The Child As a Asset

Manawatu Times, Volume 64, Issue 161, 11 July 1939, Page 4

The Child As a Asset

One of the most familiar posters to be seen in Germany—at least until recently—carries the message: “All for the Race/ 7 writes Mr Edward Fuller in the Listener. “This slogan means much more than mere insistence on the doctrine of so-called racial purity. It is a reminder to the public at largo that sacrifices must be made to maintain the population. The existence of the Reich Association of Families Rich in Children is evidence that such sacrifices do not go unrecognised. Of course, Germany is not the only nation that wishes to be “rich in children. 77 France and Belgium, for example, have had Big Family Leagues for twenty years past. Italy offers many inducements to parenthood. But in the Reich the encouragement of parenthood has indeed become a major concern, and it is probable that the supremacy of the child at a national asset has never been more passionately recognised than it is in Germany to-day. As Herr Hitler once declared in a speech. “I measure the suc'cess of our work, not by our road-build-ing, our new factories or our new bridges, nor by the military divisions we can equip. The supreme factor to be taken into account in judging the success of our work is the German child. 7 7