Show y 4 4 Sw 2 9 S i I rf 5 4 A I II 11 Duce Greets I Mothers and Their Children Fecundity being the most desirable desir desir- able feminine virtue in the eyes of ot Premier Mussolini these Italian mothers at nt Potenza brought their offspring with them when they ga gathered gath tho ered cred to meet II 11 Duce Premier rt Mussolini Is here shown sho chatting with a group of mothers during his to Potenza For several Mussolini and his Fascist Fasci t government have urged the rearing of large families Various Various Vari Vari- ous government funds have been appropriated to give financial aid ala alato to families with several children and the result has been a gradual Increase In Italy's birthrate Germany under the Hitler government government govern govern- ment meat has also used similar schemes to check the declining birth rate and to increase the population The war and d the recent financial distress distress distress dis dis- dis- dis tress in European countries has caused a n falling oil oft In the population population population tion figures and looking to the future future future fu fu- fu- fu ture the militaristic governments S ha have ve used every means to increase the population |