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but, any man experienced in naval or army- 

 affairs would know that this is not the 

 proper way to cure this terrible evil. Why 

 were not Col. House or the President's 

 personal attorney, The Hon. Mr. Unter- 

 myer, or Justice Brandeis, or one of the 

 heads of the Department of Animal Indus- 

 try, called on to give expert advice if the 

 gentleman could not agree with the medical 

 head of our Government? 



The United States Government should 

 now take upon itself to wipe out the social 

 diseases as it is bound to do some day — just 

 as the Kaiser did in Germany, where they 

 now claim they have the super-man — and, 

 if some day, why not today ? "When this will 

 have been accomplished the ills of man will 

 be greatly diminished and there will not be 

 the need of 60% of the doctors and surgeons 

 we have today. America as a nation will be 

 healthier, happier and longer lived and we 

 will be capable of greater achievements. 

 All this can be done if only the public are 

 aroused to its crying need. To a lack of 

 these hygienic laws, the great Eoman Em- 

 pire owes her downfall. Go to any of our 



