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Show w."."..agEn't the linos keine fix wes st pICTURES :qv Ki &Nis .V I 4: PUBLIC-OPINION-- IL, ..A1 IP , 16 4f - - - t 4.44. 1- , - - - - -- -- br ; , . -- -; , - 11.,' . they-cou- - a . . - F PA baS' -- By MARTHA- ELIOT, bet ,D. - e I "11!.111)1( reeordiz--7-, HE old family Bible,--thahuge. vol- th. for ume wi family space ample , th4l o f the Child ren's BrO . hi" , story, came into a different kind 'of use-- - - U. S. Deportment offulness during World War ld - , offer lo poten- For many Aniericans, it was the lily evidence born heen establishmeks thittheyhad ital employers-io-delens- e . " e- vatal-ttisportaite- - ..00.1KVM..k.... " The of a birih , OP PIRTININT - - -- 4ii , - - ' ' .. . ! During the first. 18 months following the borabing of Pearl 'Harbor, the ukedtheBureauofthe Census to make 500,000 Civil evidence of citizenship when birth certificatesfor searches of their. records were unavailable. These and subsequent searches cost taxpayers 61,500,000 800 'clerks-the terylces.--of,' lob. on the years ' Frequently, the 'family Bible was the .only- resodrce which the searchers a long Jima:some peopleinthe t citizenshipYetc-foination have been aware "of the importance of registering births. Ita'records-'''- '-' tii'V;iii- thil)iiiiii4i 'itateIti birth'iégistratiati,-iiit- h going back to 1639, shortly after the colony was established.- By 1913, all 1. states had laws requiring birth registration, but it was not until 1933 that we first got a fairly accurate count of the number of babies. born throughout the United States. A.recent test'made by the Public Health Service and state heXIth depart- ments, cooperating with the Bureau of the Census, showed that today's baby - -will be registered. , , has 98 chances out of 100 that Parents shoul4 recognize the iMportance of birth registration. For a birth certificate is a first citizenship papera fundamental right of every child - born In the- United Statcs.--Fthe individual,- - it can be proof that he is of to marry, to hold office, to claim social 'proper age to go to school, benefits. security Birth registration serves other purposes. - For health authorities, the onabirth certificate is a usefuLdeviCe for calling - -- -to needed health services. - - But birth registration presents some problems. , What about the child of illegitimate birth? Must he, throughout his life ,''show a birth certificate . disclosing his illegitimacy? If one of a child's parents is a patient in a mental --- -institution, must a child be required to reveal this information in order to - be admitted toofschool? both voluntary and federal organizations have looked at group, some of these special problems of birth registration and have come to the conclusion that the most COMMOh uses of a be served by the simple device of a birth card. They have proposed a birth card which like a driver's license. It lists the name, sex, place can, Service-Commis'sf- on ---- -, and-reqUi- red - - -- - - .. - man----,--- ,,, and-typi- sts -.- - . . ... - ''''''''''''''''-''''I'lktiassa---Cliii- , - -- - d ---- - al 2', Ls VAI tic. S.- - iC to I e I lk.O cr or.! ''- rnedical-Anformatio- . 11 1004110.11........"."..... vi 4 . 71 II Ize7 1, ) d I Lf .21111 - .. V . - - , , ---- 0, --IA ...Clalitt.t.,- - c9,.,".,'-'- ,....4,54., ..,,,,t,4,e,tav!,14k-r-44....- - . eA - Y! , c. ,.- .- age and citizenship. The complete birth registration, containing this as well as medical and social information, would be kept in the office that compiles ' statistics. vital , . Now that we have reason to believe that only two out of every 100 babies born do not have their births registered, it is OnViar4.7 and improve our, practices in keeping birth records and - -- - - -- - - - : rights of individuals. ' - T::: - ' ---- -- - -- ;:rgit::1 - - , - or .A Lrbett , ..... . . ..; - ot , tr" . '- rth his-bi- ' - ' --- - - - -- -- ,,o..,..; ,,i, Ao, A - ', t q; ...,,.. 77 Z --- -- ' '- -- - - - -. J1 4. iliS .0,, ) r-it3 'to -m 01 1 3 7--7, CI 1 14 t 771 -- ! 0.-9- 0 ik lei : (II till3;4 4: most it Is . - IN cl tich-en- with lively hues in the inali ) ,oll garages. - ;tie tan' -- READERS with aphotographic-tur- n of mind may be interested to know that this week's cover is something a little out of the ordinary as far as color is concerned. Instead of the usual color transparency, which is used for most color reproduction, we tried a compara- - , tively new process, developed, by Eastman Kodak. known as Flexichrome. With this tech- - is 'used: nique,- aAfter the negative has been printed on a spe cial kind of paper, the print is colored by dyes which physically replace the image. ' It is a technique which has several advantages, including the opportunity of ;hanging colors when desired. You'll be seeing more of it in the future - -- black-and-whi- te .black-and-whi- - - - J. - MOSI - - , - te -- - THE C9VER4 shows a .lisheci dog" lamb.-. -- The shed dog is an orphan selected to relieve ewes who have too much milk. Needless to say,. he n ' DO ackstage SALES usually the pet of the shed boss. Herb Byrd. Shell, Wyo. See story , - . -- Photo by 6. 6. DESERET 6. NEWS MAGAZINE: SALT:LAKE ,'t,s. CITY, ITAN-MAR- CH it St |
