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Phyllis Lyon

Phyllis Lyon

APRIL, 1957 Vol. 1, No. 7

Published monthly by the Daughters of Bilitis, Inc., a non profit corporation, 693 Mission Street, Rm. 308 San Francisco 5, California Telephone: EXbrook 7-0773

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Ciroulation Bobbi Deming

Production Helen Sanders

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Los Angeles Reporter Sten Russell

AN_OPEN_LETTER_.

Dr. Baker Pleads Guilty

Martin Katzman, M.D.

c/o THE LADDER

693 Mission St., Rm. 308

San Francisco 5, Calif.

Dear Dr. Katzman:

Yes, Dr. Katzman, I did say that the difference between a psychiatrist and a psychologist is that the "psychiatrist goes deeper, stays longer and comes up dirtier". (Your underlining). It was not a misquote. If this "rotten remark" (my quotes) to which you called attention in a letter published in THE LADDER

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