o / JENKINS i SEE PAGE.5 ‘Coïts’ and Cops The president of a Russian River resort has been arrested and accused of allowing a group of San Francisco-based homosexuals known as CITIZENS the "Colts" to throw a wild vice party at his place early In October according to charges filed Oct. 21 by the District Attorney of Son­ oma County. The San Francisco Examiner alleges, "the Colts", a group of about 30 homosexuals use \San Francisco's famed Colt Tower as their em- NEWS ^ (Continued on Page 4) voi ly Mltma, ' # ’i AMERICA’S LEADING" HOMOSEXUAL FUltICATION San Francisco. YU-6-5433 BI66EST HMLOWEEN From what appeared to be a dull, dreary Halloween two weeks ago; the San Francisco scene has changed to promise The major organizations^ rabbi was on the religious the greatest celebration yet. Not only Is there to be a concerned with the homosex­ panel. He carried an enor­ grand ball at the Sheraton Palace but anothS'r Is announc^- ual In the Bast Coast area mous card board carton with ed for the Hilton Hotel. j met In Washington,. D.C. on a red ribbon bow lettered, the 9, 10, anU 11 of Octo­ ^tlton Hotel affair Is being spona/ored by the Tav­ "Vaseline for fairies and It-- ern Guild of San Francisco and Is being held In the Con­ ber to discuss "Civil Llb- J ews." erltles and Social Rights". tinental Ballroom of this newest of San Francisco hotels. The conference passed a The Tavern Guild Is a non-profit corporation formed to The meeting was h^ld at the resolution comnendlng LIFE conduct various public service projects on behalf of the Sheraton Park Hotel, one of Magazine for "Its courage In metropolitan conmunlty. Proceeds from the ball', after ex- the most staid In that city blazing a much.need trail by of Stxrd bbtels. ^ penses will be used to further social action projects. printing.an honest and- ob­ As In all other affairs of nn,» .u a , According to the .partici­ this night costumes are en- „ The Tavern^lld Annual jective featurfr>^artlcle on pants the conference was an homosexuality In its June 26, couraged but 'are not an ab­ Beaux Arts Ball Is not In any outstanding success with an way connected with the Cost­ 1964 issue reading, "The East solute necessity.At the Tav^“ attendance beyond^rhe ex­ Coast Homophile Organizations e m Guild Annual Beaux Arts ume Ball being given at the pectations of the planners. Sheraton Palace as announced conmend LIFE Magazine for Its Ball masks will not be per­ A telephone call was re- courage In printing a fair In the last Issue of the CN. cleved at the conference mitted. Costumes will be article on homosexuality,for Judged and prizes will be This affair Is Independently from the Nazi Party and. the sponsored and has announced Washington police sent a being honest enough to appro­ awarded. Well,>known person­ ach Che subject objectively, alities will be on hand as’ a total of $4,500 In prizes, plaln-clothesman. It was Includrng two prizes of. one a novel experience for the and for not Indulgent In the hosts. half-truths,cliches and dis­ Tickets are available at thousand dollars each. One officer who was hostile at of these prizes Is to be giv­ first. Soon after he start­ tortions usually Inherent in all Tavern Guild establish­ articles on this topic. ments and through several or­ en to the best costume worn ed listening to the array of by an .entry sponsored by one attorneys, doctors, etc., he "Through honest reporting ganizations. Since the ad­ and a respect for the facts, mission Is a donation and the of the bars of this area;the displayed an air of high In­ other^- Is being awarded to a terest In the proceedings. LIFE has performed a service ball Is not open to the gen­ to the nation, to* the homo­ eral public there will be no winner our of the elimination The threat from the Amer­ between the Best Costume,Most ican Nazi party materialized phile movement and to the in­ tickets available at the door dividual citizens of America. and no one w l H be admitted Original Costume and the most In the form of one storm beautiful costume. Tills Is trooper (?). He entered the ECHO also connended the without a ticket, therefore Honorable John Dowdy of Texas advance purchase of tickets In addition to $3,500. worth hall saying "I've got an em­ of other prizes Including onf ergency shipment for queers as "The Public Official who as soon as possible Is advls- has done the most for the .ed. of $250 for the most Impres- and kikes.", this seemlnly (Continued on Page 2 Col 1) appropriate for him since a (Continued on Pase 2 Col 2) J Paga 2 Letter from L.A. Continued from Page 9 THE BIGGEST HALLOWEEN Un Chant d’Amour We must also get it into CContlnued from Page 1) UM CHANT D'AMOUR When bard are operated in Privacy such a loose fashion, it is the heads of the conmun^y, slve entrance* San Francisco rarely feels lo tnis reviewer there was SEARCH that if California had Mod- the weight of the censors in­ only one scene that could be generally done to stimulate ^ The Sutter Club In Oakland to 8 pages of the Cltlxens Judg§, Joseph G. Kennedy of business and because it may Penal Code such as Illin­ la also having a big affair Mews In the first issue after sensitive heel but the movie considered as appealing to the San Francisco Municipal "Un Chant d'Amour" was con­ the prurient Interest and it seem to be subh a camp. Often ois now has, this is not an on this night with prises be­ Halloween will be dey;oted to Court spoke to the Fifth An­ it is done becauserngny oper­ open door to free sexual con­ ing awarded In the contests pictures of the occasion. In fiscated on its first show-'^ was of two nude men in an ap­ nual Law Seminar Sunday Oct. duct ,and that lewd conduct, Ing here. After due deliber­ parent approach to the act. ators and bartendtíí^ither and fun and favors all night the issue following that an 18 on "Search and Seizure as simply don't care, or they solicitation for a lewd act long. The Sutter Club la the equal number of pages will be ation and viewing by every Other shots depicted heads Related to the Invasion of and other sex crimes un­ assistant DA and interested n thighs and loins and the are naive' as to think 1001 newest addition to the Oak­ devoted to pictures of Hallo­ the Rights of Privacy". that nothing will happen. der the Illinois Penal Code land scene and has extremely ween all over the country. party in this city it was re­ welling of the phallus un­ Judge Kennedy said that are indeed crimes and are leased and was show three der the stimuli of the chant. The worst features of such- lively crowds most of the the nation's courts are at- an operation are: 1) Such an punished as such. time with Imnlgrants from San times at the Sheraton-Palace. The film, was so full of tenqitlng to achieve a bal­ We must ALL understand THE ECHO CONFERENCE San Francisco Opposition operation outrages the public Francisco making up half the symbolism that It was almost ance between the rights of if they happen to sec or hear that our dally behavior must busIness. (Continued from Page 1) and SLATE, an off-campus soc­ beyond comprehension. The the group on the' one hand meet with the approval the ial action group at the Univ­ of it, and if the police step fot ^ e n too. The Gilded CageL Movement liTthe Year showing of the jailer as a and the rights of the ind­ in,it has a tendency to turn entire society,and that we ^ ersity of Calitomia at Berk­ peek-freak until he decided ividual on the ocher. And is having a contest AM e* A A ^ ejtvwith ^ n MAMAnone 1964".* The resolution read: heat on all over and 2) It must conduct ourselves in the other than Charles Pearce and eley then secured the 34 min­ which one of the prisoners this "because the courts ^ bars and on the streets in "By bringing before Congress ute movie by Jean Genet and makes it difficult for the Rio Dante alternately emcee­ was to go down on him ended have,developed a judicial other bars to control their the same way that we do at a bill, HR 5990,which was -in offered it to the general awareness" of methods used ing the affair. tended to limit the right" of in a 45 automatic symbolizing customers becausaiof the bad our jobs or any other place The Chuckker^,, run by that public at Stiles Hall on the the penis. by law enforcement authori­ that we wish to be socially, homophile organizations to 16th of October. ties in combatting activities examples created. way out one, Carloi^^- plan­ raise funds. Representative When the police of San Now to the political an­ acceptable. ning on opening thelr-new and It is easy to see why the Francisco confiscated this in these m o d e m times espec­ We must also recognize the -ewiiwt M «. p«i-oiwtdi Dowdy provided the homosexual censor felt that this movie ially "ultra candelestine gle, it would seem to me chat very large room to be called conmunity with the use of the "beyond contemporary film they found that the own­ Manjy J.