FALL IN BIRTH-RATE
DRASTIC PLAN IN ITALY
ROME, March 1.
Drastic measures to counter the falling birthrate will be discussed by the Fascist Grand Council with a view to immediate adoption. The proposals are:—A five-fold increase in the bachelor tax, confiscation of the property of childless niarried couples at death, and extension of the bachelor tax to couples with families not exceeding one.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 51, 2 March 1937, Page 9
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63FALL IN BIRTH-RATE Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 51, 2 March 1937, Page 9
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