DER KREIS / THE CIRCLE

Monthly magazine. Half in German, the other half divided between English and French. Liberally illustrated with photographs and drawings. Articles, stories, poetry. Oldest of homophile publications. $7 per year unsealed, $11 first class. Send only bank draft or cash to

Lesezirkel Der Kreis, Postfach Fraumunster 547, Zurich 22 / Switzerland. (Or through ONE, Inc.) Former bound volumes available, 1953-1957 $7 per volume including postage.

Editor:

Please forward the enclosed to Mr. D., of Norway, whose letter and photo you published in your current issue. I am leaving for Europe the first of the week, so if you send this at once it will be possible for him to contact me over there.

Dear Editor:

Mr. G. SOMERTON, ARIZ.

Will you please see that the enclosed is forwarded to Mr. Alden Kirby (cover, October-November, 1957, ONE Magazine), "Have read some of your poetry and enjoyed it very much. I am a collector of photographs, particularly the male figure. What do you have to offer of yourself! Am enclosing $3 to cover the cost of some photographs of you. Mr. W. BALTIMORE, MD.

EDITOR'S REPLY:

You should know better than to make such a request. How do you presume to think Mr. Kirby would not be insulted by it? We are NOT forwarding your letter to him, nor are we returning the $3 you included

This, and the preceding letters indicate that readers are not apparently paying much attention to our continued and emphatic statements that letters will not be transmitted between readers or subscribers of ONE Magazine. Refer again to LETTERS, (Editor's Reply) January, April, 1958, for most recent statements to that effect. Thus, Mr. G., and all the many others who appreciated the letter and photo from Nofodden, Norway, must recognize that the legal prohibition against forwarding their letters is but one of the many evils against which ONE has been protesting during the past six years. We would welcome their support in our fight against discriminatory legal measures directed at the millions of homosexual American citizens.

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Dear friends:

Keep 'tangents. These things we must know. Do not get swish, but keep your mag well balanced. Most all homo books are tragic. Don't let that enter your mag. We must have some tragedy, but not all. Anyway, I like ONE.

ONE:

Mr. J.

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF.

I moved a few months ago to San Francisco from another city where to my friends and relatives I passed. I had expected to build a small group of intelligent, conservative, presentable friends. People who would be interested, as I am, in anything as unexciting as a few drinks, dinner-perhaps a movie or play or even nothing more than good con-

versation.

If any of your readers are contemplating a similar move, my advice is, don't do it. If your secret is safe and even though the atmosphere would be hostile if your secret were known-stay with it. Frankly, I'm beginning to wish I were out of this tolerant atmosphere and back with the group that despises homos.

In gay circles there appears to be but one direction in which one can go without contacts. And that direction is down. The bar crowd is open to everyone-the people whom I had hoped to meet are the lonely and solitary outcasts.

ONE is the only intelligent friend I've found here.

Dear friends:

Mr. S.

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF.

The Board of Directors of the Dutch C.O.C. will gladly congratulate you with this important decision (in the U. S. Supreme Court) of the justice and rights which are guaranteed now. For thousands of homosexuals this will mean now that they can freely buy your

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