Stymied in their investigation of the NAACP, the Committee turned to the issue of homosexuals, specifically at the University at Florida. John d'Emilio has suggested that this may have been provoked by support for desegregation at the University of Florida, but Stacy Braukman sees it simply as a popular issue (cleaning out homosexuals, thought to prey on children) the Committee seized hold of. As Johns said in a 1972 interview, "If we saved one boy from being made homosexual, it was justified."