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rn 5 Meno to Ur. Nichols from M. A. Jones January 9, 1950 "You will hear a good deal about Kinsey in the months ahead. Some of tt will be condemnation from the con- clusion-jumperss; some will be praise from the thoughtful. But whatever the reaction, Kinsey wtll go right on wading into hia big job. In the nezt twenty years his staff intends to produce eight more volumes on the following subjects: ~~~. Sexual behavior in the human female Serual factors in marital adjustment Legal aspects of sex behavior . The heteroserual-homosezual balance_ Serual adjustments in institutional popuietions Prostitution i oe 7 . Sex education as co Other special problens.” —— "SEXUAL BEHAVIOR IN THE HUMAN MALE" (Kinsey Repo rt) This book was published by the W. B. Saunders Co. (Medical Publishers) in 1948 and carried three co-authors names, Alfred C. Kinsey, Wardell B. Pomeroy and Clyde E. Martin, but tt has been referred to commonly as the Kinsey Report. The book contains 804 pages and te filled with statistical charts. "SEX HABITS OF AMERICAN MEN", a book edited by Albert Deutsch . Shortly after the appearance of the Kinsey Report the above titled book was published in the same year 1948, It carried a subtitle, "4 Symposium on the Kinsey Report." The book was dedicated, "To Alfred C. Kinsey and Hts Co-Workers," "whose ptoneer ezplorattons in the tabooed territories of ser are opening up new paths of truth toward knowledge and human happiness." Thts book is a sertes of short articles written by 14 different men and women reviewing the Kinsey Report from 14 different aspects, anthropological, psychtatrical, sociological, etc. KINSEY REPORT CAUSED A FUROR IN UNITED STATES Following publication of the Kinsey report thousands upon thousands of words were printed both in protest against it and commen- dation for tt. Articles were published in magazines and newspapers indicating the pro and con feelings. Typtcal of these articles are some appearing in the New York Times tn 1948. Dre. J. Eisenbud and WU. Mead scored Kinsey report shortcomings from soctological and psycho- logical point of view. (Harch 3lst issue, pg. 27, col. 5) American Social Hygiene Association at thetr 3 day conference criticized the Kinsey report from religious and noral points of view. (April 1, page. 50, col. 1) The Kinsey report was scored by the National Council of : Catholic Fomen at their meeting tn New Orleans, La. on Sept. 14, 1948. ' (Sept. 15, 1948, page 20, col. 2) There were many other such references in the New York Times during 1948 and other papers throughout the country. ~-3-