_d_) The prevalence of sex perversions, as masturbation and homosexuality. 10. The attraction for the boy of excitement and adventure renders him peculiarly susceptible to the “call of the road.” _a_) Hundreds of Chicago boys, mainly but not entirely of wage-earning families, every spring “beat their way” to the harvest fields, impelled by wanderlust, and the opportunity for work away from home. _b_) Of these a certain proportion acquire the migratory habit and may pass through successive stages from a high-grade seasonal worker to the lowest type of bum. _c_) The boy on the road and in the city is constantly under the pressure of homosexual exploitation by confirmed perverts in the migratory group. _d_) Certain areas of the city frequented by boys have been found to be resorts and rendezvous for homosexual prostitution. 11. While the majority of the homeless migratory workers are American citizens of native stock: _a_) They are in large numbers for practical purposes disfranchised because they seldom remain in any community long enough to secure legal residence. _b_) They constitute a shifting and shiftless group without property and family, and with no effective participation in the civic life of the community. _c_) According to statements from police authorities they contribute but slightly to the volume of serious crime. _d_) Both on the road and in the city, they are at all times subject to arbitrary handling and arrest by private and public police and to summary trial and sentence by the court. _e_) The attitude of Chicago, like that of other communities toward the homeless man, has been a policy of defense intrusted to the police department for execution. 12. Social service to the homeless migratory and casual worker has for the most part been remedial rather than preventive; unorganized and haphazard rather than organized and co-ordinated. _a_) Professional beggars and fakers exploit public sympathy and credulity for individual gain to the disadvantage of the men who need and deserve assistance. _b_) The missions and certain churches feed, clothe, and provide shelter for several thousand men during the winter months. _c_) The Dawes Hotel, the Christian Industrial League, and the Salvation Army hotels provide lodging at a low charge. _d_) The Salvation Army maintains the Industrial Home with workshops which accommodate a limited number of men. _e_) The United Charities and the Central Charity (Catholic) Bureau, although concerned mainly with family relief, give certain forms of assistance to the homeless man.