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FANEWSANAL IZER NO 2---DATED NO. 6 (six) of the COSMIC CIRCLE weekly fanewzine.
   WAR IN THE EAST ?? (from other side.)I would not talk about those who were my friends (& still are as far as I'm concerned ! )but they have brout the crisis about themselves. The way it all started or first I knew any thing about it--I'd been out here in Los Angeles for some little time--I'd received a nice card (all was friendly & wonderful when I left N.Y.)then all of a sudden I received out of a clear sky**a card calling me a ["ra a] "dog"& telling me not to write to him, etc.No explanation.Then 4E gave me a card addresed to him,from??- said something about [returning] some "mags I'd stolen".I didnt know what to think of it !
   4E thought it a joke,& wrote inquiring. Then letter from(someone else in N.Y.)saying he'd "missed" some of his ! Shades of Sotho,2 of them ! So apparently its not a joke.
   First I would like to assure the reader and all of fandom,that I did NOT TAKE ANYONE FANZINES or mags or anything else,that didnt belong to me! I DONT STEAL--& never have ! This would certainly be a hell of a time to start ,right now when were trying to better get [the or ganiation] well-established ,& have need of everyones friendship & support!
   Second. A possible explanation of how it may all have come about.The 'IST' person absolutely HATED THE CC from the first time  he heard of it. No."3"was allfor it ,paid his 95c dues,& wanted to organize N.Y.state ,before no.I & 2 got him 'mad'at me ! So no. I & another visiting fan who is very cynical(& sneers at everything ,including himself) got together & just before I left N.Y.were busily engaged in a persistent & determined campaign to"swing[---] to their side !"They boasted they'd"easily do so" ,when I was no longer there to tell "3"my side against their arguments & lying propaganda.
   Now poor ---is very IMPRESSIONABLE--he will side with ALMOST ANYONE HEHAPPENS TO BE TALKING TO AT THE TIME !!! He is a damn nice guy--I do not hold this factagainst him-- weve all got to be different--but its true nevertheless ! Very much so. I could see he was "leaning"just before I left,tho still very friendly.He went down to boat(ferry) with me ,& a big friendly handshake when I left--saying he'd see me again & be sure "to write" .(I feel terrible about what ever has happened to change his & ? (he 'S a nice guy too)attitude & make them think I took something of theirs.NO.3 doesnt claim that of course ,only I & 2--though [#3] is very 'mad'at me ,it seems,from letters from him.) It is highly insulting to me personally ,to many of my friends ,& to this group of fans in general.
   I am not yet accusing anyone,I want you to understand;but confidentially ,I dont think no.I had any mags stole.Its quite possible he concocted the whole affair to frame me ,& thus get a bad name for the CC to fandom. About no.2--I dont know.Thats another matter.No.I could by lying--I happen to know personally that he does frequently.The real reason why he left Boston he bragged & told all of us,was because he "owed" so many people money".This happens to be true ,as I met several of themin person.He helped to collect "graft"for a parer he worked on. He sometimes slept on pool tables& constantly hung around pool rooms.He'd got in with a bad crowd there ,I think.Some kind of a little deal about jail,too.
   Therefore ,tho I dont know,but putting 2 & 2 together ,he may have somehow managed to make away with some of no.2's mags--then since he was trying to frame the deal anyway--what could seem more innocent for himself ,than to suddenly yell that someof his were "missing too." Thus gaining 2's sympathy & clearing him . No.3 has left N.Y now & gone back home.No.I left alone at no 2's house. When I was there I was never left alone at 2's place.The way he watches his place(he says another famous fan went off with some of his mags once)My god ! If anyone could get one copy of Space Tales outof that place, they'd be a BETTER MAN THAN I AM ! I'm not saying this is so about 'I' butit does seem likely ,the way he's raving.//He swore that he would somehow 'break up'the C.C' ONE WAY OR ANOTHER'. I wonder if this is his way ! Over at his place at----I saw a copy of FANTASY mag(one "2"mentions) ,I'd formerly saw on 2's desk. I didnt say anything because it wasnt any of my buisness ,& I thought he could of bought it.However nowputting several "strange"incidents together at the time we were at 2's--I believe he must have taken it from 2's. For the others ,he probably got a chance to go back to 2's alone Someway. Or some one else could have been the culprit.Some one is & out all the time.And if noI really DID have any of his "missing" ,well--my god !They sometimes leave the door open-maid ,fans, people ,go in and out all the time.It seems all the more like a frame-up when you stop to think about it.A HELL of a long time to wait--TILL I WAS CLEAR OUT IN CALIF. (Read his mags every day).DAM FUNNY HE would suddenly "miss"them---yes ,yes ,I make a nice little neat safe "SCAPE-GOAT" 3,000 miles away ,dont I ??? ?    ***   ***   ***
NEWS NOTE:Re a news item on the other side.The date of publication of FANCYCLOPEDIA is as yet indefinite.JACK SPEER arrives Frisco,enroute from LA to Wyo.wherehe will visit Perdue ,before returning temporarily to Washington ,D.C.Next ish CCC dated'7' ; FA no.'8'.

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FANEWSANAL IZER NO 2---DATED NO. 6 (six) of the COSMIC CIRCLE weekly fanewzine. WAR IN THE EAST ?? (from other side.)I would not talk about those who were my friends (& still are as far as I'm concerned ! )but they have brout the crisis about themselves. The way it all started or first I knew any thing about it--I'd been out here in Los Angeles for some little time--I'd received a nice card (all was friendly & wonderful when I left N.Y.)then all of a sudden I received out of a clear sky**a card calling me a ["ra a] "dog"& telling me not to write to him, etc.No explanation.Then 4E gave me a card addresed to him,from??- said something about [returning] some "mags I'd stolen".I didnt know what to think of it ! 4E thought it a joke,& wrote inquiring. Then letter from(someone else in N.Y.)saying he'd "missed" some of his ! Shades of Sotho,2 of them ! So apparently its not a joke. First I would like to assure the reader and all of fandom,that I did NOT TAKE ANYONE FANZINES or mags or anything else,that didnt belong to me! I DONT STEAL--& never have ! This would certainly be a hell of a time to start ,right now when were trying to better get [the or ganiation] well-established ,& have need of everyones friendship & support! Second. A possible explanation of how it may all have come about.The 'IST' person absolutely HATED THE CC from the first time he heard of it. No."3"was allfor it ,paid his 95c dues,& wanted to organize N.Y.state ,before no.I & 2 got him 'mad'at me ! So no. I & another visiting fan who is very cynical(& sneers at everything ,including himself) got together & just before I left N.Y.were busily engaged in a persistent & determined campaign to"swing[---] to their side !"They boasted they'd"easily do so" ,when I was no longer there to tell "3"my side against their arguments & lying propaganda. Now poor ---is very IMPRESSIONABLE--he will side with ALMOST ANYONE HEHAPPENS TO BE TALKING TO AT THE TIME !!! He is a damn nice guy--I do not hold this factagainst him-- weve all got to be different--but its true nevertheless ! Very much so. I could see he was "leaning"just before I left,tho still very friendly.He went down to boat(ferry) with me ,& a big friendly handshake when I left--saying he'd see me again & be sure "to write" .(I feel terrible about what ever has happened to change his & ? (he 'S a nice guy too)attitude & make them think I took something of theirs.NO.3 doesnt claim that of course ,only I & 2--though [#3] is very 'mad'at me ,it seems,from letters from him.) It is highly insulting to me personally ,to many of my friends ,& to this group of fans in general. I am not yet accusing anyone,I want you to understand;but confidentially ,I dont think no.I had any mags stole.Its quite possible he concocted the whole affair to frame me ,& thus get a bad name for the CC to fandom. About no.2--I dont know.Thats another matter.No.I could by lying--I happen to know personally that he does frequently.The real reason why he left Boston he bragged & told all of us,was because he "owed" so many people money".This happens to be true ,as I met several of themin person.He helped to collect "graft"for a parer he worked on. He sometimes slept on pool tables& constantly hung around pool rooms.He'd got in with a bad crowd there ,I think.Some kind of a little deal about jail,too. Therefore ,tho I dont know,but putting 2 & 2 together ,he may have somehow managed to make away with some of no.2's mags--then since he was trying to frame the deal anyway--what could seem more innocent for himself ,than to suddenly yell that someof his were "missing too." Thus gaining 2's sympathy & clearing him . No.3 has left N.Y now & gone back home.No.I left alone at no 2's house. When I was there I was never left alone at 2's place.The way he watches his place(he says another famous fan went off with some of his mags once)My god ! If anyone could get one copy of Space Tales outof that place, they'd be a BETTER MAN THAN I AM ! I'm not saying this is so about 'I' butit does seem likely ,the way he's raving.//He swore that he would somehow 'break up'the C.C' ONE WAY OR ANOTHER'. I wonder if this is his way ! Over at his place at----I saw a copy of FANTASY mag(one "2"mentions) ,I'd formerly saw on 2's desk. I didnt say anything because it wasnt any of my buisness ,& I thought he could of bought it.However nowputting several "strange"incidents together at the time we were at 2's--I believe he must have taken it from 2's. For the others ,he probably got a chance to go back to 2's alone Someway. Or some one else could have been the culprit.Some one is & out all the time.And if noI really DID have any of his "missing" ,well--my god !They sometimes leave the door open-maid ,fans, people ,go in and out all the time.It seems all the more like a frame-up when you stop to think about it.A HELL of a long time to wait--TILL I WAS CLEAR OUT IN CALIF. (Read his mags every day).DAM FUNNY HE would suddenly "miss"them---yes ,yes ,I make a nice little neat safe "SCAPE-GOAT" 3,000 miles away ,dont I ??? ? *** *** *** NEWS NOTE:Re a news item on the other side.The date of publication of FANCYCLOPEDIA is as yet indefinite.JACK SPEER arrives Frisco,enroute from LA to Wyo.wherehe will visit Perdue ,before returning temporarily to Washington ,D.C.Next ish CCC dated'7' ; FA no.'8'.