"THIS CONDITION seriously affected the life of my younger son-and perhaps the lives of many other young sons. Because of the distasteful nature of the condition, I am not going to reveal our names. But something corrective should be done...

"OUR YOUNGER SON (we'll call him Jack) is 20 years Cold. Until the last few months he has been a regular boy. He has a fine appearance, was a high school athlete, was interested in all sports, even took an active interest in church affairs . . .

"RECENTLY WE NOTICED Jack had dropped his girl friend as well as his former school and church friends. He began an association with a strange group of fellows. They appeared decent enough outwardly, yet we could detect something that gave the impression they were a totally 'wrong' group. Jack spent fewer evenings and week-ends at home. His college studies suffered. In the past, Jack had always brought his problems to the family. Suddenly he had grown apart from us. We felt he was hiding something of which he was ashamed..

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"MY WIFE AND I were concerned, yet we were de termined to let Jack bring his problem to us. He failed to do it. Finally, I decided to talk to him. I got nowhere. I suspected Jack had joined a group of dope addicts ...

"I HIRED A RELIABLE private detective in desperation. As a matter of fact, my family physician advised it. I was amazed at the findings of the detective. Jack had not become a dope addict, but instead had fallen in with a large group of active homosexuals frequenting several Minneapolis public bars and so-called supper clubs. The detective pointed out that there were police officers in two of the bars during one of his visits. Moreover, he said most of the clubs were operating almost exclusively for homosexuals with just a sprinkling of on-lookers present . . .

"MY WIFE AND I were greatly concerned, as you might well imagine. We wondered if we had failed in the proper upbringing of our son. I confronted Jack with the findings and, at the request of our family physician again, we sent our son to a psychiatrist, with whom I visited myself. The psychiatrist informed me that Jack had not been an active homosexual. The doctor said Jack's upbringing had been normal and that it was his opinion he had simply fallen in with the wrong group...