ences. This one was great and those of us involved in its planning are proud to have been part of it.

JODY SHOTWELL

HIGHLIGHTS FROM ECHO CONFERENCE SPEECHES

Dr Isador Rubın, managing editor of Sexology magazine "The damage done by the present social and legal setup is that, far from preventing the rise of homosexuality, it gives rise to the homosexual as a separate creature. A young man faced with homosexual impulses, feels anxiety, and later especially if these are realized-increased guilt, leading to self-ostracism. He no longer feels 'good enough' to associate with 'normal' people. From this attitude it is only one step to choosing, if he can find it, a society of those who share his 'vice' and whose members are too often united in self-contempt and shame But our laws are not specifically anti homosexual They spring, rather, from an entire anti sexual bias

James Collier, author of The Hypocritical American "The American public is still hostile to homosexuality and also to all non-coital sex. What can be done about this? Ventilate. Have the subject talked about. There will be more information and a view of reality may in time lead to more realistic legislation."

Gilbert Cantor, attorney for ACLU and CORE "I see a clear parallel between the Negro and the homosex ual in the area of civil rights. The homosexual faces less discrimination in education, housing and employ ment, but at the cost of concealment -which is impossible for the Negro. The homosexual, however, in another sense has fewer rightsit is crime to be a Negro. But this is

another parallel with both Negro and homosexual there is a sexual spectre involved. Under much antiNegro feeling lies sex fear The sexfear of homosexuality is somewhat different in nature, since it seems to those fearing it to threaten a diminished demand for heterosexuality and therefore to threaten our system of accepted values. The homosexual who chooses to picket for his rights that experienced by the Negro. may expect a different response from

Dr Clarence Tripp, clinical instructor, Medical Center, Brooklyn. "A homosexual relationship must be closer than a heterosexual one because there is no sex-difference protection for the partners The doc-

tor's advice in case of quarrels "First, don't attack the person as ego. Don't say, 'You're a slob Say, 'Please wash your dishes.' Second, if your feelings are hurt, don't attack but explain how you feel. Third, if attacked, don't defend, join the attack, try to find every bit of justifi cation in it that you can And remember, hostility is still a sign of love, when you are really out, you are indifferent

Ernest van den Haag, Ph.D., New York University "Picketing will do no good. With the Negro groups these demonstrations were to protest non-institution of the rights given them by law But the rights and laws came first. The homosexual must fight first for law reform

Franklin E. Kameny, Ph.D., Washington Mattachine Society "We have picketed the U.S. Civil Service Com mission, Independence Hall in Philadelphia, the Pentagon, and the U.S. State Department. The public reaction has on the whole been favorable. There were many expressions of surprise, few provocative outbursts. We emphasized appearance. The women all wore dresses, the men suits with white shirts. Picketing was