An official identity card may shortly bo instituted for France. One section of the Press extols the police for entertaining the idea; another section clamours against an impudent infringe, ment of the rights of citizens. The identity card, as the Prefect of Police would like to institute it, would carry the bearer's pnotograph, a minute description of his anatomy, and four finger-print reeords. The finger-print factor is a sore point with that portion of the Press hostile to its introduction.
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Press, Volume LVII, Issue 17297, 8 November 1921, Page 4
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80Page 4 Advertisements Column 4 Press, Volume LVII, Issue 17297, 8 November 1921, Page 4
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