6-(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. Kenya, Oct. 20 if -British
authorities estimate 460
Mau Mau terrorists are still at
large, mostly along the Kenya-
Mau Mau losses
' in.mi, f ,, , r ...sr. si f 1 1 rtrri a-1 r
UUI ltl 1UUI JlOn W (U, I I III, w , I -
fare, counting killed, captured and
surrendered, totalled nearly 14.000
The Mau Mau aim was to drive
the white man from East Africa.
imprisonment ofitrol administration.
i give them a lift by avisit to Mich-, Here's a rundown on the oilier
In 192) Lt. 'later Gen James
H. Dooliltle made the first all
blind flight at Mitchell Field, Long
Island.
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