Show Venereal Disease Control i i THE THE long-desired long Venereal disease clinic in downtown Salt Lake City is apparently at X last assured City commissioners have agreed to to as their share of the cost of the clinic which will be jointly opera operated oper oper- a and financed by the city Salt Lake county the state and the federal government The clinic will be established in the annex to the public safety building I J Lack of adequate facilities for the treatment treatment treat treat- ment of venereal diseases in downtown Salt SaltS S I 1 Lake City has been a weak point in this city's health efforts for some time It has recently been brought more forcibly to public attention atten atten- tion t ion on by army officials who have expressed concern over the e venereal disease problem in inthe the city and urged local authorities to make every effort to control l such diseases here T There ere was a time when the mention of venereal disease in the he public press or i in pu pub pub- lie discussion was taboo That time has passed I We have awakened fo to the realization now that the hush hush-hush policy has has' has been been the very thing which has made control of these diseases diseases' so or 1 difficult in th the past We know from experience experience ence in other nations especially the Scandinavian Scandinavian c countries that venereal disease CAN L be controlled and that the first requisite to such control is an understanding of the problem l hem lem m on the part of the public and a determination determination nation to face it frankly and openly It is good to see that public recognition of the problem in Salt Lake City and the apparent apparent ent determination to do something g about it it |