Ka Hoku o Hawaii, Volume XXXI, Number 45, 10 Malaki 1937 — Italy Wants More "Cannon Fodder" [ARTICLE]

Italy Wants More "Cannon Fodder"

Tho_ltaJiaii fascist <,n-and eoiineil has a])|)rove<l a deUtiled plan to

iucreuse ltHi,v\s hiiih j-ate, lifi c! tul in g ] >re f.o re nti a ]U •in|>io ,v n u ■ n t anel groator salarios for fatlicrs oi' !«rgo faniilit's. The t>uron .i»oint progiiim, <losigne<i to inoroiiM' ltul.v"s ni;vnpo\vcr in cvont uf war, inchi(los: Priorit,vof onii)l<>.vnioiit ainl i>rcniolion to be. given futhi>rs of l«ii'go fuuiilios. fal;irios of fumllie> to .be great.er thyn thoso of. in<,livjduals: rovision oi' tho prosont laws to jrivo f!imil.v n:on lsirgor Bivlaries in proi,ortion to tho luuubor of chil(lren in .thoir faiuilios. Provision for loans to nmn'yiiiK eonples uml fQrniatiou of a Nntioiial Big Fauūlio.s ' assodution, lie.yision of boundarios, on the basis oi' the 1941 oensus, to press provineevS anil muuieipalities in whieh rarified and popūlation"s hāve"no further nood of f.urther institutos."Establistmient of a eonti-al organization for tho k% control and promotion of the roginio\s popuīation polieios."' Announeeuient of the plan folkffied repoi:U yf Promior Mwssolini\s eoneem over the low birth rate. whieh was said to have fallen far short of his expeetations. doS4>ite the previou>practiee of.offieia[ encouratfement to matriuion.v. ■. :x: