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Published by N ew sle tte r Cominittee of San Pran- c lsco Area C ouncil, M attachine S o c ie ty , Inc« Conui'ittee; Mel B e t t i , Jack P a r r is h , Jim Beck

AUGUST CALENDARAug. 2

Aug.12

Aug,20

Aug,30

- PUBLIC DISCUSSION MEETINGF r ie n d ’s C en ter, I 830 S u t te r S t , 8pm Subj^ect: The Need f o r a Permanent

R e la tio n sh ip- MATTACHINE BRUNCH—1560 A Haight S t ,

11 u n t i l 2- FELLOWSHIP DIÎTNER- l560A H aight S t ,

8 p.m ,- MONTHLY BUSniESS MEETING - M attachine

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SEPTEMBER CALH'IDARS ep t, 6 - PUBIIC DISCUSSION MEETING

F r ie n d ’s C en ter, I 83O S u tte r S t , 8p,m, Speaker: A lfred Auerback, M.D,S u b je c t: A P s y c h ia t r i s t Looks a t Sex

D eviationsS ep t.9 - I4ATTACHB1E BRUI'ICH - 1$60A H aight S t .

11 u n t i l 2S ep t,1.7 - FELLOWSHIP DINNER - l560A H aight S t.

8 p.m, 'S ep t,27 - MOi' lHLY BUSINESS veeTING - MiattaChine

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CHANGE IN BRUNCH TIME

Brunch tim e has been moved up to 11 o ’c lo ck . S o c ia l Chaiiman b e lie v e s t h i s 'w i l l be more ..con­v e n ien t f o r a l l tnose p lann ing to a t te n d .

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CTJIL RIGHTS DISCUSSED AT JULx PHSLi: MEETEJG

' S tJu ly dl,vCT R3ibD k t Eriend^s C enter was hea.^ed lirn c s t Bcs-ls,' the Sse~utiVc D ire c to r o f the

Amcricat C iv i l . L ib o rtiu o Union o f N orthern C a l i f . Mr. le s iR opeiicd h?.3 ta lk .h y a d e s c r ip t io n o f th e v a rio u s cases th a t come to th e .American C i v i l 'L ib e r t ie s ..onion ask ing f o x 'l e g a l guidance.and a ss is tan ae ij

Mr,ny o f th e se a rc members o f m inori.ty g ro u p s .' Some o f the groups a re m in o rity by v i r tu e o f t h e i r

~r e l ig lo o s b e l ie f s ,— Jehovah’s W itnesses and F a- ’ then Dl.'/ine^a fo llo w ers were c i t e d as exam ples.As speciiricn" o f how siicli groups f in d th.emselves in c o n f .lic t v l t i i law -enforcem ent a g en c ie s , he d e sc rib ed how the C iadl L ib e r t ie s Union had d c - fefided the b itn o ssca 'w h en they p ro te s te d a g a in s t t h e i r c h ild re n being com.vollcd to. sa?n tc th e . Ameriotm ilad .t i inho i t war a g a iiis t th e i r r e ­l ig io u s be llc i.S r At px'csentj the Union i s a s— g is t in g two o.f Father D iv in e ’s oJ-Iotts who a.rc h a v in g ’d:.ffico.:^tieS I r i th a Bay a re a .judge over t h e i r propor namoSw They i'c.fuacd to be known by any other name e ie d p t th e i r new assumed name in th e r e l ig io u s o rg an iza tio n ^

O thers arc m in o r it ie s because o f t h e i r ra c e .He to ld of how th e re had been a .p o l ic e * r a id in th e Negro s e c t io n o f North Richmiond, C a l i fo rn ia , a few years ago« SomiC seven ty -seven persons were j a i l e d as p a r t o f tho c lean -u p . The Union ‘drew a t te n t io n to th e le g a l a sp e c ts o f th e m a tte r and as a r e s u l t , th e re has been no reo ccu rren ce o f th e in c id en tc

T h is, he f e l t , was more o r l e s s id e n t ic a l w ith th e hom ophilic s i tu a t io n . Homophiles e x i s t as a m in o rity and they a re , l i k e a l l o th e r American c i t i z e n s , guaran teed c e r ta in p r iv i le g e s by th e B i l l of R ig h ts . The e s s e n t ia l fu n c tio n o f tho B i l l i s to p r o te c t from undue in frin g em en t by

la w le ss agen ts o f th e la w ~ in o th e r words a chock and b a lan ce system between the government and the in d iv id u a l .

According to the sp eak e r, the r e c e n t S h a rp 's Park occurrence was an eq u iv a len t p a r a l l e l to the in frin g em en ts a lre a d y d e sc rib e d . The c o u r t , in t h i s c a se , a f t e r th e Union had p ro te s te d the chai*- g e s , had reduced b a i l from f i f t y to ten d o l la r s . It,„.also a ttem pted to persuade the persons invo lved to f o r f e i t t h e i r bai.1, and had amended tho charge o f lewd and la s c iv io u s conduct to d is tu rb a n ce of the peace .

During the q u estio n p e rio d ,- th e speak er adv ised— th ^ t a person of l i b e r a l tendenc ies would f in d i t d i f f i c u l t being civnloyed by the government, W iile i t i s n o t a w holly U itid '/iaable means o f eirroloyment i t i s e s s e n t ia l ly a c a lc u la te d r i s k , s in c e i f not e je c te d as a s e c u r i ty r i s k , te rm in a tio n may be on grounds o f s u i t a b i l i t y . The shade between th e two I s f in e , s in c e s e c u r i ty r i s k s a re judged on n.n assum ption of g u i l t , and w ith u n s u ita b le persons i t i s up to th e government to fu rn is h p ro o f 4f i t s c h a rg es . In e i th e r ev en t, one i s l i k e l y to end up w ith a b lo t on o n e ’s escutcheon th a t g r e a t ly h in ­d e rs chances o f f in d fu tu re employment«

In re p ly to ano ther q u e s tio n , he s ta te d th a t a g r e a t many laws on the books' a g a in s t v a rio u s th in g s a re no lo n g e r enforced because tho c u l tu r a l a t t i ­tu des th a t o r ig in a l ly le d to t h e i r b e ing passexi no lo n g e r e x i s t .

At th e c lo se of tho evening , a few words were s a id by th e N a tio n a l Chairman o f th e M attachlneS o c ie ty , who was paying a v i s i t from Los A ngeles,He p ra is e d the work of th e Union and urged I fe tta - ch ine nembers to give i t t h e i r f in a n c ia l su p p o rt, m en tlo iio n th a t the M attachlne S o c ie ty I s a member.

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NEED FOR A PERMAN3ÎT BRUi'TClT AND DINNER LOCATION

At the l? .s t tausincsR m eeting, Jvily 26, th e S o c in l Chairman iîv îic a tc d th a t tlic re ia s t i l l a p re s s in g need i o r a pori-.-ir.nunt lo c a t io n -.hero we can hold onr month.ly b'c-u’-'iCheo a-nd d in n ers v Thoro has boon sc-mo coni’-.ision and d i f f i c u l t i e s encountered in ti'.c p a s t .few weeks w ith th i s problème I f any of th e raombors o r f r ie n d s o f M attachino would be w il l in g to ho ld -th.-i'se a c t i v i t i e s a t -bheir home, o r know of a s u i t ­ab le lo caP io n . would yo-u p le a se c o n ta c t the S o c ia l Cliairman 'whose te lephone nunibcr i s e i t h e r EK o r MA l->í)óOO,.

A lso, th e c u r re n t brunch tim e has been r e - ■ scheduled a t an e a r l i e r h o u r. I t now begins • a t 11 0 *clock,

■pÜÈLICATIOrS DIR.ECTOR , NE/J YORK

" . * *H. .C all, P u b lic a tio n s D ire c to r o f M attachine

Society- i s c u r r e n t ly v i s i t i n g th e M attachino •o f f ic e s in New Y ork,’ W ashington, Chicago.He w i l l bo speak ing a t th e v a rio u s lo c a t io n s to lo c a l members and in te r e s te d p eo p les j P lans a rc a lso being -worked on f o r a c lo s e r form o f '-c o n ta c t w ith-'tH e w idespread branches o f th e o rg a n iz a tio n , 'I h i s nedd has' been f e l t f o r a c o n sid e ra b le IcngWi 'o f tfrac, and one o f th e re c e n t m easures toi h e lp overcome .th is d i f f i - | c u l ty , was th e c s ta b lish h ie n t o f a' 'h a t io n a l n e w s le tte r- .fo r a l l .chapters o f th'6 o rg a n iz a tio n . This ncwsle-fcter is ' c a l le d '■ întori-m" apd/made i t s in i t ia i ;b o w l a s t month. I t 'çbn-tàins In ­fo rm atio n o f-su o h c h a ra c te r th a t w iÜ be o f in te r e s t '- t o a l l members and c h a p te rs .

HARDING RETURNS TO DENVER

Carl B, H arding, an E ast Bay member o f th e M attachine, has re tu rn e d to l i v e in h i s home town, D enver,C olorado. _ i t , Harding -«las a c t iv e in many f i e ld s of th e o rg an iza tio n s, work in t h i s aroao He was a c o n tr ib u to r of g r t i c lo s to-- th e M attachine Review, worked on program sch ed u lin g and ch a ired programs g iven a t th e F riend*s C enter on S u t te r S t r e e t , San F ran c isco , was a c t iv e in the pro-" d u c tio n o f -the Review and in co n tac tin g speakersand p u b lis h e r s . Though he w i l l be: s e v e re ly _______m issed, he p lan s -bo co n tin u e h is f in e work by correspondence, A?-l our b e s t i-jishes go wi-bh him. ;■

SEPTEMBER SPEAKER

Sep-bember 6 , th e Monthly D iscussion spe.aker w il l bo D r, .Alfred Auerback. Dr. Aucrback i s Chairman of the Committee^ on Hbntaj. H ealth o f C a lifo rn ia MedierJ. A sso c ia tio n and A ss is ta n t C lin ic a l P ro fe sso r o f P sy c h ia try a t th e Uni­v e r s i ty o f C a l ifo rn ia . He i s a lso p a s t p i e s i - d en t o f th e N orthern C a lifo rn ia P s y c h ia tr ic Soefc ty^

Bn O ctober, -the speaker w i l l be Ken Eworin, l o ­c a l at-borney. Ho w il l speak on the g e n e ra l f i e ld o f c o n d itio n s in Europe« He w i l l have j u s t rc -

• tu rned from a* summer-long v a c a tio n in v a rio u s European c o u n tr ie s , in c lu d in g R ussia where to u rifc t t r a v e l i s now open. His ta lk -will c e n te r la rg e ly on i rp re s s io n s gained from h i s t r i p .

NEWS AND ITE^S. . . .

A F ruudian s l ip ? . . . • . o The London Cfbserver ro c o n tly s ta te d th a t Doctor G ilb e r t I-W ray,. O .K ., would c e le b ra te h is b ir th d a y q u ie t ly a t h is home n ear Oxford, vrith h is w ife to whom he has been m arried s ix ty - s ix y e a r s . I t was a lso announced th a t t h a t eve­n ing he would b ro a d c as t over th e ra d io a t a lk c n t i t l t c d , "An U nfin ished B a t t l e . " . •

Ihc new rev u e . New Paces o f 19^6, has been ca ta lo g u ed as f a i r l y accep tab le by most o f th e New York c r i t i c s . Concerning one o f the most h ig h ly p r ia su d perfo rm ers ,T,C. Jones, V a rie ty a sk s , "How long s in c e a revue h 's been b u i l t around a fe n a le imper­so n a to r? l^ir, J u l ia n KLtinge, '''a ry l Norman and F ran c is R enau lt must be STi i l in g up th e re ,"

Wo do too.» . . . Ihe Package Fachinory Compaxy o f E ast Longview, Mass.-,, r e c e n t ly s ta te d in a r e p o r t : "B undling. R ev o lu ticn -a ry techn iques in bundling have now been com pleted and, we look forw ard to re c e iv in g our share in th i s expanding m a rk e t."

And th ey say th e American fam ily i s a decaying in s t i t u t i o n ^ . . . . . . . . .R ecently a Hollywood husband who had a ton inch k n ife removed from h is stomach a f t e r h is w ife had p u t i t th e re , re fu sed to s ig n a com pla in t. S a id h e , "She d id i t i n a f i t of w ife ly a f f e c t io n ," . .

LIBRARY NEWSLocal members and a non-meiribcr from Texas have

responded generously to our r e c e n t p leas fo r l i ­b ra ry donationsc Among hooks- rece iv ed was K insey’s on th e hu-THan female.. Also g iven was The Troubled M idnight by Rodrey C arl end.. The book confirm s th e adage th a t no th ing i s lia rcer to re p e a t than su cc e ss i Though i t was based on the Biargess- -McClean case i t i s -s in g u la r ly devoid of any dram atic i n t e r e s t and g ives a g en era l e ffec t, o f c o lo u rle ssn e ss ,However i t i s worthy of a t te n t io n and a welcome a d d it io n to our e lv e s ,----- As a s id e - l in e , i t mi.ght be o f i n t e r e s t to -----------know th a t The H eart in E xile i s now on th e st-m ds as a paporbackc It.s publ-iohcr i s Lion L io ra ry , and i t s e l l s f o r t h i r t y - f i v e centoo As a s to ry , th e re is- l i t t l e o f th e e s p e c ia lly ani.yae about i t , th o u ^ i t i s wri t to n wi th a f a i r degree o f colrpe- ten co . I t does co n ta in a ’ " 'and il lu m in a tin g i;isigi:t.s th e b a s is of h i s experience

■ S tran g e r in the Land i s Thomas, and seems a p i ty h' th in g s in c e . As w ith most f i i ’s t novi^ls h ic re arc d e r iv a t iv e tra c e s o f : h is l i t e r a r y id o ls , and he has n o t y e t leaiTied to w rite whoT.ly in h is ovxn in d iv id u a l s t y l e , b u t the p lo t i s a f i r - f ly un - d e v ia t iu g one, w ith sore th in g of th e s ta r k ly in e x o ra b le l i n e o f a Greek trag ed y , B ie re -s a good sense o f atm osphere, and th e v a rio u s charac­t e r s a re adequate ly o u tlin e d .

As u s u a l, th e re i s a v io le n t endihg, which makes me wish th a t someone would w rite a hom ophillc novel th a t would be n ic th e r " s e n s it iv e " nor vague nor in c l in e d to make one ru n , n o t walk

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to the n e a r e s t carv in g Im ife , and g e n tly draw the same ac ro ss .,o n e ’s th r e a t .

A dm ittedly , th e re i s a l o t o f trag ed y in the V l iv e s o f a l l too many hom ophiles, b u t q u ite a l o t

have a keen sense o f humor, and many l i v e to a . .rea so n ab ly r ip e o ld age. P e rso n a lly , i t wbull be

a d i s t i n c t p le .asure to encoun ter a novel abou t a hom ophilic c e n t r a l c h a ra c te r Who c h e e r fu l ly and in s o u c ia r t ly emerges on top o f l i f e , in s te a d o f being crushecjl by i t . Somehow, we have l ik e d the s p i r i t o f t h s t , French t r a n s la to r o f th e New T esta­ment who s ta te d in th e Sermon on the Ifount, ’♦Blessed a re the dpbonair f o r th e i r s in th e k in g -dom of heaven ,"

Three French works were a lso c o n tr ib u te d . Which b rin g s to mind th a t th e re i s a co n sid e rab le amount o f C o n tin en ta l f i c t i o n as w e ll as n o n - f ic t io n in t h i s f i e l d t h a t would be w orthy of t r a n s la t io n in to E n g lish . For example, th e re e x is t s a novel by Hiomas Mann’s son, Der Wendepunkt - Ihe Turning P o in t - th a t d eserves a t t e n t io n , i f on ly as th e work o f the son o f a g re a t l i t u r a r y f ig u r e . L ike­w ise , th e re a rc th re e h i th e r to u n tran s la ted , novels in French by M arguerite Y ourcenar, au tho r o f H ad rian 's Memoirs, which was a b e s t s e l l e r l a s t y e a r . Miss Y ourcenar’s s to ry was e s p e c ia l ly n o tc - w r th y f o r th e f a c tu a l , o b je c t iv e way in .w hich i t d e p ic ted th e hom oiiiilic s id e of H adrian?s c h a r­a c te r , as w e ll as being a f in e ly w r i t te n s to r y .

The o th e r c o n tr ib u tio n s made were too numerous to do j u s t i c e in th e b r i e f space o f t h i s i s s u e .To each and^everyone o f you, we givd our d eep es t th an k s. Ybu^ve been more th an generous, and we a o p r e c la tc . 'i t . To those, who h o n e s tly moan to m ^e d o n a tio iis , why n o t do i . t NOW?