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FOtHTTEN MEtTOBD (OREGON) MAIt. TRIBUNE
KnightTo Seek
U. 5-Senafe Seat
World3 Population To Be Dpuble
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BY LOUIS CASSELS
United Press Correspondent
Washington 'Q In th five
minutes you spend reading this
dispatch, the ppulation of the
wona wm
grow by about
450 persons.
It has in
creased by
120,000 s i nee
you read
T h u r sday's
newspaper.
Q By this time
Siext year,
Louis Cassels there will be
43 millions moreiuman beings
on earth than there are right
now.
By the end of the present cen
tury, at the present rate of in-
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The most rapid increases are
taking place irtunderdeveIoped
areas which are least able
feed additional mouths. Latin
earth is finite and none of its
resources are indefinitely ex
tendable use without eventuali
ty greater difficulty and exf
America leads the world with anpense."
annual population growth of 4.4 , No SafetyValre
Migration, the "safety vve'
per cent. Africa and Southwest
Asia are close 'behind with H
per cent, according to te U.i.
survey.
Both the United States and
for verpopulated countries in
earlier generations, is now 'im
practicable as even a partial so-
Russia are growing at a rate ofjUlution of population pressure"
x.i per ceniine wuau aveiagc.
The unprecedented speed a
which the human race is multi
plying has alajmed many popu
lation experts Robert C. Cook,
director of the Population Refer
ence Bureau, calls it "one of the
most ominous developments of
our tirSe. . . as great a threat to
mankind as the atomiObomb."
crease, tne popuiauo.a ox UJel ii.,jr- J- iiici, iuuicojvi
world will be 5,400,00,000 peooAociology at the University of
pie double the present figure.
Authority for these statements
is the United Nations demo
graphic yearbook, an annual
compilation of population sta
tistics from all parts of the
world.
The new edition discloses that
the postwar population explo
sion is still in full swing, par
ticularly in underdeveloped
countries. The introduction of
modern health measures in these
countries has caused death rates
to drop sharply, but birth rates
generally remain at traditional
high levels. The result is that
world population is growing at
the fastest rate ig) history, ap
proximatelyl.7 per cent a year.
The rate was 1.2 ner cent only
four years ago. Pnor to World
War II, it never exceeded 1 per
cent.
Nebraska, asserts in his w
book. "The Crisis in World Pop
ulation, that yiorrendous' prob
lems Jie ahead 'unless fairly
direct and expenditious action is
taken soon."
The Nebraska professor says
science may be able to increase
the world's food supply "great
ly" in the future by increasing
tlWfyield of farm lands, by devel
oping artificial foods, through
"hydroponic" t e c h n i q ues in
which edible foods are grown in
solutions of chemicals and water,
by using food resources from the
sea. But he warns that 'much of
this is still a hope and not a
promise."
"Though there may be phen
omenal increases of food for a
while, this supply cannot be in
creased at the same rate and
witiPthe same ease forever. The
because most of the good farm
lands of the earth are already
being "intensively utiligd."
HertzleS) warns that nature
will intervene "in character
istically ruthlesfi) manner" to
halt population growth through
famine, disease or other catast
rophes unless human beings act
soon to "bring about some limita
tion" of thir own fertility.
He then expounds a view that
brings him into direct conflict
with the Roman Catholic Churcri
and other religious groups which
oppose "arfiiicial" birth con
trol: "Fertility limitation by con
traception is the only acceptable
means ofreducing the rate of
population increase."
To those who hold that con
traception is immor,al, Hertzler
replies that over populated coun
tries, threatened ith starvation,
always resort to some form of
birth ontrol. If it isn't con
traception, he says, it (gjll be
such "frightful acts of despera
tion" as abortion, sterilization
and deliberate killing of new
born babies.
"The situation seems to re
solve itself into a choice between
contraception and some kind of
murder," he concludes.
Sacramento, Calif.
Gov. Goodwin J. Knight has de
cided to run (gpr the U.S. Senate
instead of a second term for
governor, according to five lead
ing CalSornia newspapers.
All ye newspapers pegged
their report of Knight's decision !
on 'Washington sources" or
"close friends" in Los Angeles.
Knight could not be reached r
comment. He is recovering from
the flu at an out of state resort, i
Knight's decision wouldMeave
the coast cleaior Sen. William
F. Knowland TR-Calif.) to cap
ture the GOP gubernatorial i
nomination in the primary next
June.
Three other men have declar
ed their intention of seeking the
senatorial nomination, but the
changes were that they might re
tire in tb interests of party har
mony. Te seat in question is the
one Knowland is vacating to run
for governor.
xne senatorial aspirants were
Mayor George Christopher of
San Francisco, Controller Rob
ert Kirkwood, and Stockton at
torney Warren Atherton.
Knight's decision- to retire
would avert a bitter gimary
struggle with Knowland for the
Republican nomination for governor.
GA1TSKELL HEADS PARTY
London (IP) Hugh Gait-
Lj-kell will again lead the Labor
Supposition party in the next ses
sion of Parliament, it was an
nounced Thursday nigh James
Griffiths will be deputy leader
and Herbert Bowden thechief
whip. No other candidates had
been proposed when nomina
tions closed Thursday night.
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