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Show rc 1 Eugenics Program' 1 Offered to Endow Future dea-eneracy, delinquency, vfe. and crime." . Additional law auafeeted for Incorporation In-corporation into the national "eugenic "eu-genic cod." would provMat cleitins; Ua minimum marrlaxa ax. at It. . Statutaa concerned with Hleaitl-macy. Hleaitl-macy. Kstanltahlna- -dyecenlc Inherit.-hla Inherit.-hla defects" aa adequat. ground for divorce- . ( ON DING PROVISION. Bondlnv provisions for famlllee. I eomvumiles, . atatee aad nation stains, tba production of defee. Uvea. ' . ' Mothara' penaions and lawa an-rouraaine; an-rouraaine; differential aalarlaa baaad on l ha alia and quality of famine". fami-ne". Systematic mental testing; of children at 10 yeara and 1 years. Removal of the prssent restrlc-tlona restrlc-tlona on Information and mater tala for the prevention of conception. Regulation of employment of women and children aa regards waxes, hours, housing and eondt-tiona eondt-tiona of labor. Systematic and official reaistra-tlon reaistra-tlon of family pedlvreea . The chapter on leflaiatlon ta concluded con-cluded with tba aiern admonition that 'Enactment of lawa ahoald wait upon the exact determination,, of facta." - "The ultimata fruits ot any eugenic eu-genic movement -wUI. by tba nature na-ture of the caae. require many generations. gen-erations. The laak cannot be con-' atdered abort caiapalsrn Ilka many political and aoeial movements- It Is, rather, rlke the founding and development de-velopment of religion, something to be banded on from age to age." defective "should . receive special emphasis front the outset, h committee com-mittee suggests. farm colonies for the segregated classes are urged. In such colonies sterilised people would Jive virtually normal Uvea tinder seml-inetltutlonal care, but would not burden society with defective offspring. Revision of Immigration laws to provide for the selection of arrivals "on tba basis of superiority la the American average" by mental tests, snd for careful physical examination examina-tion to reveal dyegenlc types, la listed aa a second legislative aim ot the Immediate future. The rapid multiplication of defective defec-tive stocks from even the preeent comparatively email Immigration quotas constitute a grave menaoe to American life, atudenta of eugenics eu-genics declare. In the thirty-three year period ended February, 1!, It la pointed out, more than T.400.000 allena of types lower than the "low average of Intelligent standard" came to America In the total Immigration Immi-gration of leas than 14.000,000 persons. per-sons. ..... A plan to move the entire Immigration Immi-gration examination machinery from Kills island to the various countries which furnish our new peoples hss been suggested to administration ad-ministration officials at Washington Washing-ton and ta aald to be now under consideration by a cabinet officer. Referring to the extensive movement move-ment of farm folk to the cities and Ita consequent eugenic drain, the report aaya tba solution "seems to depend chiefly upon whether American rural life Is economically economic-ally and culturally attractive enough to retain the beet storks and attract new and good atock from the cities. In this connection It la aoaaested that legislation helpful help-ful to "farm" fredtts. farmars co" operatives, community art, - rural education, abolition of protective tariffs, And suburban life for city worfcere." would be eugenic, met. euree of the hlgheet order. Arraignment of Institutions ' of higher learning for their adherenoe to Vmonaettc ideas" regarding mar- Had atudenta Is a part of the re- I port. , Their best fellowships are not open to married atudenta," It aaya "They seem to be doing much to limit the propagation of the most Intellectual alementa In society. . IMMIOIATE TEP-' TEP-' "Important ateps In the field of eugenic education should be taken Immedaitety. All large universities should have courses In eugenics. Education aa to the supreme Importance Impor-tance of the bloloaioal faotora In human life should eventually be extended ex-tended through the entire school system down to tba elementary fradee. "Care ahoald be taken to sous re eugenics with rational democratic Ideala, by expoelng falsa clalma of claaa eupertoiity and espousing equal opportunity ta demonstrate Intrinsic merit. I Public Ubrarlea should be provided pro-vided with suitable literature, departments de-partments of health should become be-come eugenic agencies, and departments depart-ments of eugenics should be established estab-lished In all statea. It Is Important In thla aonnectlon that only well eatabllahed facts should be taueht and not -premature and possibly dangerous hyoptheaea be given out as facta." While declaring that all the human hu-man tralta which make better people peo-ple are not yet defined, the report declares that the quality of arm-pathy arm-pathy and gentleness Is generally acknowledged aa of first Importance. Impor-tance. - . "Kindness," It saya., "Is one of the most important and jnoet valuable val-uable characteristics. The problem of encouraging the recognltoln of eugenic factors In marriage selection la. one which ultimately ul-timately may be worked out through schools, colleges and other agencies, i "We should endeaiee ta ahew that augenlca supplies the most effective ef-fective and permanent solution of the problems which have been so Ineffectually dealt with hitherto by phraiclana, public health officers, social workera, clergymen and re-fnrmera re-fnrmera the problema of combating combat-ing dlaease, disability, defectiveness. - CHICAGO. Bept (Br A. !.) A program for the "practical appll- ration of eugenic principles" to the - Improvement of ths people of America, made public today by the ; Eugenica Committee of the United I Ms tea. suggeeta segregation of de- - fecllva typea. aterlllsatlon, laws -encouraging parenthood by those -endowed with good hereditary tralta and enactments nationalising ." marriage and divorce regulations. 'as smong the more important alma Un the field of legislation. Inquiry Into the eugenic elements In birth control is mentioned as one Vf the most Important - research . problems. More than 200 activities "or eugrnlo socletleo and welfare erorkera are outlined. '; The program waa arranged by a subcommittee of the American or- -gsnlxatlon headed by Professor . Henry E. Crsmpton of "Columbia unlvaralty.N Other mambera of the aubcommlttee are Professors Irving Fisher and Roswell Johnson, and Tr. Harry Laughlin, The national ...body la composed of prominent- ecl--entlsts. educators, churchmen, pub- - 11c officials, and soclsl workers, and -Is affiliated with the International , ''commleaion on eugenloa whose "headquartera ia In London. Professor Profes-sor Fisher Is chairman of the American Amer-ican committee. Chief Justice Harry Har-ry Olson of ths municipal court of Chtcago, also a member sf the committee, com-mittee, made publle the program. . FIRST IN HISTORY. "For the first time In history." bs toH-"e unified. eoordtrrMed. practicable, prac-ticable, and comprehensive scheme -for the conservation of human resources re-sources la offered. We have heard tmuch recently of the Importance of conservation aa related to material ! -things. This program offers conservation con-servation of the richest traits of Jhtiman character and the finest typea of human physique, without either of which man cannot attain the fulness of Ufa which is the end of human destiny.". ' War. Immigration, .farm credits, protective tariffs, transportation, labor unlona, and bousing "all are mentioned In the program aa problema prob-lema for eugenlo research. ' The automobile is mentioned as a factor In rural eugenica "since it tenda to reduce In-breedlng from propinquity, and to widen the range of marriage aelectlon in rural dia-trlcta," dia-trlcta," The eugenic aspect of higher edit-, cation la presented In the question. "Are universities attracting the moat Intelligent elements in the population and virtually sterilising them, both atudenta and teachsrs?" - Concerning the t resent - general 1 tendency of migration from rural communities to the larger cities, ths report asks if the population centers cen-ters attract "the superior, Intelligent Intelli-gent and ablebodled young people from the farms, or ths Inferior?" . "If- Ihe superior stocks are being driven off by present tendencies to the sterile Ufa of city commerce, this constitutes a dysgenlc drain upon the population, the report aaya "It la estimated that in four generations ths 0 per cant of the present populstlon which is on tbs farma tenda to become 18 per cent of the total atock." It then Is pointed point-ed out that If these two tentenclea are demonstrated by research to bo continually .operative, the .result would be that close to 000 out of every 1000 of American population four generaliona hence would be of the atock of the lower mental and physical typea of the preeent time. LEGISLATION ADVI8EO.- Securing the segregation of car-tsln car-tsln clssses. "such ss the criminal |