Arizona republican., 1922-04-06

marriage and are forced to undergo
complicated operations, much OF
| which is met by the taxpayer, for
| much OF this work is done at public
/ expense, for the general protection
! of all.
| The old idea that segregated dis
/ tricts tended toward safety in vice
| has been exploded, 1t is claimed, as
/ the disease rate among troops In
America was about one e-third that OF
troops In foreign countries where the
! open districts were in operation.
| Vice cannot be abolished by laws,
the board holds. Education along the
| proper lines of sex is essential. The
subject which has been hidden under
a blanket of assumed innocence must
| be exposed to the light of UNDER
| standing. The cure will be brought
about that way.
DR.. Parker declared that boys are
| naturally just as clean minded as
girls. Yet boys. she holds. do not
/ receive in the average home the same
/ which comes to the girls. The result
| Is that the girls are more clean
minded at the critical age. But she
| also added that the whole subject
/ does not receive the attention II
needs as a primary one in life. The
/ home. the church, the schools all
/ sidestep, she declared. and when sex
ibecomes part OF a boys life he has
had little instruction and is generally
allowed to drift along as best he can,
exposed TO the bad influence, too
often. of coInmercialized vice.
Predicts Tighter Laws
The laws in the United States, DR..
! Parker believes, as they relate to this
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as time goes on. The United States
is leading among the nations in TAX
/ ing action on this question. Regard
| ing the enforcement of prohibition. it
was thought that the question would
gradually work itself out, when more
/ people had paid the price OF blindness
| or death from bootleg poison. But
| by stringent laws 1t is not meant that
| the movies would be darkened, or
4 that grandpa's pipe would be taken
away. The entrance OF women Into
| politics probably viii lead to more
! effectual laws and heavier penalties
! for vice operators.
| The work Of the board throughout
the nation is carried on through nine
district officials, each field repre-
sentative. These in turn are aided
! by field agents. located in cities near
| the army or navy posts The field
agents keep in touch with the medical
officers OF the armed forces and re-
ceive weekly reports as to how much
| or how little commercialized vice in
each locality is undermining the
| health of the men. Closing the red
! light district in one city resulted IN
cutting the disease rate from 1879 to
27. which is cited as a, health ex-
ample in disease prevention.
The field agents keep in touch with
| the municipal, county and state
health officials, police officials and
other organizations Thus very ac-
curate figures are obtainable on the
commercialized vice question. The
boards figures are also good indica-
| tors OF the conditions which exist
among the civilian population.
Through these field officers the
board Is quickly able to place its
hands on the vice situation In any
part of the country. The results
| have been that II districts have been
closed and that hundreds OF cities
have staged 'clean ups" which will
have an important effect on the fu-
ture generations of Americans.