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by placing 4 Navy-operated treat
ment station within the house.
Although some medical officers
and two chaplains in attendance
protested, it was stated by the senior |
medical oficer that this was to be
the policy.
Chaplains Submit Opinion.
Subsequently. the chaplains Of
the fleet met and submitted to the
nag q memorandum that repre-
sented the unanimous opinion Of
the group. The action OF the chap
lains was ignored, and Sunday, Oc-
tober 7, the Yosuura house was
opened to enlisted men, with geisha
houses permitted to accept the pa
tronage OF chiefs and oficers.
Although the number of men on
liberty next day was considerably
under normal because Of rain, OBJ
served, in company with four chap
lains and the oficer Of the day Of
the military police, 4 line of enlist
ed men almost block long, wait
ing their turn.
"MPs kept the lines orderly and
permitted only as many Is could
be served to enter at q time. As
men were admitted into the lobby,
they would select q companion 113
on duty that day. according to one
of the Japanese attendants), pay
| the 10 yen to the japanese operator
and then 60 with the girl to her
room. We inspected several OF these
rooms and found them to be rea-
sonably clean.
Many Were Younger Men.
"When the men returned they
were registered and administered
lprophylaxis by Navy corpsmen. AL
though approximately 20 men could
be treated at q time, there was
line waiting. True, many of the
men were the type one might expect
to patronize such a place, but the
bulk of the customers were younger
men. The open accessibility of
women In this place has been fac
tor contributing to the first sex ex-
perience OF some OF my men.
when one considers the rate of
disease, that there are some forms
of veneral disease in the Orient
that do not respond to treatment,
that some Of the women have been
exposed to leprosy. On the basis of
these facts, it is contended that:
Il. The Navy's policy of unre-
stricted sexual opportunities with
diseased women is no solution for
the problem of'veneral control.
q. American people would insist
that the Navy Immediately adopt 4
policy of rigid suppression in regards
to prostitution.
3. The Navy, which completely
ignored moral implications in the
present situation, be charged to con-
slider the moral aspects of policies
governing personnel.
4. The people who loan their sons
to the Government demand moral
protection or refuse to supply the
personnel for our armed forces.
IS. Although many naval officers
are gentlemen, others by example
and advice have encouraged i'm
morality among our men.
Is. The Navy's unlimited sale Of
beer, which has contributed to moral
delinquency and numerous incidents
here, be discontinued. And that
throughout the Navy, soft drinks be
| made just as available as beer when
ever beverages are provided by the
Navy.
~. An organization that has dem
onstrated such brilliant strategy in
defeating the japanese military not
permit our men to become the open
victims of Japanese prostitutes In
the final round"
Admiral King. chief of Naval Op-
erations. informed of the Lacour
letter, on November 3 made the fol-
lowing statement to the Des Moines
Register:
"As yet, I have no definite word
that the conditions are as outlined
in this article in the Register. I
can assure you that such conditions
are not in keeping with the Navy
Departments wishes. From a care
ful reading Of the article, it appears
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