Evening star., 1951-09-23

chandise of one kind or another
have played music of and on for
a good many years. have had a
lot of jobs of the automobile driv-
ing type. like delivery truck driv-
ing, taxicab driving, solicitor, and
things Of that sort.
Mr.. Clemmer:: Are you a Wash
tngton boy?
Inmate; Yes, sir, I was born
here.
Mr.. Clemmer: I see. Your only
Scrapes with the law have been
with drugs?
Inmate: The only scrapes !
have ever had have been in con-
! nection with this marijuana deal.
Mr.. Clemmer: I see. Joe, are
! you married?
Inmate: Yes, sir.
Mr.. Clemmer: Any children?
Inmate: One.
MIR. Clemmer: You know, the
alcoholics tell me, and ! guess you
boys are different. but when
have asked them questions about
= their sex life, about being mar
ried. alcoholics get awfully resent
full if anyone implies that they
are anything but normal, seXually
Now what about the drug addict:
Enemy of Women.
Inmate: Well, opium in time
as l have found out from exper-
ience, will eliminate the desire fol
sex. Now, a woman apparently
can sense this long before mar
is aware of it. l don't know
whether the women, as a whole
realize it. but opium in all of its
fof4ns is their greatest enemy.
Mr.. Clemmer: l have never
heard that before.
Inmate: That is true. If they
don't know it they ought to find
it out. because in the first place
before the man notices any rust
ing of his sexual potential. he is
nervous, let us say for lack Of
better expression. He reSents the
woman's ordinary, normal de-
mands. He has still not noticed
any slackening or lessening of his
sexual desire but it is probably be-
ginning and in an effort not tC
have to face it. he will get into ar
argument, precipitate a beef OF
some type to avoid having to face
the situation which at this point
he could still handle. perhaps, but
little later on begins to come
the time when he can actually not
take care of his sexual duties -.
never reached that point, but
probably would have been that
way pretty soon.
Mr.. Clemmer: That is one rea-
son you are down here working on
the bar bells?
Inmate: Yes. sir.
-Quizzed on Environment.
Mr.. Clemmer: Joe, tell me this
Just suppose you had been born IN
q different location or different
neighborhood. Do you think that
you. would have ever taken tc
drugs? In other words, what l am
saying is, is it an environmenta
thing or is it something inside you
in your opinion?
Inmate: I have been diagnosed
by a couple of doctors and by my
own ability to diagnose as being
some type Of neurotic. perhaps
even a psychotlc of some sort.
don't know whether this neurosis
started when l began to notice
the insecurity of my own home a.
compared with others. can't say
I am under the impression that
was pretty good raw material and
that I would have been a credit,
actually a little better than a
credit, to society and to myself
which is actually the main thing,
If I had not had so many tangents,
so many places to go, nobody to
guard me and say. Look. how
about this as compared with this. y
I never seemed to have had that
opportunity and, consequently, at
this time I still don't know eX-
actly what I want to do.
Mr.. Clemmer:: I guess no one
knows too much about it. Are
you much impressed by psychia-
trists? / have worked with them
for many years. Are you impressed
with them?
Don't Seem TO Help.
Inmate: I don't know. They
don't seem to help me very much
Mr.. Clemmer:: You don't look
neurotic or psychotic to me at all
Joe, do you have any clinch argu-
ment. What is your attitude now:
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