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7 hae eaghd adtibd = aes A ee re oe ae cya ANI age karen ere tr edia A. le ee a u o- : Menoresdem for Mr. Rosen | Page Taree .. “ Mey .! I described te the ofticers : the organisation of the Burean and its resouress in brief, and assured them of the enthusiastic support by the Bureau ef & venereal disease program as far as it concerns the Bureau! s jerisdiction as the Federal law exfercement agency. Mr. Howell ef the American Social Hygiene Association spoke for a short time and the burden ef his remarks wes to the effect that the culmination ef the dmerican Social Hygiene Association's thirty-year effort was now being seen in @ venerval disease program. His talk was something of 2 mutual aduire- ticn affair, with emphasis on his own orgamisation. He did emphasise the fact that investigators of the American Social Hygiene Association were active in ascertaining vice conditions gmerally and that the reports ree ceived by them would be made available to any venereal disease control officer who would request then. During the open forum which consumed approximately forty-five simtes after the main speakers had finished, various aspects of the venereal disease pro~ gram were brought up by the wenereal disease control officers and during the course of this it was possible to further develop the description ef the Bureau's facilities and the organisation, During these questions, ene ef the officers inquired of Majer Dyar if it would be agreeable if information | in the possession of venereal disease officers indicating possibilities ef | WSTk violations should be forwarded te the Bureau through effieial channels of the drwy, or should be forwarded directly to the Bureau field effice covering the area. Major Dyar stated it would be entirely satisfactory with the Aray if mch information were forwarded directly by the veneres] disease officer to the local field office of the FBI. At this time I took occasion to comment that the Bureau maintained fifty-six field offices throughout the continental United Stetes end territories and that information forwarded to us by Army authorities would receive immediate and thorough attention. YENEREAL DISEASE BATES From various comments during the course of the conference, I learned Seg, the present rate fo on of venereal diseas a — nfections 1 app thirty-eight per thousand ranma, The Air Corpse rate is about twenty thousand jor Dyer iidicated it was anticipated WIE th8-FeCSIpE of coe tnroreation and statistics that this .. = rate would, in the immediate future, show a decline to approximetely twenty= two per thousand per annum, The Air Corps is, ef course, extremely proud of its relative showing in this regard and all of its officers seem te be a intedeely interested in maintaining and improving this record.