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THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, APRIL 9, 1949.
BIRTH CONTROL Party Critics
IN THE ORIENT
“ -
New York, April 7,
The Orient is showing increased demand for birth control information and research is currently concentrated on the development of a simple practical method that could universally be em- ployed in Far Eastorn countries.
These statements were made by the medical director of the Margaret Sanger Research Bureau, Dr. Abraham Stone, who told the United Press that the Bureau has a programme for the Far East. Dr. Stone said that India and Dr. Stunt sold: "I believe that
two every religious China appear to be the
denomination, Catholic Church, countries where birth control is including the urgently needed. He
realises today the need for family added
regulation and child spacing for could foresee that the welfare and stability of mar- that he Japan's issue of over-population ringe and home. The difference might grow serious, as In the is only in the question of what other two countries, if it con-measure can be morally employ- tinues at the present rate.
ed for this purpose." The Catho- He Church forbids members to Dr. Stone favoured Dr. War-use contraceptives. ren Thompson's recent statement
in Takyo that voluntary birth Dr. Stone said the war bad control is Japan's only hope for stifled many of the Orient's pre- solving her growing population war birth control clinics, which crisis. He said: "You can no more had spring up in Chinese, In- keep such information from the din and Japanese cities.
people Japanese
than you can Pacific keep the
Ocean from washing the shores of Japan."
He quoted a Chinese Medical in 1935 Association resolution which declared birth spacing measures as part of the activi- ties of public health and man.
Madras tioned the
Neomal. thusian League founded in 1028 by Sir Vape Ramosarts.
This doctor said that tradition will not hamper fertility control in the Orlent. He maintained that despite the customs of India and China, which
encourage large families, the parents of Asia ace today ready accept contracep- tive knowledge and will welcome the spread of such information. would fall in the Far East be-
gradually
Some of Margaret Sanger's op- ponents claim that birth control
Silenced
London, April 8. Bir Stafford Cripps was bo. lieved yesterday to have con- vinced critics In his own Labour Party that his heavy national budget in necesary for Britain.
For more than two hours Bir Stafford heard fellow Labourites criticise his plans. Then the Chancellor of the Exchequer strode, out to lunch, smiling and apparently unperturbed.
But there were murmurings among housewives, store. kaspers, bus conductors and editorial writers that the Labour Party would "pay at the polle" for falling to bring book batter Ilving In this, the fourth post-war your Associated Press.
QUALIFIED
:
SUPPORT
FOR CRIPPS BUDGET
London, April 7.
Qualified support for Sir Stafford Cripps's budget proposals was given by the chief Opposition speaker, Mr. Harry Crookshank, in today's House of Commons budget debate.
Snags in One-Europe Discussion
He approved the Chancellor of the Exchequer's firm intention" not to allow food subsidies to rise above £465,000,000 a year as an ap-
London, April 7. proach towards realistic prices.
The 10-nation Ambassadors” "If the Chancellor has at Jast Criticising the increase in tele-conference drafting a constitu- been able to persuade people phone charges, Mr. Crookshank tion for the Council of Europe that, social services have to be said that the Post Office made a is reported to have run into paid for and that It is because prot of more than £10,000,000 certain small dificulties. of that that the difficulties about last year, Is it helping to finance
There are understood to have the deficiencies remission of taxation arise to-
arisen in discussions by the Legal nationalised industries? day, he will have done a good
and Drafting Committee attempt- Job of work," Mr. Crookshank
Ing to work out the draft constitu- sil.
tion in detall.
of some
other
Extromoly Wisc Taxation is still far too high, he complained. The Opposition
Britain and France are thought to favour keeping the Consulta-
olili thinks that pubile expandi- | tive Assembly a forum for the ture can be reduced. He
views of the man in the street. great Same of the smaller States, how- more exninple of achievements of the past year views expressed in the Assembly
The Ars! Indian Commander- in-Chief, General K. M. Cariappa, sop lo The Labour took over from him lost January. buriget which -Reuter,
cannot palatable to them."
be very
ever, wish to вес Government
making it possible for national delegations to include esbinel
already secured by the provision Representation in the Council is
LAST C-IN-C
The Opposition objected to the; Bombay, April 7. Incrense in death duties, ho spid, General Sir Roy Bucher, the because this was a disincentive inst British Commander-in-Chief to saving.
the considered of the Indian Army, left for Bri-
"It is one lain today in the 23.722-ton liner using
capluid
as lucom," he due largely to Marshall Aid- Stratheden.
udded.
by- financielly and psychologically. "We must consider it as just a and private enterprise in the ex-ministers.
Party in port field
Mr. George Benson, Labour, thought that in the changing elreuinstances the Chancellor had been extremely wise" in intro- ducing a 'conservative" budget.
What he has done is to use the wartime tax structure for social
purposes" Mr. Benson said. "This has allowed us to do for the social ECTvices In four years more than has ever been been in this country
Over-Population Menace To Japan
Tokyo, April 7.
cause the peoples themselves do The Japanese Government's Welfare Minister an-
The need for controlled birth not core to adopt such measures. rate will become more and It is Dr. Stone's contention that more acute as the people of the farm familles in India and the Orient
Change China never have land n
chance from agricultural to industrial to learn
modern methods of economy, at the people became birth control. However, he be
urbanleed and a better lieves that if simple melhorts are medicine
heith made available, they would wel and public measures cut down
death come such information United rate,
more
the
Press.
nounced today he is preparing plans for a na- tional birth control programme to meet the menace of over-population.
The minister. Toji Hayashi, blems, which American officials told the Lower House of the have called a threat to the Amer-
Japanese Diet, in response to questioning Iean-financed front the floor, that the Welfare sufleleney drive. Ministry is considering a num- ber of plans for providing effec tive and proper means of birth control.
in
Japan's population creased by over 1,600,000 per- sons yearly and Imports of food to feed the additional mouths
done in century."
for a
Commission ut Ministers to meet in secret.
At the plenary session today the Ambassadors continued to review the progress made so for by the Legal and Drafting Committec. Bon Reuter,
Labour,
since the end of the first world war." Mr. Mark Hewitson, and a tende union official, trung-We are not going to allow the Mr. Hewitson went on to say: ly criticised the increases in the frades Union Congress' back to price of meat, butter, margarine be broken,
brese He said he was the
and cheese.
"It
we shall fight and
industrial officer for the second the Go cannot afford to
largest trade union in the coun- try the million-strong General and Municipal Workers' Union.
Noto Of Warning
"Con
WADO
fight
the
US
against
who represent workers organised
of the country
Replying to the day's debuto a Government spokesman referred
I go to my members to the food price increases und and convince them that a basic pointed out that the subsidies of 95/-is sufficient to which remained worked out, at give thom A decent living 3/8d. per head a week for the standard?," Mr. Hewitson ask whole population.
The outlook is not gloomy at
ed.
an Increasingly harassing A small-scale popular educa-
problem. tion drive, including radio pro- Many American economists "I am striking this note of all," he said. "The situation J grammes, is though! necessary for feel that Japan can never export warning," he added. "The Chan- better than it has ever been for the checking the population increase enough Bnished goods to pay for cellor's polley will lead to a spate vast mass of the people of this and the best methods of birth increasing food and raw material of wage incrense applications. If country and it is the desire of control already have been laun imports, leaving the alternatives the Government dares to say no the Chancellor that that should ched by the Ministry.
of continued 'territorial expansion to these applications I give warn- continue." The accent is on personal res-er
starvation. United ing that there will be industrial ponsibility to help solve the pro-Press.
disputes such as there have never
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