Show t Larger F Families How big is the average family in Davis County Are local families larger or smaller than those in other communities THE question of family size family planning and the placing of limitations on the concentration of population population population tion to keep it within manageable manageable manage- manage a able le levels has become the subject of a national dialogue dia dia- logue Biologists ecologists and others are greatly concerned concerned concern concern- ed about the steady deterioration deterioration deterioration of the environment through air pollution the tile piling up of waste products the contamination nat on o of rivers and lakes and the rapid rate at which we are using up our natural resources AS VOICED by Professor John Thomas of Stanford University When we can deal adequately with the people we have now giving giving giving ing everyone enough food t housing clothing peace love purpose and opportunity ity to achieve and fulfill themselves we can then talk about more people and larger populations not before In Davis County according to the current census f figures figures fig fig- ig- ig ures which show a population of distributed among some households there is an average of or persons per local house house- holds THIS TIllS IS more than is reported reported reported re re- re- re ported for most sections of the United States the average average average aver aver- age being per house house- holds In the Mountain States it is The Department of Commerce Commerce Commerce Com Com- merce points out that with mortality conditions as they are now the number of children children children chil chil- dren born need only be per family to maintain the national population at its present level ACTUALLY in recent years the number of children per family has been far greater great great- er than that which accounts for the overall growth in hi population percent in the last ten years President Nixon has taken note of the rising population pressures and their affect on the quality of ot daily life by appointing a Commission on Population Growth and the American American American Amer Amer- ican Future with John D. D third as chair chair- man IT DOES not mean that government is going to tell parents that they can have only one or two children Rather it is explained it will seek to anticipate and deal with growth and migration migration migration mi mi- mi- mi gration problems |