| Show J population PEAK WILL COME CO ME BY 1980 committeemen SAY population of the united states estimated at in 1935 35 will reach a maymuni maximum of in 1980 the committee on population problems of the national resources committee recently te reported ported to president roosevelt the committee predicts that thai population will slowly decrease Je crease after it reaches the maximum unless immigration policies ar changed or the birth rate increases the trend of population I 1 is t toward decrease at the present time lime tile the rate of growth during tile depression period was only half that during the decade from 1920 to 1930 1931 and lower than any previous dc mccae deca cae Jle however the committee committe sees no cause for alarm suggesting that the downward trend dur ing the next half century may afford a chance to work out better human relations agricultural economists ani utah rural leaders estimate that resources can accommodate I 1 only a limited increase in apo population pu lation even on a ion long ranga program A conflicting view how I 1 j ever was expressed by dr paull paul Pope Pop noo enoc internationally recognized eugene eugenicist cist an ani 1 director of the institute of family relations at al los angeles at the utah stat agricultural college recently dr torsnes disaster unless steps are taken to maintain an and increase population the committee admitted that the p peak eak of population will be lower than and may be reached by 1955 after which chic n there would be decrease of 10 in the next 25 years i |
