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July/2000 Letter to the Editor: Interrogations on Sterilization The Burlington Free Press Bernard Leddy

February 26, 1931

 The Burlington Free PressBurlington, VermontFebruary 26, 1931

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 February 26, 1931 WE'LL LET NANCY DETERMINE THESE Leddy, Bernard J. Letter to the Editor: Interrogations on Sterilization Burlington Free Press February 26, 1931 p. 7 Newspaper clipping from the faculty file of Henry F. Perkins, University of Vermont Archives Interrogations on Sterilization To the Editor of the Free Press:

I have followed, with interest, the discussion on sterilization which has been going on, during the last few days, in the columns of the Free Press. I read Mr. McGee's "long winded" letter, Mr. Davis's inquiry for light, Miss Cassie's emotionless castigation, and Dr. Allen's scientific treatise on Eugenics; with the result that I am left slightly bewildered.

Would Dr. Allen, therefore, be so kind as enlighten me on the following points:

What is the purpose of the State, and are there any limits to its rights and powers?

What is the purpose of marriage? Can man pervert a natural function?

Can the same methods we use on cattle be employed on human beings? What will be the use of making room for younger imbeciles, when imbecile progenitors are sterilized?

Will Dr. Allen please throw some light on these questions, because his conclusions stand or fall with the answers given them.

BERNARD J. LEDDY.
Burlington,
February 24. 1931.

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