The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980, October 21, 1956, Image 8

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Newspaper Page Text6-(Sec. I) Statesman, Salem, Ore., Sun- Oct 21, 06 nidation Japanese Po At 'Explosion' Point By DON BALD WW government backed reclamation TOKYO. Oct. 20 -The Japa-jPEram. progress has been test people, whose industry and j . " i j tnsenuity welded a chain o( tiny. The Japanese goverament is not mountainous islands into a great j M KUy by-nor u it going all nation, today face a national caUsn out m seeking a solution, trophe because oi a fast and ex-Fle-Yer PU panding population. " : j The Economic Planning Board I This California-sire nation might, has a five-year economic self-sup-tupport 0 million people. A few port plan to strengthen Japans weeks ago the population topped industrial base expand foreign 0 million, a figure which experts ) trade and increase domestically In years past have warned would j produced food supplies. ' be the "explosion" point. And The Agriculture-Forestry Minis government experts say the num- try is working on new food sources ber of Japanese will increase but no extensive program is under even year until 1990 when the way. population will hit a peak - of 10M7S.OOO. . Experts around the world are watching Japan's efforU to trim its population to its geographic and economic limits while feeding and bousing millions of "surplus" peo ple. This country may be providing a test tube nicture of what some Scientists believe the whole world must ultimately face. What is Japan doing to head off catastrophe. It has cut Its birth rate to an all-time low in the years since World War II. It has a five-year economic plan which could be projected over a longer period. And some progress is being made toward developing new aources of food supply. ' But few experts think Japan can solve its problem alone, and many are hesitant to say a solution ex Uts. - Increase Since War v When the war ended in 1945 Japan counted 72 million people, about two million more than pre war. In the following 10 years its population increased 17,300,000, more than the 1930 population of Argentina and three times the population of Switzerland. The birth rate, low In ... 1943, jumped to S4.3 per 1,000 population py 1547. At the same time the death rate, steady at around 17 per 1.000 prior to the war, began a Sharp decline to less than half the prewar rate.: ! '" Last year both birth and death rates hit new all-time lows, ac cording to Welfare Ministry statis tics. Births totaled 1,730,000, or 19.3 per 1,000 population, compared with about 23 for each 1,000 in the ! , United States. Deaths totaled 90,000 or 7.1 per 1,000, well below j America's 1954 average of 1.2 per ' : 1,000. : - Abortions Allowed - Although there is a birth con trol movement in Japan, Dr. Ayanori OkasakL director el the - Welfare Ministry's Institute of Population Problems, says "the sharp decline in the birth rate is due almost wholly to induced abor tion permitted under Japan's eu genics protection law. ' The ministry calculates that last year the number of abortions ac- " tually exceeded live births. Offi cial records list 1,170,000 abortions and Dr. Okasaki says the figure would top two million if all oper ations were reported. v ; ; Births ia 1953 totaled 1,727,000: Legal Contraceptives ; The eugenics protection 1 law adopted in 1948, legalizes the sale of contraceptive devices and au thorizes physicians to perform - abortions: (I) when either parent suffers from a malignant herdl tary disease; 2 when continued pregnancy or childbirth would se riously impair the health of the mother for physical or economic reasons and (3) when the preg nancy is due to rape or coercion. Japan today is the world's third most densely populated nation and even by 1990 the estimated concen tration of 60 people per square mile would be less than Holland's present 822 per square mile. How ever, Japan's population is almost , wholly concentrated on - 14 per ... cent of the land which is flat enough to be cultivated. ' I There are plans to bring more , land under cultivation through a The Japanese have been trying for years, without notable success, to promote the use of a synthetic rice which is as nutritious as the natural grain, but unfortunately has an unpleasant taste and smell. Considerable progress has been made in popularizing bread as a supplement to rice. In the past five years many Japanese have Student Tries to Find Iran in Texas OKLAHOMA CITY, Oct. u Mike Sabouri of Teheran, Iran has decided that he cant be clas sified as a foreign student at Oklahoma City University. Introduced to another OCU student, his new acquaintance asked where be was from. -Inn," replied Mike. "Oh," said the other student, "and what part oi Texas is that ia?" T: Governor Races in Illinois, Ohio, Michigan Draw Interest started eating bread, which in ur ban areas at least is of uniformly high quality. It has been suggested that emi gration might ease Japan's diffi culties since the rate of natural increase already is low. At the moment it would be diffi cult it not impossible to find land for resettlement of a sizable num ber of Japanese emigrants,, and many authorities here think such a program would be of little value anyway. - By J. W. Darts WASHINGTON. Oct. 20 UTV-Gov-ernors will be elected in 29 states Nov. ( and some of the standout races are in three V the largest states Illinois, Ohio, and Michi gan. Iowa and Massachusetts present races of unusual interest too. On the basis of what has hap pened over the last six years, five or more governorships may be expected to shift from one party to the other. In 1954, Democrats won 19 of 34 races, turning out eight Republi can state administrations. In 1952, Republicans won 20 of 30 races, turning out five Demo crats. In 1950, Republicans won 22 of 33 races, turning out six Demo crats. Maine Race Ran . Of the 29 governorships at stake next month, 13 are now held hy Democrats and 16 by Republicans. Maine has already re-elected Hs Democratic governor. On the basis of polls, appraisals by political experts, registration figures, etc, it would appear that at this time the Democrats are ahead ia 11 states and the Repub licans in I. with races in the ether nine closely disputed er real toss ups. It would also appear that In nearly every one of the 29 states President Eisenhower may be expected to poll more votes than the highest state Republican candi date. The reverse is reported in most states as to Adlai Stevenson and the Democratic state candidates. State SHaatio Some specific state situations: Illinois Democrat Richard B. Austin is conceded an upset chance against Republican Gov. William G. Stratton. The prime issue centers on the conviction Orville E. Hodge,- a Republican who was state auditor, for the theft of more thaa a million dol lars, ia state funds. Hodge quit the GOP state ticket oa which be had sought re-election. Austin, a Chicago Superior Court judge replaced Cook County Treasurer Herbert C. Paschen in the middle of the campaign after Paschen withdrew. His withdrawal followed disclosures that many bankers who held county fund de posits kicked into his office "em ployes' fund." The Youngstowa Vindicator, the only major Ohio newspaper cur rently running a poll on the race, has compiled figures which, if pro jected statewide, would show O'Neill the winner by 80,000 to 100,000 votes out of four million total. Writers for the Cleveland Plain Dealer and the Dayton Journal Herald expect O'Neill to win igan. The Detroit News poll shows Williams ahead but not so far that Cobo couldn't catch up. Iewa A poll taken in late September by the Des Moines Reeister and T r i b une showed an expected ! t h e s e percentages Gov. Leo A. Horgh. 39 per cent; Democrat Herschel C. Loveless, 46: undecided. IS. Hoeeh has been defending his states: . Democrats ahead Arizona. Arkansas, Florida, Minnesota imay be closet, Missocri, North Carolina. Rhode Island, Texas and West Virginia. All these nine Rpnnhlimn' slates have Democratic governors. igan. and to 11 on the basis of the poll showing in Iowa, Dow with a Republican governor. The relative national and state look is for Democrat G. Mennen party strength is an open question ! Williams to win an unprecedented in Illinois. Toledo Blade and Akron Beacon , administration against charges by Journal writers look lor a very close race. Mtchlgaa The Present out- Ohio With Democratic Gov. Frank Lausche leaving the state house to run for the U.S. Senate, the governorship contest is be tween C. William O'Neill. Repub- Loveless that Iowa is one of the highest taxed states. MassarhmeUi The race for governor is extraordinarily close this year. Two years ago Christian i ganda border a. fierier iki was re-eiecieo oy 75.000 votes over Democrat Rob- fifth consecutive term as governor. However. Republicans are mak ing the strongest organizational ' ert F. Murphy, effort in years, behind Albert E. This year the Republican candi Cobo. three-time, winner as mayor date, Sumner G. Whittier. doesn't in Detroit's nonpartisan govern-' iPpfar as strong as Herter at the lican state attorney general. and! went. . present while the Democratic can- Michael V. DiSalle, Democrat who Coho and the other Republicans 1 didate, Fosler Furcolo, apparently once headed the federal price con- j are hoping that Eisenhower w ill i ha gained strength. MAl! MAI'S AT LARGE NAIROBI. 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