Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-09
BEAVERS TELLS
Of VICE WAR At
CHIEFS MEET
Declares at Convention Of Police
Heads of u. S. That Atlanta
Nov Is Clean.
Continued From Page I.

tors TO rid city Of an epidemic, but
IL would not take a city long 10 rid
itself Of doctor found promoting the
epidemic
Vice is one thing and protected vice
is another. and public officials are
paid to prevent crime, and when they
protect it and assign a place for it,,
then they are subject to be i'm
peaChed.
Physicians declare the system
deadly and unnecessary. Scientists
say that from IL come bacteria
binding and blighting Of babies
manning and killing Of wives SoCi-
ologists pronounce it the greatest
source of social impurlty The law
forbids II as a menace to morals and
health
Trouble Is Higher Up"
I dare say that 80 officers out %
100 would enforce the laws against
the social evil II they knew that their
Jobs depended upon IT, They would
not stop 10 think whether 10 is neces-
sary or not The trouble is higher up.
Defenders Of segregation have
knowledge Of the world Not with
out sadness they say the closing Of
the houses will not eliminate the
social evil. Some Of them almost
weep in referring 10 the antiquity n
the evil. but they forget that theft
was committed a long time ago, and
that murder also is Of ancient ORR
gin Cain slew his brother Abel be-
fore the brothel had been devised
magination stagRers at the thought
a. ff4h ha..
attained by the thief and the murder
er I'm their peculiar lines had they
been favored with segregated dis
trict in which TO ply their lawless
practices. Theft and murder are old
er but the defenders of segregation
would never think for a moment 81
advocating their protection.
/ understand a splendid jew has
been leading the battle for deCenCy
I'm the city Of Pittsburg Similar bat
ties are being fought an over the
country. and the good people are fear
lessly standing behind the guns in
the combat against this great peril
that menaces our girls and threat
ems our glorious womauhood.
The state that officially tolerstCs
and guarantees houses Of vice as
sumeS the role Of procurer The
same must be said of cities.
The great city Of Berlin has closed
these places. Madrid and London
have done the same thing. Chicago
has closed them, as has eight or ten
other large cities i'm the United states,
Atlanta's Vice War.
Under the segregation plan the
open house of vice means police pro-
lection I'm fragrant violation Of the
law In my own city, the city of At
lanta. We had a segregated district
until eight months ago. II had eN-
listed ever since Atlanta had heen a
city There had always been a sem
timent that such a district was neCes-
sary. Where such a sentiment orig
mates Is "a question that puzzles my
mind No doubt some men are honest
in their opinion that segregation is
the only solution. but I am Of the
opinion that this sentiment Is strong
est with the men who receive money
from such places. and men who care
nothing about the morals Of the
community
We ordered all the houses known 10
use 10 close their doors. The good
people Of our city offered the women
assistance ma the way OF homes and
money until they could get employ
ment so they could make an honest
iIhNIIkr AhhAk -H pei AftlA 10 A'ANA ava az
cepted this offer. but the larger part
left the city and went to other cities
where they could continue the same
life
Elimination Is Impossible.
7 do not saw we have none Of this
class of people now, nor do ! ever
expect TO see "a time when they will
an be eliminated from our city. but
do say there Is not one recognized
house in Atlanta We have UD more
complaints m residence sections from
designation houses than when We had
the segregated district
The CLOSING Of the district has had
the effect Of decreasing crime and dis
order fully one-third which fact
alone shows the wisdom Of this ac-
ton. Then. too. we have less trou-
BILE with the cheap hotels than before.
for the reason that the iroprietors
know such places are being closely
watched and that they are under sus-
picion Before the closing If the dis
trict we had much trouble with these
cheap hotels as they were froQuented
by many Young girls
or course D have found much oppo-
sltIou 20 the closing OF the district
but % comes mainly from the men
who have been making money from Do
for years There were houses that
gsatsd Tor tCca four 10 s!ghi hundred