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4 The Newi-Reriew, Roseburg,
CYNICAL VOTERS
By Charles V. Stanton
In his editorial column,
ing daily in The Scws-Urvicw, rrank Jenkins frequently
has made the statement that "Politics is a cynical trade."
That, it seems to me, is a true,
Closely allied with the cynical approach of politicians
is the skepticism of voters.
I question that many voters are so naive that they be
lieve all they are told. Nor do I believe that many voters
make up their minds on the basis of party platforms or
promises.
I guess it is impossible to expect that politicians ever
will adopt any other than cynical practices in their trade.
And because politics is a cynical trade, people will con
tinue to be skeptics.
One definition of cynicism would be that it is "human
conduct motivated by self-interest." Certainly that defini
tion fits campaigns of political parties and politicians.
Most voters, I believe, are fully cognizant of the cynicism
wrapped up in politics, but, along with their skepticism,
I am wondering if voters, too, don't practice a certain
amount of "self-interest" in their voting and if "self-interest"
isn't a very important factor in politics. It would
seem to me that this cynicism on the part of voters pro
vides political parties with plenty of ammunition.
Group Votes Sought
It isn't enough to appeal to American voters as one
class and one people interested in one government and one
country. That, it seems to me, is the way it should be.
Instead, cynical politicians
to cynical, skeptical and selfish voters. They seek to cre
ate classes in what should ue a classless society, l hrotigh
division they seek to serve their own self-interest.
For example, they preach the equality of man. Where
it serves them to proclaim equality, they pull out all the
stops for civil rights.
But while demanding equality in one place, they prom
ise favoritism for farmers, organized labor, school teach
ers and other groups representing a large number of votes
votes in blocks.
By way of digression I might add my own beliefs that,
as is slated in our Constitution, "all men are created
equal." Men are equal when born. There is another time
when they are equal. That is after they are dead. In be
tween they should have equality of opportunity and equal
ity before the law, but nil the socialistic laws in the world
won't make them equal in intelligence, position, personal
ity, ability or achievement. We can legislate until we're
black in the face, but nil people can't be poured in the
same mold or given the measure of equality that our "do
gooders" seek to promote.
Consequently, I feel that the loud proclamations of
equality are but sham and hypocrisy promulgated for pur
poses of self-interest.
Benefits Promised
So long as I can remember our politicians have been
appealing to our farmers for votes. A little study back into
treatment of our farmers will show that every possible
means has been employed to make the farmer a ward of
the "Great White Father" in Washington and how, at times,
he has been virtually bankrupted by the cheap money
dished out to him by "sympathetic" politicians seeking
his votes.
We have seen in late years the infiltration of govern
ment into the organized labor movement. Under the prom
ise of "benefits" we adopted legislation permitting the fed
eral government to confer privileges on organized labor.
Those privileges opened the door for labor racketeers.
Combination between racketeers and politicians has been
quite effective politically. We find that organized labor
applauds all legislation restrictive on the employer, but
cries loudly against any legislation which might limit free
exercise of labor practices. Because organized labor has
more votes than do employers, benefits are promised.
When we come down to it, why should government be
acting at taxpayer expense as a referee in labor-management
affairs?
We find today that the country's school teachers are
being wooed by our political parties. With promises of
more money for schools and education, with the possibil
ity of increased salaries, many thousands of votes are be
ing sought. The taxpayer will help "buy" these votes.
And so it goes creation of classes in supposedly class
less society for self-interest, not only by cynical politi
cians but by skeptical and cynical voters.
BPA Sets Tentative Allocations
Of Power To Four NW Industries
SEATTLE (AIM - The Bonne ville
Power Administration an-
nounred recently it has made'
tentative allocations of 375.000
kilowatts of power to four Pacific
Northwest Industries. Two will
establish new plants.
Bonneville administrator Wil-j
liam A. Pearl, in a stalnm-nt is
sued through Hl'A's Seattle office,1
said the new power sales will lead
to plant investment nf no million1
dollars and will add 6' , million
dollars a year to Bonneville rev-,
cnues.
The new industries are United:
Pacific Aluminum Corp., which
will build two aluminum outlines
near Longview, ami Webb tc
Knapp Co., Inc., which plans a
Heel mill at Anaconila, Mont.
United Pacific will i 4", non
kilowatts of firm and 7.000 kilo
watts of secondary power ith
initial service by January h,2.
Webb 4 Knanp has been allocated
44,000 kilowatts of firm and 52.000
of secondary power, starting in
July 1962.
Expansions listed 1 y Pearl ere
Harvey Aluminum Inc., operating
at The Dalles, Ore , ami Crown
Zcllerbach Corps Port jownsend
plant.
The Harvey firm was allocated
75,000 kilowatts firm end do.odo
accondary power for two addition
al pollines at a location still to
De determined.
v.iown 4rnernacn will u j noo
kilowatts of firm and a like
HI S t Main St., Roitburj, Oil.
Ore. Sot., Aug. 6, 1960
In the Day's News, appear
but mild, statement of fact
and cynical parties appeal
amount of secondary.
Pearl said Bonneville will need
supplemental appropriations lo ex
tend its lines to the new indus
tries. He said formal contracts
will he executed after the addi
tions are assured.
Present arrangements are being
made on letters of intent.
Last spring Pearl announced
that a surplus of enemy would
enable Bonneville to offrr indus
try long term contracts on more
favorable terms.
Youth Critical After
70-Foot Tower Plunge
PORTLAND (AP) Joseph I..
Barrett, 17, of Portland was in
cruical condition Friday at Provi
dence Hospital after a TOToot fall
The lad was painting the top nf
a steel tower when he apparently
touched an 11,000 volt power line
and fell off.
Edward C. Wys, manager of
the Dairy Cooperative Assn., said
Barrett was painting a tower
ledge when he becamt entangled
in his safety roe.
Wyss said there wis a flash
just Wore the outh toppled from
the tower. He struck two iron
braces in hii fall and landed on a
metal nnnnv
Police said two of the power line
transformers were put out of com
mission by the mishap.
In The Day's News
;By FRANK
From Blanco, Texas, birthplace
of Senator Johnson, the Democra
tic nominee for vice president:
Senator Lyndon B. Johnson told
his home folks recently that the
nation needs a new foreign policy
of using food and fiber surpluses
to WIPE OUT FEAR AND FAM
INE. He added:
"A little foor for hungry sto
machs and a little clothing for
naked backs will have a lot more
influence than the worn-out tanks
we have been sending overseas."
Is he right?
I think it all depends.
If we provide food for the hun
gry stomachs and clothing for the
naked backs of those who have
suffered cruel adversity through no
fault of their own, we will be fol
lowing a policy that is everlasting
ly right.
But
If we travel around over t h e
world shoveling out food and cloth
ing to those who merely find it
easier to accept what somebody
else is willing to give than to get
out and hustle for it themselves,
we will be following a policy that
thousands of years of experience
have proved to be everlastingly
wrong.
Examples?
Well, there was Lady Bountiful.
She scattered largess wherever she
went. She had more than she could
use herself. So GIVING represent
ed no personal sacrifice. She used
no discretion. She just scattered it
as she went.
She accomplished little GOOD.
She left many people unhappy
when her bounty was exhausted.
Editorial
OUTDOOR BARBECUE
Ashland Tidings
Every weekend, from Arusa to
Portland: from Sauk Center to At
lanta, the pungent aroma of burned
meat rises from a million patios,
terraces, and lawns into the sum
mer air. The weekly sacrificial of
fering to the diabolical genius who
invented the barbecue grill. The
most fiendish machine brought
forth since the Iron Maiden.
The average modern home has
a shiny gas or electric stove in a
modern well ventilated kitchen.
Time was the lady of tho house
was proud of her mechanical con
trivances. She no longer had to
keep a box of cobs on tho back
porch and the kindling box went
the way of the horse-collar. But
today, do we use these fine ther-mostalically-controlled
mechanical
wonders of the engineering world?
Nope.
The little lady smiles sweetly
and informs you it's time to get
the fire started as the Truffles arc
coming over, and guess what?
"We're having a barbecue!"
One impossible merit badge kept
me from being an Eagle Scout as a
boy but despite that I normally
bow to no man when it comes to
starling a fire. 1 can start a fire
with two slicks and have even been
known to burn a few holes in the
carpet with a cigarette. But when
it comes to a barbecue fire, I say
it is all but impossible. The geni
us who designed the modern grill
saw to that. The cunning little fire
box in the average barbecue is
made so that a draft is impossible.
I have tried paper and shavings,
a fancy electric gadget liko half
a waffle iron, and on one interest
ing afternoon even tried a can of:
paint thinner. (On that occasion we'
got a fire but 1 lost a shirt, one
eyebrow, and a patch of lawn
where the can hit the ground.)
What the designers of the. barbe
cue grill forgot, the makers of ac
cepted fuels remembered. Those
little black globules of fuel laugh
ingly called "charcoal" are in re
alily compressed lampblack dip
ped in fire extinguisher fluid.
After long experimentation 1
have found that if you build a hot
enough fire to evaporate t lie fluid,
they finally begin to put out a
The Cartoonist
JENKINS :
Then
There was the Good Samaritan,
as described by Luke. He came
upon a man who had fallen among
thieves who stripped him of his
raiment and beat him, leaving him
half dead. This man had been
passed up by a certain priest and
a certain Levite who took the oth
er side of the road and ignored
him.
Luke tells us that there came
then a certain Samaritan who had
compassion on the unfortunate one.
He bound up his wounds and set
the man on his own beast and
took him to an inn and took care
of him. And on the morrow, when
the Good Samaritan departed, he
took out two pence and gave them
to the host and said: "Take care
of him; and whatsoever thou
spendest more, when I come again,
I will repay thee."
We have food and fiber . . .
wheat and corn and cotton and
what not. We have it in vast abund
ance. We would like to get rid of
it. We could profit by GIVING IT
AWAY . . . scattering it as Lady
Bountiful did. Among other bene
fits, we could empty the ware
houses and make room for more
surpluses in the event that we are
so unwise as to go on stacking
up surpluses forever.
But
We would do little good by scat
tering it on all sides. We might
do great harm by leading people
to think it would go on forever
and thus tempting them to quit
scratching for themselves.
Senator Johnson has a good idea,
but 1 wish he would be a little
more specific in his proposals to
give our surpluses away.
Comment
choking acrid smoke. Choking and
gasping, you must then stick your
head down in the fire box and
blow on each tiny red spark. When
you are at the point of utter ex
haustion, the fire will sometimes
start and you can proceed to ruin
the meat. Once the grease from
the meat hits the coals, they hum
like Nero's drapes and you couldn't
put the fire out with a Ssagravcs
pumper.
All the while you are going
through these antics your guests
wander by, glasses a-tinkle, mak
ing sly remarks about the apron
you are wearing with the silly car
toons on it. ( For, if I forgot to men
tion it, you simply CANNOT bar
becue without a silly apron).
And, friends, just inside the win
dow sits the shiny chrome-plated,
insulated, smokeless cooking ma
chine. Peering through smoke-reddened
eyes, and clenching my grit
ty teech, I'd like to make a sug
gestion. Let's export barbecue
grills to the ftussians. It would he
mean, mean, mean, but rather fit
ting in the "cold" war.
ILWU Director
Favors Nixon
HONOLULU (AP) Jack Hall,
Hawaii regional director of the
International Longshoremen's &
Warehousemen's Union, raised
the possibility Thursday night that
his union could deliver Hawaii's
three electoral voles to Vice Pres
ident Richard M. Nixon.
Hall said that his union repre
sented 30.000 votes.
This, he said, included 25.000
members plus an additional 5,000
that would be influenced by the
member's wishes. Harry Bridges
is president of the ILWU.
Hall has declared himself pub
licly opposed lo the election of
the Democratic presidential nom
inee, Sen. John F. Kennedy.
Asked if this meant he could
deliver Hawaii to Nixon, Hall re
plied: "Our members have a
pretty good record of following
our recommendations."
He said the ILWU would make
a formal recommendation at a
meeting next month in San Fran
cisco. Says:
Party Boy
Reader
Opinions
Winstonite Deplores
Freeway Conditions
To The Editor:
The new Highway 99 freeway is
certainly a fine piece of road con
struction, compared with the old.
It should be a source of pleasure
for the motorist. Instead, parts of
it must be regarded with dread.
The highway is a fearful thing.
Anyone starting a trip on an un
divided freeway should first re
ceive the last rites of his particular
church or, if he has no religious
belief, he should at least proclaim,
as did the gladiators of old, after
a hail to our "great and modern
freeway," "We who art about to
die salute you!"
When will public opinion call a
,, , . . i. . ii j .i , , - mic soiiis uucaw aaiii, u .v. J ailU lite CAUCiiuiiuics yui viuiu in
halt to the needless slaughter on It was called the t rench disease. exposed t0 someone who has it. i the school system. That is, in gen
our one-lane freeways? Must wejAt the same time the same dis-!In Jacti sludics have shown that erai, where more money is spent
".- ;
evitab!e and will continue liidefin-
itely, increasing in number? Does
n.ynway saiety simpiy mean
counting the dead and injured,
hauling away the wreckage.'
Public opinion may not mean any
S'nt' &Slft
eraie our state government could
siop neaoon collisions on nignwayi,s and gonorrhea could easily and! but as they affect the economy of
99 within a very short lime, I be-1 effectively be cured. We now have the country. Gonorrhea and svphi
heve, if they had sufficient con-, the means of eradicating these lis are the third and fourth "most
c.u .u, .. ...ci .ui: ..urn- diseases, yet the medical pro
age to do something about it. fession and nublic health neoole
Time has proved that it is impos-!have
sible to make safe drivers out of
every person who drives a car. Ev
ery mind behind a steering wheel
works differently. Every pair of
eyes sees differently. Some driv
ers are hypnotized by watching the
center line. Some have optical il
lusions. Some become drowsy.
Some are momentarily blind. Some
fall asleep.
Wilh cars traveling at a high
rate of speed, the slightest error
on the part of the driver can
lead to a serious accident. Acci
dents are caused by unsafe condi
tions and, or, unsafe acts. Unsafe
conditions on the freeway can be
corrected, but unsafe acts on the
part of the driver can never be
eliminated entirely.
The answer lies, not in speed gov
ernors, safety helts or nadileH Hash.
boards, but in divided freeways,
inai portion ot me ireewav not
now divided should have a strong
barrier down the center or else
"No Passing" signs. A fine of $100
and license revocation should be
penalties for violation.
aioionsts resent -no massing -
signs as restricting their freedom
and liberty. But surely it is better
to drive at a reduced speed for a
few miles rather than risk a head
on collision.
It is time to make the freeway
safe for the driver. We will never
be able to make the driver safe
for the freeway.
f have yet to hear of a head-on-eollision
where all the cars travel
in the same direction.
The narrow section of freeway
near Cottage Grove is certainly un
safe for high-speed travel. The, ter
rible collision that occurred there
the evening of July 31 was surely
unnecessary.
The two ambulances that ar
rived were unable to carry off all
the casualties. Some iniured per
sons had to wait tor the second
trip. Three were killed and eight;
were injured.
moionsis wno passea me scene
of this accident proceeded slowly
1 for a few minutes. Soon, however,
I thev were rolling along again at
high speed with nothing lo prevent
another head-on collision other than
a thin film of paint called the cen
ter line
We pay taxes for good hilways
and are wuimg 10 pay more iaxeslfavoril(, ,00l js powcr saw. si.
for safe highways. We can never
hope to eliminate all accidents.
I hut we can at least stop some of
' these terrible head-on collisions.
I Frank I.iening
I Camas Valley Rt. Box 515
Winston, Ore.
RECREATION STRESSED
ST. HELENS (AP) Scenery
and outdoor recreation are the
greatest possibilities for economic
development in Oregon, Mrs. Man
rine Neuberger said here Friday.
County Health Notes
Venereal Disease Now Ranks High
On List Of Public Health Problems
By JOHN H. DONNELLY, M.D.,past is a point of considerable in- What is more they are more corn
County Health Offic.r Iterest. Imonly seen in juvem ,,, ; and teen-
The venereal diseases, especially j
venereal diseases, especially!
s, have contributed a long '
Horfu. chapter to the history j
nlrmfl Unnn I nliimHiie anH
syphilis,
and colorful
of mankind. When Columbus and tains or aUng utensils. They are
his followers set foot in the Newinot caught by lifting heavy things
World, the changes that were'. 51ra,ninB Thev are caught
,m "lH "4U,""UU from persons who have them
were not all for improvement, trough sex relations, or occa
There is good evidence that syphi- sionally by other close body con
lis was introduced into Europe by , Uct ' '
hemisnher. sZL T J?f ? A Person mi have eithcr syph'-1 linquency and illegitimacy. Where
hemisphere shores. It was not ,is or gonorrhei 0r both diseases you find one, you are likely to
recognized as a disease entity be-:at the same tjme. Havjng the dis-!f ind the other. Interestingly
L Jfi.;i f,, 5 army lease and being cured does notjenough, there is an inverse rela
1 i , i -i' ? an epidemic of make a persori immune to having , tionsliip between venereal diseases
syphilis developed in that country. ,k jico... .i h it ' j .u. u. .t;u
7.,. "" "-'.
Italian disease." It was some-
times alter this before the sexual1
nature ot lis spread was recog-
nized.
Although a number of drugs !
,P ch ihmooi, th ni,.rici
1 V-".-,".
the advent of penicillin that syphi-
not able lo do Ml any.
where in the world. Why this has
Deen impossiDie to achieve in the
Woods Hooligans' Antics Reflect
On State's Conscientious Hunters
Woods Hooligans was a name
coined at Salem by a leading Ore
gon conservationist to apply to the
small minority of hunters who
annually do $100,000 worth of dam
age to the state's tree farms.
These woods hooligans, said Ar
thur W. Priaulx, public relations
director of the VVest Coast Lum -
to the Governor's Conference on
nn A
"uu" uuiuuu. .iun. uc
1 laughed out of the woods,
j The great majority of hunters.
Priaulx said, are gentlemen and
i ladies who respect the property
1 0f their tree farm hosts. During
, the last hunting season, Priaulx
who is also president of Keep Ore
gon Green, said hunters had been
careful in putting out campfites,
and smoking habits in the forests
bad been good. He paid tribute
to the hunters and fishermen who
have good outdoors manners.
"It is regretable." Priaulx said,
"that the action of a few should
reflect on the great majority of
good sportsmen. We have tried
every way to get cooperation from
the woods hooligan fringe. May
be psychology will work. We might
try lo get under their skins with
ridicule and we might laugh them
right out of the woods."
Priaulx offered several degrees
of woods hooliganism. The fire
bugs he termed Pyro-Hooligans
the vandals, Destructo-Hooligans
the illiterates who shoot up signs,
section line markers, and evcry-
tnjng in sight, he termed Dumbo
Hooligans; and those who make
a habit of stealing anything not
tied down, he called Clepto-Hooli-gans.
much . few irrcrpo'nsible
mucn damage a hw iinspunsiuie
It is incredible, friautx said, now
i-i- a Tu;..n i,nnt
, fo(. h'aIf (he Sloo oon damagc. Their
though they include in their pit
fenng chokers, axes, tools, all sorts
of logging equipment gasoline
even a stretcher.
The Pyro-Hooligan. Priaulx said,
will walk off and leave a camp
fire burning, or he will flip cigar
ettes any place any time.
The real bad boys are the Destructo-Hooligans
who will shoot at
anything they see, including bar
rels of powder, oil, machines, look
out tower windows, and spark
plugs on motor equipment.
One tree farmer reported a van
dal started his Trakloader with
trie oil drained out. and the haul -
back the straw lines were so
tangled it took four men an hour
and a half to untangle them. A
Groundwork Laid
For Broader NATO
BONN". Germany (AP) The
leaders of France and West Ger
many have laid the groundwork
for a campaign to broaden the
North Atlantic Treaty Organiza
tion into a global political force,
usually reliable sources said.
This was reported to have been
the main theme of the secret talks
held last weekend between Pres
ident Charles de Gaulle and Chan
cellor Konrad Adenauer.
The two were also said to have
taken the first tentative steps to
ward a program of European po
litical unity, encompassing both
the six common market nations
and Britain and perhaps others
as well.
The informants said Adenauer
and De Gaulle are convinced that
Ihe world situation has changed
so radically since NATO was
founded in 149 that a major over
haul is required.
Negro Bank Official
Named To Demo Group
MEMPHIS. Tenn. (AP)-Jesse
H. Turner. Negro bank official,
was elected a member of the
county Democratic com-nittee
Thursday. He is the first Negro to
win such office here since recon
struction Days.
The 31-mcmber committee Is
the governing body of the party in
Shelby County. Negroes have been
elected to the Republican com
mittee but never before has a Ne
gro won a Democratic election
here.
avpnilis ami gunorniea uu uui
just "happen." They are not
spread by water, food, or air. j
They are caught from toilet
-. .
Vvnhiiii nd oonnrrhRa iln not
just "happen." They are not
over three-louruis ot an pauenis
wn0 contract a venereal disease
he(.ome infected again at a later
Ume A 20od numher of these be-
re-infected within six
months.
n i... ..j ,i.;ii. ... ,
"?, t only as
thev affect the health of the people
commonly reported contagious dis
cases, following measles and
streptococcal sore throats. Both of
these venereal diseases have been
rising steadily since about 1937.
road maintainer was stripped of
an pans, ine damage these men
do is devilish and costly.
These Hooligans also prize their
markmanship in shooting off gate
locks, and they consider it prime
flin In Hril-a ihair narc r.r, rl.xf
r. ,
1 farmer report, an annual damage
luaua in icllliv wcaillL-L. Ull. lieU
failP ruin Wl uath Hnorv onH in
some cases take out dirt fills.
Jhe Dumbo-Hoo igan, said pn.
rlx. has a fonrtnW for iBn
aulx, has a fondness for signs
which he soon reduces to a sieve
in his target practice. He appar
ently can't read and is jealous
of anyone who can.
The solution to this serious prob
lem of annual property damage,
Priaulx suggested, would be for
the 99 per cent of good outdoors
men lo use ridicule on the one
per cent who have bad, even crim
inal, manners, a lew convictions
IJJ50.', A powcrful
deterrent, he pointed out.
Grass Seeding
Urged For Burns
SALEM f API A sneeial feoWal
appropriation to plant grass and
trees on thousands of burned over
acres of Eastern Oregon has been
urged by the Association of Ore
gon Counties.
The respprlinp pcneeiallv of
grass, is vital to prevent local ' are liose mosl lacking in the so
economic difficulties in the areas1 clal conscience necessary to pre
of the burn, a spokesman said. vent its spread. They do not get
Soil stabilization is the big prob -
because unless the grass is
i ;. ...oi
i piuiiivQ ine iau rains win carrv
I off the soil, he said.
ine iiita in vi i-guu ncic niouiii;
hundreds that burned more than
200.000 acres this summer in the
West's worst outbreak of fires in
30 years.
Judge D. R. Cook of Umatilla
County, president of the associa
tion, said he plans to discuss the
problem with federal officials on
a pending trip to Washington, D. C.
Judge Cook said he will go East
Aug. 14-17 for the convention of
the National Association of County
Officials.
The Oregon association also
urged more federal funds for
smoke jumpers, trained fire fight-
! crs- firs prevention and pre-sup
pression action that is readying
communications, men and equip
ment in areas of high fire danger.
Boys Town Residents
To Attend Circus
SARASOTA, Fla. (AP)-Boys
Town, Neb., becomes a ghost
town Saturday because of the
j generosity of a Sarasota woman
and her love for the circus.
! All of the 950 residents of Boys
; Town are scheduled to taks ring
side seats in Omaha for the mati
nee performanace of the Hingling
Brothers and Barnum & Bailey
Circus.
I Sarah W. Hunter, 80, a retired
' real estate dealer, is picking up
I the tab paying $1.50 for the seals
I which usually cost $4.00.
I Mrs. Hunter, a Protestant, long
! has been a heavy financial con
tributor to the youth home in Ne
braska. When she learned the cir
cus, which has wintered here for
I 33 seasons, wa opening this week
in Omaha, she did some check
I inc.
I Arthor M. Concello, executive
i director of the circus, agreed to
i cut the price of tickets and Msgr.
! Nicholas Wegner. head of Boys
Town, said the home would pro
vide 21 buses to get tha kids to
the circus.
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past. One-fifth of all reported Vl
cases in the United States involve
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past. One-fifth of all reported VI)
lagers acquire venereal disease
leach year in the Uniled States.
Among girls, more cases of in-
fectious venereal disease occur at
age 18 than any other age.
Venereal diseases have been
positively related to juvenile de-
on school, there is less venereal
disease to be found among teen
agers. While venereal diseases are
m. PviHent amnne elements of
the population in which other signs
of social decay are to be found.
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no VD to people at
any economic level. Instances are
repeatedly uncovered in which a
promiscuous high school girl may
get the reputation of an "easy
mark" and spread the disease
among a number of boys regard
less of their social or economic
status. In one such reported out
break, it was learned that al
though a number of the boys in
volved had been told the so-called
"facts of life", in no case had
they been given any instruction
on venereal diseases, either from
their home, the school or any other
source. In this study, the mothers
seemed to be quite reprimanding
to their sons while the fathers, as
a group, seemed to be more
tolerant. Perhaps they recalled in
discretions in their own youth.
The control of spread of ven
ereal diseases does not rest
solely with the upgrading of moral
standards in our society
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overtones to the development of
the venereal diseases, there is a
strong tendency among many to
keep the existence of a disease un
der wraps. Even physicians are
frequently hesitant to report cases
or to delve too deeply into sources
of infection when they are con
fronted by their palients. There
is a tendency to get the thing
cured, and no questions asked. Yet
it is obvious that to control the
j f .,.nrpai disease it i
! necessary that" every" 'with
an active infectious venereal dis
ease must be gotten under treat
ment. A promiscuous infected in
dividual is going to continue to
infect others until he or she is
found and cured. A boy who has
contracted syphilis from a "pick
up" is not truly protecting his fi
ancee by withholding her name
when he feels he may have in-
fecled her. He may be doing her
; ln greatest injustice of her life by
depriving her of a chance lo get
cured before body damage de
velops.
Unfortunately, those most like
ly to spread the venereal diseases
1 in-aunem unless eompeiieo 10. ana
i they are not inclined to leave their
names or addresses with their
names or addresses with their
one-night lovers. This tends to put
the burden of effective control
upon the testimony of those who
stand to lose most by revealing
the existence of venereal infection.
The effective control of venereal
diseases cannot be accomplished
unless people will look upon these
diseases in a realistic manner.
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