if we apply Kinsey's figures upon the incidence of homosexuality to members of Congress and male Civil Service employees, we would assume that 192 white

To Be Accused,

male members of Congress and 525,277 Is To Be Guilty

male Civil Service employees are poor security risks for this reason. The facts are that the majority of homosexuals are no particular menace to society. A small number of them, like those who are heterosexual, will attempt to seduce or sexually assault others and try to initiate sex relations with small children. They are undesirable persons in the community.

Society is entitled to protect itself against such individuals whether they are homosexual or heterosexual. Homosexual seduction of children is just as important as heterosexual seduction and perhaps even more serious in its effects. Society must and should guard against it rigidly. Certain dangerous acts do occur. Some overt homosexuals, in their hunt for partners, may be attracted to latent ones who greatly fear any homosexual expression. Relations of this kind often end in atrocities which may be against children and youths.

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Dr. Karl M. Bowman

Today when I reported at the office of the Jury Commissioner for jury duty, I was given a long questionnaire. It included the surprising question: "Have you ever been arrested?" Though I need not have answered, I checked yes and added: "Should not this word have been convicted? Innocent persons can be and are arrested." I wonder when I'll be called.

The asking of this actually stupid question reminded me immediately of the attitude of many who heard of my case. The general feeling ran something like: "But nice people just don't get arrested!" although it usually came out in these words: "How could you have let this happen to you!" Homosexuals asked me hundreds of questions about where I first met the officer, what I said to him, why I let him into the house and exactly what happened there. Of course, none of these data were homosexually to the point. Even if I had done all the things which the prosecution claimed repeating over and over: a gesture no normal person would make even ONCE" I would have been guilty of no unusual act, only an illegal one in this society. Yet even the most confirmed homosexuals seemed to have forgotten this as they sympathetically grilled me to determine the merits of the case and whether it should be supported, and held

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