Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 10 September 1942 — Page 2

oldier Stirs Up

By ADA GILKEY Times Special Writer

MES, Sept. 10.—Men ‘and women are talking and writing , Sex and pleading for decency and idealism and emotional

y in a world at war.

column ‘of The Memphis Press-Scimitar—a controversy pro by.a straightforward letter from a wrought-up young man who himself “In Uniform.” , Uniform,” who is'in the air forces, wrote from “a big fiying ol in a quiet little southern town with mére than its share of magnolia-beautiful girls who seem to be the south’s heritage.” He wrote, he said, because he was scared—“scared for our girls.” said he had seen 30 ‘teen-age daughters of good families ‘shipped me rom a fashionable finishing school because ney were “in

‘He said: ‘Officers establish more and more prophylactic stations in an effort check the rising tide of disease. Last week I héard “theta say, ell, we've hit the top. No. 1 in the nation for venereal infection.’ fom women .of the streets? I haven't Seen any. Then from these Joung girls whose smiles of friendly greeting and hospitality have

lowering of moral standards and blamed books,

“I've watched the health charts and seen the medical

HOME ON LEAVE in Memphis, he said, he

Sf, TMB CRAVE in Mewvhis, os leit Sint St Sssotin: : “in the community; girls on whose Jlevel-headedness I would have “staked my life. Girls from 15 to 21, in high school and college. Yes, : 1 mean GOOD girls. . . . Can't someone tell them that we are fighting How seriously they are considering the problem of: young people's i relationships is indicated in a current controversy in Cynthia .

Just..a4 much for their zight, to virtue, purity, innocence and decency as’ we are for our country?” “He concluded: “Before this lie that war has ended ‘the need for: virtue; that war is the sesame to free love; that because of war we must eat, drink and be merry for tomorrow we may die—before this vicious letdown. gets out of hand, WON'T SOMEBODY DO SOME-

: THING?”

There has been a streath of replies, “a Woman” deplored the ,/magagine ads, and modern dress. She said, “The world is full of good boys and

men and.yet even the government drags them down to the level of animals by assuming that they want to be bad: See Manual of Arms

offering advice and equipment for contraceptives and prophylactics.” “A Soldier's Wife,” who is expecting a baby, complathed "that she couldn't get a room near where her husband is stationed “because all the single girls break their necks to get there before the wives" gét a chance to get a room. I think the girls should quit flirting with

“blame for a lowering of

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> SRE 5 “NICE GIRL" ‘blamed. both ‘men and women for lowering wosial

She went on to ask, “Why. don’t mothers wake up.and stop turning their - standards. “Small Town Girl” blamed beer drinking. “A Soldier's Yitle 12 nd 15-year-aid Giri loose In tows to work in Testayrents Wite” protested the panning of girls, especially by uniformed men's

* and lve alone in rooms?” “A. Reader” -trged that army. wives start’ Clean-Dp-Arounditbe-Army-Camps Clubs. She said soldiers were being rushed off their feet

* girls (and other people) entertaining the boys and the faith

wives, saying, “I have a husband in the army and I a the have in my husband is enough to last during a war, yes, even a lifetime.” “A Jealous Wife” pleaded, “Even if a girl finds a soldier, she

by “cheap little things who evidently haven't been brought up right! = should please not forget he might have a girl or wife at home. Please Readers jumped to the defense of men in uniform when “Reader don’t get serious.” ’

from Mississippi” asked, “How, oh, how, can we, the people of Amierica, a eo) Wht rotten to the core, spiritually and morally?® She put most of the

standards on “stop it by discouraging in every way the habit of drinking.”

men in uniform are if girls made them behave. She blamed fighting, drinking

_ “Just Decent,” 16, dating since. she was 14, said men would behave parents thful,” 15, * “Modern” said she had talked to lots of soldiers, marines, etc.

for a lot of the wrong-doing of sons and daughters. -

boys, ‘and called on girls to also blamed fighting, drinking parents.

“Eighteen” blamed both boys and girls, and said “parents are and, “How far a girl goes is entirely up to her. Not one boy in 300

blind-fo what is Soing on, on, or iss won Shane about them.” “Teen Age, > to soldiers, a 16t of girls seem - justify G with the excuse. ‘It’s patriotic.’ If it takes what so many girls seem to think it does to be patriotic, then I'm afraid I'm not a very good citizen.” “I've Been There,” a man, protested |

won't talk of such things or do any-

will start anything if a girl frankly says she doesn’t admire such

6, to be exact, said, “When it comes = conduct.”

“Mrs. 8. M. 8» Blamed modern dancing and swimming pools for “loose women and lustful men. » “Mrs. L. F. D.” said she had" two, sons in the army, a son inlaw

that girls aren't any worse in the navy, and a daughter in a munitions factory, and called the

changed to the grimace familiar to every wrong-way: street in the the boys in uniform, so the boys can stick to their training. The gov- than a year ago, two years ago, or 30 years ago. He said, “Sex, the . whole discussion “mass slander or gossip about the conduct of our orld. ‘ernment has defense ‘plants Where t these girls could go and work hush-hush subject, wouldn't be near the problem it is for both good boys -and girls.” .

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