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Southern Star, v. 1, issue 4, December 1941

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Denvention Daze     SOUTHERN STAR     Page 8

An explanation by art Widner of NFFF came at this point.
     Korshak asked for caution and spoke of dangers involved, but was answered by many speakers who believed that dangers must be risked for the sake of things we wanted to do. Culminating the discussion, Evans withdrew his original motion and replaced it by one which gave the NFFF the power to appoint the program committee previously mentioned. The motion was passed almost unanimously. ..
     And that, I believe, completed the second afternoon session. Following dinner the auction was held. And boy! What an auction! The laws of supply and demand were certainly proving their worth that night. There were a comparatively few good items for sale, and much money circulating with which to buy it. At the first few rapid bids, those of us with budgets threw up our hands, screamed, and fainted dead away.  Conspicuous at this auction was a total lack of bidding from Ackerman and Rothman, who had been among the highest at the previous convention. For when a stinky Paul cover goes for almost ten dollars and a lovely little black and white Bok (the only damn thing I wanted) goes for over nine, then the rest of us give up. Heinlein bought and resold the papier mache skull contributed by Korshak. Evans tried to get rid of his feather headpiece, but nobody felt like carrying it home with them. Finally Morojo took it for four dollars. So a good time was had by all.
     The next morning the traditional softball game was held, which I did not attend. I heard somewhere that four innings were played, and that the two teams came out even. Personally, I doubt very much the wisdom of the softball tradition. I would much rather have a ping-pong tournament. Widner and I had our private one; played eight games and each won four.
     In the afternoon came more resolutions. First was by Rothman: resolved that the convention go on record of being of the opinion that Yngvi is not a louse. Defeated. Resolved by damon knight: resolved that Rothman is a louse. Passed, practically unanimously.
     damon knight suggested the preparation of flags by local groups to be used at the next convention. The matter was discussed and everybody seemed to think it was a good idea. knight promised to publish drawings of samples that might be used.
     At this point a discussion was held which subsequently was voted off the record. However, I believe that at least a mention should be proper, if only to forestall ugly rumors which might arise prior to proper investigation. The matter simply concerned the fact that F. Orlin Tremaine had not arrived at the convention, and thus was not present to judge or award the C̲o̲m̲e̲t̲ award. He could not be contacted in any way, so Mr. Heinlein volunteered to put forward the award personally, pending word from Tremaine.
     The winners were subsequently selected by a committee consisting of Lowndes, Wiggins, knight, and Ackerman.
     Next on the program was the tensely awaited selection of the next convention site. Joe Fortier began the proceedings by a lavish description of all the good things that had already been planned in San Francisco, showing a personal welcome by the Mayor, describing the beautiful hall that had been promised them free of charge and mentioning that in Frisco, the places did not o̲p̲e̲n̲ until midnight.
     Rothman then went to bat for Washington, D. C., doing his best to squelch the stories of the high cost of living there, and emphasizing the great interest and importance Washington had at the present time.
     Walt Daugherty took the floor for Los Angeles. He didn't have to promise anything. The convention simply noted the smooth manner in which Daugherty had put across the Denvention and went hook, line and

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Denvention Daze SOUTHERN STAR Page 8 An explanation by art Widner of NFFF came at this point. Korshak asked for caution and spoke of dangers involved, but was answered by many speakers who believed that dangers must be risked for the sake of things we wanted to do. Culminating the discussion, Evans withdrew his original motion and replaced it by one which gave the NFFF the power to appoint the program committee previously mentioned. The motion was passed almost unanimously. .. And that, I believe, completed the second afternoon session. Following dinner the auction was held. And boy! What an auction! The laws of supply and demand were certainly proving their worth that night. There were a comparatively few good items for sale, and much money circulating with which to buy it. At the first few rapid bids, those of us with budgets threw up our hands, screamed, and fainted dead away. Conspicuous at this auction was a total lack of bidding from Ackerman and Rothman, who had been among the highest at the previous convention. For when a stinky Paul cover goes for almost ten dollars and a lovely little black and white Bok (the only damn thing I wanted) goes for over nine, then the rest of us give up. Heinlein bought and resold the papier mache skull contributed by Korshak. Evans tried to get rid of his feather headpiece, but nobody felt like carrying it home with them. Finally Morojo took it for four dollars. So a good time was had by all. The next morning the traditional softball game was held, which I did not attend. I heard somewhere that four innings were played, and that the two teams came out even. Personally, I doubt very much the wisdom of the softball tradition. I would much rather have a ping-pong tournament. Widner and I had our private one; played eight games and each won four. In the afternoon came more resolutions. First was by Rothman: resolved that the convention go on record of being of the opinion that Yngvi is not a louse. Defeated. Resolved by damon knight: resolved that Rothman is a louse. Passed, practically unanimously. damon knight suggested the preparation of flags by local groups to be used at the next convention. The matter was discussed and everybody seemed to think it was a good idea. knight promised to publish drawings of samples that might be used. At this point a discussion was held which subsequently was voted off the record. However, I believe that at least a mention should be proper, if only to forestall ugly rumors which might arise prior to proper investigation. The matter simply concerned the fact that F. Orlin Tremaine had not arrived at the convention, and thus was not present to judge or award the C̲o̲m̲e̲t̲ award. He could not be contacted in any way, so Mr. Heinlein volunteered to put forward the award personally, pending word from Tremaine. The winners were subsequently selected by a committee consisting of Lowndes, Wiggins, knight, and Ackerman. Next on the program was the tensely awaited selection of the next convention site. Joe Fortier began the proceedings by a lavish description of all the good things that had already been planned in San Francisco, showing a personal welcome by the Mayor, describing the beautiful hall that had been promised them free of charge and mentioning that in Frisco, the places did not o̲p̲e̲n̲ until midnight. Rothman then went to bat for Washington, D. C., doing his best to squelch the stories of the high cost of living there, and emphasizing the great interest and importance Washington had at the present time. Walt Daugherty took the floor for Los Angeles. He didn't have to promise anything. The convention simply noted the smooth manner in which Daugherty had put across the Denvention and went hook, line and