riday

8 :0 0 PM - 7 th Anrwal B usiness M eeting and Inform al R ecep tion

JANUARY 31 S a tu rday - Fred F r i s b ie , Chairman

9 :0 0 AH - R e g is t r a t io n and D isp lay o f Books9 :3 0 AM - P ro g re ss Repoidis from Homophile Movement i n th e U .S .;

D aughters o f B i l i t i s , Ih t ta o h ln e S o c ie ty , ONE, In c .

10 :30 AM - ONE INSTITUTE LOOKS AT lENTAL HEALTH: Roundtable g ro u p s .a . : A djustm ent Through P a r tn e rsh ipb . : C re a tiv e E x p ress io n a s Therapy

---------------------------n . i Un«t r.hri s t l a n s Learn t o Li ve y i th G u ilt?

11:15 AM

12:00 —

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3:30 PM - 3 :4 5 PM -

f .

Luncheon

d . : Sex R ep ress ion and M ental h e a l the . : I s I t H ea lthy fo r Men and Women Homosexuals

to Keep A part?I s Your Body Homosexual?

S peaker, D r. T.M. M e r r i t t , Dean E m eritus ,ONE INSTITUTE, "A ccep ting M iddle Age"

PANEL DISCUSSION: MENTAL HEALTH AND HOlCSEXUALITYB lanche U. B aker, M.D., P h .D ., San F ran c isco P s y c h ia t r i s tT re n t E . B e sse n t, Ph .D ., C h ief C lin ic a l P sy c h o lo g is t ,M e tro p o litan S ta te H o s p ita l , NorwalkE ric J u lb e r , Los A ngeles A tto rn eyV ita S . Sommers, P h .D ., Los A ngeles p s y c h o lo g is t .In te rm i s s lo n —Psyohodramo, A Problem In M ental H ea lth I l l u s t r a t e d . Conducted by Urn. B aker, San F ranc isco P sy c h o lo g ic a l c o u n s e l lo r .

5 :0 0 PM - Recess

6 :0 0 PM - C o c k ta il Hour7 :0 0 PM - ANNUAL BANGUET - T o astm aste r, Don S la t e r .

S peaker: D r. Mario P a lm ie re , E ngineer and W rite r " C la s s ic a l Boy-Love & Mtodem C iv i l i z a t io n "

FEBRUARY 1 Sunday

2:00 PM - "TEA & POETRY"I - Prom th e Greek A nthology & Sappho; M lohaelangelo and Shakespeare;I s h D ances, by Tony Reyes; IV o f today*

4 :0 0 PM - S o c ia l Hour

I I - Sonnets o f I I I - T ra d i t io n a l Span-

Homophlle Love Poems

5: 3 0 PM - F in a l adjournm ent o f 1959 S e s s io n s .

^^Why HasnH Somebody Told M e About This Before? 9 9

Many p eo p le have asked t h i s q uestion^ e s p e o ia l ly a f t e r th ey have become a v a re o f th e s e r io u s and v i t a l p u b llo - s e rv lo e program td iloh I s m a in ta in ed cby-by-day i n th e Ib t ta c h in e S c o ie ty .

Aimed a t p ro v id in g In fo rm a tio n , a id in g re s e a rc h , an d c a l l in g f o r s o c ia l a c t io n to a c c e p t and lo id e rs tan d th e hom osexual in o u r m id st, th e s o c i a l s e rv ic e program o f th e S o c ie ty h e lp s dozens o f peo p le each month to become b e t t e r a d ju s te d to t h e i r p rob lem s,

Msiny o f y o u r f r ie n d s , w ould , no do u b t, be happy to le a r n more ab o u t th e work o f t h i s o rg a n iz a t io n . Once th ey reco g n ize i t s v a lu e , th ey may w ant to h e lp by becoming a c t iv e members, o r by s u p p o r tin g o u r program w ith c o n tr ib u t io n s to in s u re i t s co n tin u ed grow th.

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