Fortnight ago plain-speaking General Hugh Samuel Johnson was prepared to broadcast to the nation an address on "Public Enemies 1 & 2the two Social or Venereal Diseases called Syphilis & Gonorrhea." When his time came to speak, General Johnson simply growled to an estimated 17,000,000 NBC listeners:
"I came to the studio tonight prepared with a speech in support of Surgeon General Parran of the United States Public Health Service in his crusade against social diseases. A few minutes before I was to go on the air, I was informed that the discussion was...
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