yr-old youth on 4-yr-old girl shortly. after his discharge from school for mental defectives, led, with usual illogic, to a drive on homosexuals. -Half dozen vicesquad entrapments in a theatre. City Judge Marcellus K. Snow complained of "alarming increase" in homosexual cases, planned "more use of jail sentence to curb such offenders." He said certain places in city are famous as "meccas for sexually maladjusted persons." Threatening to bear down on offenders "to prevent them from proselyting our youth," he promised to suspend sentences on condition offenders left the city. SALT LAKE TRIBUNE approved of decision to jail homosexuals, but deplored the almost universal practice of "floating these abominal" (sic) "deviates from one city to the next. Admitting that tho the majority of homosexual cases may not be classified legally or medically as mentally defective. . . some surely are," THE TRIBUNE called for some means to "protect society" from "all kinds of of sex offenders." (How about some means to protect the peaceable homosexual segment of society from officious bigots?) Meanwhile, Governor Clyde appointed a committee, headed by D. A. Skeen (long experienced with the mentally handicapped) to study means of controlling aggressive defectives and sex offenders, and recommend possible changes in law.

We would suggest they study the English Wolfenden Committee Report-which clearly distinguishes between homosexuality and such unrelated problems as sex violence and child molesting.

WOLFENDEN REACTIONS

The entire British press gave heavy play to the historic Wolfenden recommendations. When after extensive study, the government

committee urged repeal of the English law punishing homosexual acts in private between consenting adults, even TIME, NEWSWEEK and many American dailies took note. "British Propose Easing Curb on Homosexuals," said the AP. UP quoted the Rev. Donald Soper, former president of Methodist Conference: "I'm glad this report will bring some sense, comfort and the expectation of justice to thousands of homosexuals who are living straight and decent lives under almost impossible conditions."

The LONDON TIMES editorially approved the report (reprinting much of it) while noting that the Committee against its own good logic, had urged 21 rather than 18 as the homosexual "age of consent. They mentioned the recommendations raising to 5 years imprisonment the seduction of a youth over 16 (seduction of a girl same age not punishable) and the general inequity of the proposals relating to soliciting, public indecency and particularly to minors-"But chiefly they reflect the committee's necessary and proper determination to make it clear beyond doubt that the proposed exemption of adult inverts from legal penalty is in no sense a sign of tolerance for paederasts or corrupters of youth. The broad strategy is sound."

In a similar treatment the DAILY TELEGRAPH noted that many previous fine committee reports on controversial matters are still gathering dust at best Parliament won't act soon. They commended the clear defining of boundary "between public and private morality. . . . Unless a deliberate attempt is made by society to equate the sphere of crime with that of sin, there must remain a realm of private morality and immorality which is, in brief, not the

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