A spirited discussion was held on /Monday afternoon, May 6, at the International Arts Theatre studio on' the subject of birth control. A number doctors were present, among them Drs, Sze Ming-sze, K. C. Sun, Doris Hoffman, Amos Wong and W. S. Fu. Dr. Yen' of the Red Cross presided, land Dr. P. T. Chou of Honolulu began the discussion by reading a short Paper stating the advantages of birth control. He pointed out that the development of the world was progressing equally fast in two directions; side by side with our new inventions and scientific discoveries re retarded by war, disease and He pointed out by means of statistics gathered in the United States that the percentage of feeble-minded population has greatly. increased. "It fg to be supposed," he said, "that the same state of affairs obtains in China, though we have no statistics to show if this Is true." He concluded by saying the only solution to the problem is regula tion of population. "A. factory which doesn't observe the laws Jot supply and demand," he said, "will in time give an over production Jot goods of interior quality. The ame thing Is happening to mankind. [Society must be given time to assi-Imilate the individual."
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