For example, Charles A. Metzner, " Referenda for Fluoridation ," Health Education Journal, (September, 1957), Vol. 15, 168-178, suggests this but recognises the difficulties involved in carrying on a successful campaign.
2.
Arnold L. Green and Jean Briggs. " Fluoridation in Massachusetts: A Statistical Comparison of Communities." Social Science Program, Harvard School of Public Health, December, 1957, (Mimeographed), 15 pages.
3.
George F. Taylor, Michael S. Munro, and J.B. Fuqua. " Fluoridation Study in a California Community." Political Science Department, Stanford University, 1956 , (Typescript), 23 pages.
4.
Bernard Mausner and Judith Mausner. " A Study of the Anti-Scientific Attitude ," Scientific American, (February, 1955), Vol. 192, 35-39. Thomas Plaut, " Analysis of Voting Behaviour on a Fluoridation Referendum," Public Opinion Quarterly, (Summer, 1959), Vol. 23, 213-222, also reports that precincts supporting fluoridation in the Cambridge, Massachusetts referendum of 1953 had a " very small proportion of adults without high school diplomas."
5.
See James H. Lauc, "Who is the Non-Respondent ? Explorations on the Fluoridation Issue " Harvard University, Department of Social Relations, March, 1960, (Typescript), 40 pages.
6.
The referendum item asked: "Shall the public water supply for domestic use in this city be fluoridated ?" It is doubtful that confusion or misreading of the wording contributed to the results in Table 1.
7.
There is apparently some doubt about the incorrectness of this statement but pro-fluoridation leaders in Cambridge made no claims of efficacy after the permanent enamel has been formed. For practical purposes, those who were reasonably well-informed about fluoridation would have rejected this statement as untrue in November, 1959.
8.
See Wilbert E. Moore and Melvin M. Tumin, " Some Social Functions of Ignorance," American Sociological Review, (December, 1949), Vol. 14, 787-795, for a discussion of how, in many social situations, ignorance serves as " an active and often positive element in operating structures and relations."
