. hat * “have: smaller families’, for -Sanvineed that, for personal and SURESH Bie ane Soon Birth control _can't be forced “Those countries which are suffering from population pressure have come to realize a. whole new set of “Measures are needed-to change’ some agés-old ways of thinking, * habits and traditions. It is not enough’. to - exhort - people* to reasons: of economics of “national improvement,..Neither -\ “is it enowgh to have the supplies --ofy the. necessary. health “rheasurés’readily avellable to ° “Yall the people.” - These two kinds of govern- ° ‘ment. and :private’ action aré “only,a, beginning. They work, ° bat on] those: people whoare already - for. social reasons, “they will have smaller families. Then the numbers af new-"'recruits” ‘to «the family planning campaigns begin to fall off. For. several countries: of the world,.,..this falling-oif has “¢reatad a lot of concern. Critics of the family ‘planners have Jeaped forward to accuse them of ‘everything from inefficiency jot working?” ‘they-are not working fast, and they: are. not. working cam- ~ prehénsively. Ittakes a long - lime for @ new social movement “"* ig'seep through to the statistics; ©” Y the moderation of the birth rate 3 not happen overnight. - “Bul. many governments agree that population policy is a much “thought: Peaple will have'to be persuaded ‘to: change many “aspects, of: their “life style”. This. cari be accomplished by es, by changing the ac- the herald) - and their effects are difficult to _ more accurate to cali them both ly so far, They reach only ... * of cash and goods are especially ' planning clinics, has long had the, practice. of-. paying 200 The fact is that they are. But. ider ‘thing than .they’ at first, education.’ by increasing® the availability of consumer goods: ‘arid the:choice of jobs and in-: pied role of-wam@t-in society’ } Hot Illustrated — — but all these measures are very long-term, they act slowly, gauge. . Therefore, some govern- ments have’ turned towards monetary incentives of various kinds, Or perhaps it would be incentives and disincentives, bacause there are both rewards and penalties. : The effects of these can be seen almost al once; they can be measured with: fair ac-. § curacy. And they work.. . ‘Payments for. “intraducers”’ ‘at famdly planning clinics have’ {ong been an important part of India’s population policy. Gifts used? in that country's sterilisation. program. In Gujarat State in an eight-week - seritisationcampaignin 1971-72, 922,000 -vasectomies were. performed, for instance, and each was accompanied by 4. money and goods payment. The gidnt firm of Tata In- dustries in India, at its family rupees lo every male worker who undergoes sterilisation. . On South. India's tea estates, ihe “plantation owners’ association is running an ex- _ perimental savings scheme which is: linked «with family planning. A sum is placed each month ina savings account for a worker, and this continues so “long as he does not have another baby; payment ceases when he . : a Will these. monetary "in- . centives work everywhere? Will ‘they - motivate: people. into + reducing the size of the “ideal"” family? Probably not. . For one thing, they will work only among thgse people who are very poar, aiid who’ are. “money-oriented” — .that is, they measure progress .and | comfort i terms of those things that money can buy: It should ¥ ‘by-far thé greater proportion of” ' new articles, they are wanting abe! people ‘on earth ‘are ‘alone, majnot: have, the effect, Soft as 2 fall evening, Sarah Coventry matches the feminine mood with an ensemble. Delicate chatons encircle an unusual exquisite ‘‘Chateau’' centre stone.that radiates now motivated that way; they see the benefits of greater in- come, they are wanting to buy” to. change their life-style. - , The money | incentives: will ~ also’ work .betlar where there ‘arena fears for future security. : One of the strongest reasons for . ‘ having a large family in many - sociellas is to secure sipport in ald: age; to have children who *- can carry oul the tasks and traditions. of the’ continuous family, ‘lo expand its prestige and power. {298 chbe-remembered, however,’ that. »+-Thus economic development, “alone: ‘and”' better: education® er $2" ? Zomens Section _ THE HERALD, TERRACE, B.C.” 1 tones of pink, mauve and moss green. Antiques in goldentone, the bracelet, ring, earrings and pin-pendant in- corporate theglamour of the past, with the warm __ the fashion of now. at all of lowering the size of families; the pursuit of security and power may still be followed” ’ by having even larger families. Even in the richer cauntries of the West,~ mere economic development. alone did not - _cause a reduction in the birth rate, There was"something else -— the idea of mobility, the idea ofan individual life for each generation, the splitting up af ‘the family, the abandonment af ‘the. idea’ that. each. new “generation should stay with and support the. older members. “These also. helped to change. speople’s - atlitudes towards qhav ing-children.-: ~ eyialler. tax “reliefé., ut, if. slgabsidiged- housing. “ TCHERS 20" 3.5 hp. LAWN Rugged 3.5 H.P. Briggs &. 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The woman had had a breast removed and was seething with against the doctor who “talked cher into having that horrible. operation that deprived her of her womanliness and left her mutilated and ugly." She asked, “What man would want me now?” could continue. ; oT had a breast removed . ‘the 1874 Cancer Crusade, I have - mastectomy patients have told “Often. it, brings them closer a” ELECTRIC “ LAWHMOW ~ fiot iliustraied al 18” ELECTRIC LAWNMOWER shappenings’ DEAR ANN LANDERS: I resentment: - agree with you, Ann — she should get dawn on her’ knees and thank God her. cancerous missing breast would matter il is better to know in advance and shun such an unfeeling person. T agree with you, Ann, “Any woman who loses a husband for this reason hasn't lost much.” — Mrs. Birch Bayh of Indiana DEAR MARVELLA . BAYH: Thank you fora wonderful . letter. 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