Show I ENGLAND FACES MOTHER STRIKE M. M P. P Father of 17 Says Women Object to Big Families 1 I I FLOYD hLOYD MACGRIFF Lo International Ness Service Staff Correspondent Lan London on Mar 6 A. G.-A. A Hayday labor member of ot parliament who 13 is tho the father of ot seventeen sC children and has his hasan hasan an Income of or 70 weekly declares there Is a growing movement in tn Great Britain Bri mothers tain tamn which may bo be termed a a. strike duo to the hard row the lower lower lower low low- er and middle classes have havo in maintaining maintaining main main- a home borne lIe Ire resents suggestIons suggestions suggestions sug those thosa classes should strive to tomake tomake tomako make mako up tho the war wastages es In man power These Thes people definitely preach wo must have havo Increases in our population population population tion said Mr Hayday I If people people people peo peo- were to go around holding bolding public public publIc pub pub- lic meetings nd advocating S' S their views View before tho the mothers of ot the country they would bo be mobbed The many women who have havo to do their best to keep life lito In their children children chil chU- dren by buying them penny cubes of or some Borne meat extract and by some apo- apo cial favor avor obtain bones from tho the j butcher for soap soup are aro in no mood to add Indefinitely to their present crushIng crushing crush- crush In Ing anxieties Sacrifice Own OTTO Meals Many ul o of these thesa mothers and fathers havo to sacrifice their own o meals to provide pro food for U their children Thero Thera Is growing over tho the country country country coun coun- try today a womans woman's movement which may bo ho called a a. mothers strike And who who- can blamo women It Is really realty a L condition of or things more serious than an any epidemic ever cr could coald be Tho The women of at England have havo come definitely to decline to accept the tho re responsibility responsibility responsibility re- re of oC hearing bearing unless unless un un- l less s and until tho the public or s state te gives I assurances that the mother will bo be exalted and lifted lUtc-a to tho the higher high high- er pinnacle which she deserves to oc oc- oc cUP cupy Fathers and mothers mother not only are arc harassed by tho the Iner increased sed cost of ot living liv liv- lag InS but they also are hunted from rom the houses they occupy and arc re refused ro- ro fused admittance into others because re-l re their children arc are declared to bo be a e. e A Urges Pension Plan Tho The mothers strike will continuo continue until mothers aro arp afforded m more re protection protection pro pro- than they thoy now receive from those In ln authority and in a a. position po to such protection It uIt is m my view mothers should re receive re- re a L guarantee of or a a. mh minimum mum pension pension pension pen pen- sion of or weekly for fOt each cach child under tho the ago ge of fourteen There should be local boards under the health ministry to Increase the grant Crant up to a L week or more In special cases Until that time arrives it will not bo be advisable a for tor public men mon men to taco face the wom women n of or England urge uro in increased increased In- In creased population Mr Hayday says ho he has to add to hi his fixed income through lectures in order to maintain six of ot hi his twelve ln lI living children who reside with him tIm and to maintain his family they nave navo to forego fore foro- go such auch things as cake canned fruits 5 custards wines spirits beer bee theatres or music halls and holidays aS Under present conditions the tho talk blk of ot bigger families Is sentimental twaddle twaddle dle Mr lir lIada Hayday assorts asserts |