The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-07-22

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PIT PADLocKs ON THEM!
Mount Clemens is no browing, riot
aus child in the fomily Of Mocomb
county communities It hos, long since,
rooched that adult level Of stability, Of
culture and Of deceney which should
cause II to serve as an example for the
Younger, the more boisterous and the
y Booming.
IN the eradication Of prostitution
\ from within it's corporate limits Mount
Clemens can Toxic significant step to-
word achieving the respect and the
cNic-progress which its residents de-
serve.
Apathy and reliance upon the in
Spired reasoning Of those who profit
/ from the operation Of disorderIy houses
Will never achieve that end. Vision ond
Sleor understanding Of the focts will.
There is nothing Of the seIf-riehteous
n ta7e thoughts or in the objectiXes OF
The Daily Monitor. II cannot in any
sonse b considered q "erusodine news
Paper
Il IS true, however, that cenoin ugly
foetors in the development Of human
relationships cannot be ignored by any
soltfespectinq newspaper. Soil
o1nono them today in Mount Clemens is
tl4o Issue Of prostitution.
The word IS an ugly one; one that the
puFists would prefer to shove into the
Background where it will not offend
6ither eyes or ears. But the issue, too, is
uoly and It is real. Il plays an inevitable
role il the thinking and in the progress
of any community where it hos been
permitted to exist.
The Clinton hotel, 70 Broadway and
Moe Mekenno's brothel, IS Park. con-
stitute Mount Clemens most opporent
civic blots. They have long operated
opsnIy protected by public Iethorey and
the incidence Of Officials. They ore
temporarily closed and, we believe,
they should be kept closed for oil time
The Daily Monitor does not admit,
nor does the law Of the sovereign Stote
Of Michioon, that prostitution should
b eountenoneed anywhere. The old,
Wom-out argument that we should wink
at such law violations in order ITO pro-
feet pure womonhood" sounds stronoe-
" self-seekine and cowordIy.
However, for the soke Of argument,
~ challenge even the proponents Of
that fIimsy theory to produce one ten
able reason why such establishments
should BE permitted to operate adjacent
g respectobIe residential oreos. The
Mckenno and Clinton resorts ore
passed dolly by countless school chill
dren ond respectable adults. The nature
ct their riboId operations is known to
youno ond old alike. Drunken potrons,
losing their way in the dark, knock in
slsfsntly upon the doors Of nearby re-
spectobIs residences and young girls
OF the neiehborhood ore constantly be-
ing occosted by men who think them
occupants Of the red-Iieht establish
s1,ents.
The DoiIy-Monitor entertoins no iIlu-
sions concerning human morality. Il
recognizes the foct that no community
ord no individual can be expected to be
peffoet. ttdoes feel, however, thot the
tin ylpe Tor Is to oct to rid the COM
81 ~ two most degrading resorts
IS a Ia e.3fo providing no permanent
M u 1 resorts ore to be coun-
y can best be insulated
= 49, eltIxsnr through the bor-
Aorm acres than they ever
~ narrow sidewalks and
tpCts OF city dwelling.
~ out-county oreos can
LIZ problem, too, and The
wil! - hoppy to assist
ID IN permanent pod
<enro ond Clinton
w. 2 dsfinite step :