French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1919-05-22
WAR ON VICE


the forces of right and might, from ;
governmental standpoint, has beer
concluded and democracy il in the as
celldanc-. Militarism .nu.;t perish
from tLS earth. The matted hist sha!
no longer exercise a det-. ing effnc
upon the acts of Neil ;.Ei wonIe.i If
any civilized state, oCITtry, or plinci
pallty. The world is approaching ihe
dawn Of new day. Peace, SWEEP
| peace, is to be enthrOneu where the
stealthy hand of danger and death
has been the dread of the helpless and
the oppressed. The bayonet is soon
to be converted into a pruning hook
and the cannon into a plow-share. All
| of which is beautiful to contemplate
in this land OF the free and the homo
| of the brave, for it's stalwart sons
have to their credit large snare of
the glory in shaping the future des-
tiny of man.
The enemy abroad has been van
pushed and our heroes are retrrnin;-
home with victory over German
arms written large upon their fore
heads. They have made the world
safe for democracy and the United
States Government now seeks to make
the home land safe for them. The
Government Health Service has start
ed war on vice in the hope of bav-
ing our soldiers returned to their
families and to civil life unconlam1-
mated by preventable disease. A
countrywide effort is being made to
impress, upon civil communities the
need for protecting returning soldiers
from prostitution and debauchery.
Cities and towns throughout the
country now face a most important
crisis-'the biggest emergency yec
encountered in the fight against vene-
real diseases"
The need for this propaganda be-
came apparent in the selection of men
fitted for military service and it is now
proposed, as far as possible, to make
sure that rehabilitation of our splen-
did young men shall not mean demo-
ralization at the same time. The re-
ports of draft boards and camp sur
geons revealed, for the first time, the
menacing seriousness of the venereaI
problem and the failure of the coun-
try's pre-war attitude towards the
whole question. Europe, for the first
years Of the war, evaded the problem
and suffered terribly in incapacities
a. the front and sickness behind the
lines. Our military authorities threw
aside evasion right at the start and
attacked venereaI diseases directly,
with the result int only a very small
percentage of cases were contracted
in the army itself. The deniZens OF
the underworld were driven out of the
zones around each army camp anG
naval station; all men in the camps
were given extensive instruction and
those exposed and infected were
promptly treated. Result: "The vene-
real rate was lowered below Chat OF
any army of any nation in the history
Of the world" $780,
The government health program is
a comprehensive one. 1t invites to
service all citizens who feel Response:
BILE for their community and their ma
ton in times of peace as we'll as war.
The call is to state, county, munich
pality, community club and all better
ment societies. The North Carolina
Board of Health has taken up the
fight, adopting as it's slogan, There
should be no peace with prostitution,
no truce with the red light district, no
armistice with veneTeal diseases"
And unconditional surrender 10 the de-
mand. The war against the enemy of
society and the home is on. Are you
GaA1a 10 bo a slacker? -. ! p