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Show Segregation, Staff Among Needsat Utah State Penitentiary |. By JOAN GEYER stration psychologist, Dr. Ted Beck, and two graduate student The problem of homosexuality at Utah Prison has aroused social workers. shocked interest. Therapy Office Sex offenses always arouse inThe prison will ask the state tense interest. Yet there is probnext year for $100,000 ably no subject on which the legislature to j ‘ed an public has so much atherapy office on the bottom floor tion. of B-North; hire two more: social Homosexuality is not new. It was deplored as far back as workers and a full time psycholoBiblical times. It is a problem gist. Group therapy is conducted by |" at all prisons and in most groups where one sex is deprived of nor- psychiatric social workers for both prisoners and officers—who mal contacts with the other. Two years ago the State of have their own acute personal California, deeply aroused over problems. One inmate group com-|. offenders. murder of two children, called a prises only sex Group therapy is voluntary. The special session of the legislature, sign up hoping. to and collected data from police, inmate may courts, the medical profession get 4 better conduct report, but and others dealing with sex of- gradually gets interested in figfenders. Consensus was that too uring out why his life has been little was known and less agreed less than happy. on as to what constituted a “‘sex L. H. Chinn, chairman of’ the offender.” prison inmate » said he Substantial funds were ap- was a memberof one of thefirst propriated for research into all therapy groups. He said “‘you find sex offenses including child mo- out what caused your personal lesting, exhibitionism, rapists problem. With many it is someand homosexuals, and studies thing that cameoutof their childwent forward, first at Porter- hood. With older men it is wife Langley Clinic; then at a new trouble, business associates or rity hospital for Ieoholi BOARD CHAIRMAN [RECOGNIZES PRISON PROBLEMS—Dr.Leslie D. Burbidge, chairman of Utah State Board of Corrections, ‘tells newsmen the board recognizes seriousness of present forgery, narcotics and sex offense problems at the prison. ‘ PRISONER’S HOME FOR YEAR OR LIFE—Prisoners in good standing are permitted’ small luxuries such as a real chair to sit on, and pictures of théir loved ones. Sometimes they' have a radio, books or a painting they have made at art class. MAN WITH ‘TOUGHEST JOB IN UTAH’—Veteran officer John Turner was ted Utah State Prison warden following resignation of MarceH Graham. He inherited suchhot isstes as a prison murder, running and forgeries, ’? One group rule, says sex psychopaths at Atascadero, Mr, Chinn, ‘is to keep your seat, Calif. even if ‘issues raised rouses This hgspital is) only one of its anger. kind in United States \and one Last week the prison threw of two of its kind in the world. open its doors to newsmen to Policy was to intensively : study. show it ‘‘had nothing to hide,” deconvicted sex offenders through spite current exposes of manu- psychological + testing, therapy, and group facture at the prison of duplicate to backtracking license plates, false driver’s l- learn behavior from early childcenses and forged checks. hood through schools, armed The newsmen asked officers, |board of correction and inmates forces, business and professions and family life.* Myths Exploded The research exploded many myths. One was that while a stranger may molest a_ child, more little girls or boys are molested by someone who is as to what percentagé of the pris- a on population of 550 were homosexuals. Estimates ranged from two to 20 per cent. One old timer, in for 15 years, said he knew of only 15 men who were what might be called homosex- ‘member of or well known to uals, although an unknown numtheir .family. Another was that ber of others have committed the child may be the’ aggressor homosexual acts through fear or tdn that it has a severe psychi- impulse. ‘ atric problem and seeks to win favors of a morally or mentally weak adult. The oustanding thing about Atascadero was that on the basis of intensive testing, a man’s behavior could be quite accurately predicted. Mr. Ashpole and the inmates agreed that because a man commits an unnautral act, he is not necessarily a homosexual, Nevertheless, it is regarded as one of A different type of background The prison, of course, has other sex offenders, among them a led to different types of sex offense. The California studies emphasized another important point: the most urgent problems of the prison to arrange segregation of homosexuals. AT THIS PRINT SHOP CHECKS, DRIVER’S youth, 16, incarcerated at state prison ‘after he had escaped from reform school and raped a girl, Every man who commits a sex aged three. offense is not a sex offender in the sense of being pulsively prone to commit the sameoffense again and. again. Perhaps most important was For Horse in 57th Year 1.8 per cent, a rate much lower than for ‘most prisoners. Other modern institutions use ST. GEORGE, Utah—“‘My back the same approach of intensive study and classification of pris- hurts every time I even look at sy oners " with therapy carefully a horse.” Hollywood’s most famous Man By BRUCE BIOSSAT NEA Staff Correspondent of the West — Gary Cooper — sen isn’t a timid man—and adHe read author Glendon Swarthout’s suspense thriller about a 1916 U. S. Cavairy charge in Mexico and about a cowardly ‘major who is along, relieved of hig command, to select five heroes. He army, wife, children, prison; or if he has shown a tendency to mits it. : picks the five and then learns a great deal about them, himself, and a girl before the five cavalry- men who don’t want to be decoratact upon every impulse. teeth and. readjusted his long Although a small prison like legs which were all tangled up ed as heroes stone him to death. “It would be much more draUtah cannot hope to concentrate the same expensive rehabilitation on a chair in the patio of a St. George motel..He was very hap- staff, Utah has made a begin- py indeed, he said, about being ning in classification and treatment. Utah Officer included out of the big U.S. Cavalry charge scenes Director Robert Rossen was filming at a le as he admits, Rossen “Your ending, as a matter of fact, is a bit illogical. It doesn’t: make other things as he cracked more until the day he is carried out of the prison horizontally. Honor prisoners however, have liberty to visit neighbors. be covered if California, Ohio, Colorado, Washington, Kansas and Idaho should be added Nov. 4, To block that outcome organized labor has undertaken the greatest to stay anonymous for fear of er and the girl is Rita Hayworth and ‘the e cavalrymen heroes who turn out to be heavies are, probation and parole department, the armed forces and other institutions. Mr. Ashpole finds schools quite accurate but information is not current. Parents are usually realistic and aggrieved wives are often “fairly accurate.” If one the basis of careful evalua- from left to right, Van Teb Hunter, Richard Conte, Dick York and from the “West Side But even death, as western” to admit tion, behavior can he quite accurately, why isn’t it?_ For one thing, Disgruntled union avalanche of repeal efforts in the launched 18 states now covered. Three| states—Louisiana, Delaware and New Hampshire — already have repealed such laws. : eee +Here’s how the fight looks in the six combat zones: or ex-wife, schools and employers. Also utilized are records of coming inmate, after orientation may be: placed ‘twherever there THE BIG HOUSE HAS SMALL QUARTERS FOR INMATE — Through this grilled door walks the prisoner at the end of the day, and the days stretch forward 865 to the year, and the years to date of discharge; or if term is life electioneering effort in its history. Supporters say the right to work On the other side, business or- is vital to any American’s norThe proposal which: generally ganizations and businessmen‘ have mal freedom of choice. Mindful of provides that a worker not join jumped into politics with unac- the McClellan committee’s racketeering disclosures, they portray a union to get or keep a job, al- customed fervor and frankness. Supporters and opponents are the proposals as reform, arguing ready stands as law in 18 states. pouring millions of dolars into that workers free to join or not to their high-pitched campaigns. On join a union can’t be bulldozed by ing the heavy in the nick of time the key battlegrounds the land- corrupt leaders. nor getting a message through to scape blooms with billboards ‘ Organized labor condemns the the cavalry division left chasing which shout their urgings; TV, legislation as ‘‘union-busting’’ and Pancho Villa’s marauders south radio, bumper stickers, pamphlets as leading the worker back to of the border. That was before in a flood, all carry the message. long hours and ‘“sharecropper” movies went aduit. ese 6 wages. They see the whole labor The fellow who wants to kill Two major candidates have vied movement as undermined if right Gary and then get lost, their political kites to the issue— te work gains more headway. new ending, is Van Heflin, wanted Sen, Wiliam F. Knowland, Repub- (Advocates, quote a survey showthe law to stand trial for mur- lican nominee for governor in Cal- ing that in states now covered, der. But Van hasn’t seen a doll ifornia, and GOP Gov. C. William union membership either held or for a long time. So Rita offers O’Neill, seeking reelection in Ohio.| gained.) The controversy spills beyond the Labor groups, having stirred borders of the affecied states as their members to register in huge voters in many places grab candi- numbers in some of the affected dates’ lapels and demend their states, count on a sweeping triviews. umph. Proponents talk cagily Bitterness marks the debate al- and hint that a silent vote from most everywhere. In Colorado, labor’s rank and file may put some right to work advocates.try them on top. Cooper’s life—and e 4— Utah’s prison classification and cation site 18 miles away. good sense.’’ Author Swarthout Then the big Coop treatment officer is Robert Ashguessed Rossen was right) and ‘‘dying’ in movies and even laughed. pole, former psychiatric social about worker at Atascadero. In addition to psychological testing at the prison, Mr. Ashpole’s department writes letters of inquiry to the new prisoner’s parents, wife FORGED—. Half those in the country would posals, however, might start an Right to work proposals up for about audiences not coming to see their movie if they kept faith decision in six states are touchwith the book and had Gary ing off more emotional fire than stoned to death out there in the any other issue facing the nawilderness. { It was because Director; Ros- tion’s voters this fall. factor a prison is interested in. epoke the words with a grinning wince about his love for horses is important. While any man growing cold in his S#th year. might be tempted on i se to make a break, likelihood is increased if his background: indicates he has been running away all_his life, from school, parents, Tendency of a man-to go AWOL, WERE Right to Work Controversy Stirs. 6 States Gary Cooper Losing Zest the fact that 95 per cent of pa- tients at Atascadero were able to be discharged after treatment, and repeaters comprised only LICENSES Latest exposes at Utah’s troubled- state prison indicated driver’s licenses and checks had been forged within the prison; smuggled out and passed. Two of the icense number given was phony checks were passed in Provo and Orem, genuine—but a duplicate of legal plates. CALIFORNIA Knowland’s, the campaign in How Rita adult, ‘matic. h *. taliation, of the tee’s board of ‘directors tried to state, but it languished until mov- hide their identity, but the Rocky ie producer Cecil B. DeMille and Mountain News found them out, former San Francisco Mayor They are mostly professional and Roger Lapham took over. | business groups and Now farmers management organization people, some involved in labor contract ; carry the fight. AFL and CIO, un- dealings. merged here, battle back with Edwin Johnson, former govcommanding effort. Both sides ernor and senator, heads the oplure voters with prize contests. position. He’s well known and .» OHIO — Everybody’s in it here, liked: in rural areas where antifrom Catholic bishops to shoe- union ‘feeling runs strong. Two shine boys.‘In office or factory lawyers and a banker are on his or home or bar, no candidate’s side of the fence. Labor is not big name rings out so often as does in Colorado, the phrase “‘right to work.’’ Sen. KANSAS — As in neighboring John W. Bricker, looking for a Colorado,. “right to work” is the third term, has joined Governor only real reminder here that it’s O’Neill in support of the measure election time. The major parties but plays it down. His opponent, aren’t speaking .aggressively on Stephen M. Young, is limed up the issue. Democratic Gov, against it. Observers think the George Docking opposes firmly, proposal may be holding a slight and his GOP adversary, Clyde M. edge as voting time nears. Reed Jr., says he'll follow the * s ¢ ¢@ voters’ mandate ‘f elected: FarmWASHINGTON — It’s the sec-/ ers, annoyed by the high cost of ond time around here, right to machinery and a union strike at work having been beaten in 1956 the height of their-1958 wheat har- by better than two to one. The vest, join business in support. ci for it got its biggest IDAHO — The proposal failed shot of steam from William Ailen, in the legislature here by two” Bresident of Boeing Airplane Com- votes in 1956. The Farm Bureau pany, whose open backing signal- Federation got it on the ballot a broad business effort. Ed West- this time. Unions aren’t strong on, president of the Washington in Idaho. It’s the quietest cam State Federation of Labor, charg- Paign of all the six going. Obes Allen pressed Boeing's suppli- servers think the proposal has the ers to fall in line. Indications best chance of winning here of point to the measure’s defeat. any place in the West. tight link to the. right to work proposal partly explains his unconcealed feud with Republicfh Gov. COLORADO — Right to. work Goodwin J. Knight, running for has given the state’s campaign his Senate seat. Knight’ as gov- its only snap this year. Its right ernor sought labor's favor, and finds the senator’s staunch adyocacy of the Jaw highly embarrassing with his union. Fearing union re- . Out of Running For Halloween Queen Now this / Auta C. Hatch MORTUARY 8S EAST THIRD SOUTH. . PROVO, UTAH DignifiedService q PPPPPPAR OFweal, =) COMING } FRIDAY, & 3-.URDAY Oct. 31 & Nov.1 |