Ironically enough, on several occasions, the very leaders who have prevented any convention endorsements of legislation to free birth control knowledge or even the recognition of the principle of controlled parenthood, have not hesitated to come to the Director of the Voluntary Parenthood League, with this sort of request. “Do you mind telling me what are the most up-to-date contraceptives, and what doctors give the best scientific instructions on methods?” They hasten to add that personally they are in full sympathy with our movement, and usually they want the information for a daughter or a friend, or some one near and dear, whom they wish to have the best knowledge. The above is a sad story, and the only reason for telling it is to understand what it implies. _In the light of modern psychology_, it is understandable why groups, i.e., audiences and delegates, are ready to vote for a resolution, while leaders are loath to initiate or permit action. Whenever any question induces the sort of embarrassment that emanates from sex consciousness, it is inevitably easier to act as one of a group than to act by one’s self. Yet leaders, just because they are such, have exceptional opportunity to let their opinions be of service to humanity. And is not the obligation of mature minds to see to it that, so far as possible, such inhibitions are not allowed to interfere with being just and generous to one’s fellows? The Congressmen who are now being asked to pass the Cummins-Vaile Bill are tempted to move all too slowly, because they have precisely these same inhibitions that have afflicted the leaders of organizations. The one thing that will most easily inspire Congressmen to move quickly in this matter, is to be relieved in their own minds, by assurance from just such leaders as you, that they will be doing wisely and well to vote for this bill. By shedding your own inhibitions for the sake of others, you will distinctly help Congressmen to shed theirs. The tests to which some of the leaders have been put, especially among the women’s organizations, have brought forth some ludicrous moments. For instance the National League of Women Voters has circulated “A Pledge For Conscientious Citizens,” written by its President, Mrs. Maud Wood Park, which included this item: “To obey the law even when I am not in sympathy with all its provisions.”