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younger generation and of parents who fail to pro-
vide them with the guidance they need. It is the fault

[ of broken homes, parents preoccupied with their

own lives and with social agencies who fail to recog-
nize how susceptible young people can be.

Today’s is a cash world. With plenty of money
rolling around, everyone wants his share. Young
people are no exception. They see their young pals
driving sleek new cars. They turn up their noses at
the jalopies their fathers drove.

The homosexual underground reaches these young
people with comparative ease. There are always
vultures, male madams if you like, who’ll show
them how to lay their hands on easy money.

My investigation of male prostitution took me to
a prosperous city in the South where a scandal had
erupted last year. It involved the organization of
young males serving as prostitutes by a gang of
men with criminal records. It had been uncovered
by a newspaperman, quite by accident. We had
been colleagues many years before, and he felt no
qualms about giving me the background details that
led to the gang’s exposure.

“I thought I knew the score about everything
until this story closed in on me. I've known homo-
sexuals in every line of work and found it easier to