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FROM THE PILL BOX Father David C. Streett j AUGUSTA AREA PLANNED * PARENTHOOD ASSOCIATION! The Rev. Daniel E. Pellegram, a white, is a very personable head of our national Planned Parenthood college branch under the direction of Conununity Affairs Chairman Douglas E. Stewart, a black. A recent address by the Rev. Mr. Pellegram is worth your time reading. The title is: OVERPOPULATION: THE WHITE MAN’S RESPONSIBILITY “It is 6 times more serious for an American baby to be born than it is for an Indian baby to be "born because, in their respective life times, the American child will consume 6 times more of the world’s resources than the Indian. In the United States we house only 6% of the world’s people but control and consume 50% of the world’s resources. “Presently there are 3.5 billion people in the world. Due to the revolutionary medical care of the last three decades and the subsequent decline in the death rate, U.S. and world populations are growing beyond the imaginations of even the more enlightened. When this longer life span is added to the present population growth rate of the world’s population, by 2000 A.D., there will be 7 billion people. I shall refer to population growth rate throughout. (Population growth rate is different than the birth rate. Growth rate indicates the increase in numbers. We should stabilize the population if every couple had only two children. After the second child the couple adds to the growth rate.) In other words, it took all the history of man to reach the present population of 3.5 billion, and we will double that number in the next 30 years! These astounding figures, as incredible as they are, are generally passed over by Americans who do not seem willing to recognize that America contributes to the population crisis. There are 205 million Americans now. If the present growth rates continue there will be 300 million Americans in the next thirty years. This means that we will have to provide for 250,000 additional people EVERY MONTH between today and the year 2,001 A.D. We are not providing housing for that many people let alone schools, doctors and job opportunities. “Our social problems, which already threaten to overpower us, will become harder to solve as they become aggravated by growing numbers. Social problems, however, do not mean only poor people’s problems. The affluent American poses the greater threat to our social well-being. “Harvard scientist and researcher, Jean Mayer, states: ‘lt’s the rich - in a relative sense, the people less likely to starve - who wreck the environment. Rich people occupy much more space, consume more of the natural resources, disturb the ecology more, litter the landscape with bottles and paper, and pollute more land, air and water with chemical, thermal and radioactive waste.’ “Again Americans fail to see the log in their own eye. Our double standard argument is that OUR growing population is justifiable because WE can afford it while other nations’ growing populations are critical because THEY cannot afford them. Just as the United States government continues to denounce racism, Make Dad The King On Father’s Day With The High Style Fashion from J A CK LEVINE’S 973 BROAD ST. 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He obviously thinks that his own money should allow him a right that the man in India or Harlem should not have. “As often as Americans have considered population the problem of poor nations, they usually identify any excess population at home as the off-spring of poor people. (Too often to be ignored, this means they are speaking of black and browns.) MEDICAL WORLD NEWS reported in their December 6, 1968 issue'that '... the main sources of population overloading isn’t the poor or near poor but the middle class and the rich who produce seven out of every ten babies in the U.S. each year.’ Since 85% of our population is white, to stabilize the growth rate there would make us 85% successful in the fight on overpopulation. To put this in reverse: what if we decide to check the problem by reducing the family size of the poor? Even if the poor were prevented from having *... children at all the U.S. growth rate would be reduced by only one-tenth of one percent,’ according to Joseph W. Krutch in his article for THE AMERICAN SCHOLAR. “Given the tragic abuse that the white system has inflicted on blacks in this country, I think it impossible for blacks to listen to whites about the population problem until white America is able to give conclusive evidence that the growth rate in white communities is reducing. Other nations often find America hypocritical because it leaves unsolved within its own borders, problems it insists they solve in their nations. Black Americans then justifiably are suspicious when white Americans talk about a population explosion while those same white Americans continue to have as many children as they wish. “Dick Gregory in a speech to the student body at the University of Alabama said that America suffers not so much from air pollution as from “moral pollution”. He questions the gap between what men see as the problem and how they dedicate or refuse to dedicate themselves to solve it. Dick Gregory rather correctly implies that men usually dedicate someone other than themselves to the solution of problems. Certainly, the black Americans, with no more than 15% of the U.S. population, cannot be expected to solve our population problem. The black man has concluded that economic and political power are essential to first class citizenship. It is obvious to him that whites usually are not willing to openly grant him both economic and political power. Many blacks argue that increasing their numbers becomes their only remaining avenue. The blacks are forced into the defensive. Until white America reduces its own population growth rate and grants immediate power, both political and economic to black Americans, the cry of genocide will not cease. Nor should we expect it to. Because the white middle class has access to money and subsequently to greater medical care, it is able to obtain contraception often denied the poor whites and blacks. Birth control should not be available on the basis of financial standing any more than should their health care. Voluntary birth control is the right of all. “White Americans are the source of population stress in this country. Middle class and wealthy whites seem to claim that it’s their right, because of their affluence, to have as many children as they wish. “The young are inheriting a polluted world. Until white Americans correct their polluted priorities divisiveness will fester at home and suspicion will echo from abroad. Even though I have been conditioned to think that I can have as many children as I can afford, it may now be time to ask if the world can afford them. My own family size has societal ramifications beyond my personal desire. 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The directors also endorsed the interim report of the U.S. Commission on Population Growth and the American Future which stated “the best kind of national population policy would be one that serves the general welfare by promoting informed individual choice.” In a resolution on national health insurance, the Planned Parenthood board urged major reforms in the present health care system and inclusion of comprehensive coverage of family planning services by any plan that is developed. The action opposing family limitation by means other than those of free choice was aimed particularly at legislation now being considered in Connecticut and Tennessee. The Planned Parenthood directors went on record saying: “Over the years, bills have occasionally been introduced in various state legislatures to bar public assistance benefits to women who have had a stated number of children out of wedlock unless they ‘voluntarily’ undergo sterilization. Such a proposal is Bo's Bait & Tackle 2011 Savannah Rd. All kind of baits & tackles Soft drinks & Beer Open 7 days a vweek 5 a.m. until Your Patronage Appreciated By Planned Parenthood currently under consideration in the Tennessee State Assembly. At the same time, a related measure is now being considered by the legislature in Connecticut. In this case a three hundred dollar reward is to be offered to any women on welfare with two children (regardless of their legal status) who ‘voluntarily’ obtains a sterilization.” The resolution adopted by the directors continued, saying that “Planned Parenthood believes that any proposal which selects a particular group, in this case women on public assistance, as the special target for family limitation is inherently discriminatory. To condition the receipt of public assistance, or additional funds in the form of a special bonus, on the acceptance of a permanent, or temporary, method of family limitation ' clearly interferes with the freedom of choice of the patient. Such proposals are coercive and should be .//ik CRikA'S "3 60 " WEEKLY bOßOScope ARIES (March 21-April 19): Financial troubles may weigh you down this week —curb wild spending sprees. Mid week you’ll start to pull out of the emotional dumps. Pay attention to your looks. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Try to take things a bit easy this week —don’t take on any new projects. Even cut down on regular chores if you are more tired than usual. Most things can wait. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Your usual ebullient nature is damped now. Involve yourself with others, but from the obser ver’s point of view. If mate was planning a trip, it may be held up. CANCER (June 21-July 22): Expansion in work involving the talents and values of others is good. Mutual finances need overhauling. Your sympathetic nature is needed in dealing with friends. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Career or par ental relationships can be enervating. Make plans with your spouse for a fami ly vacation, or your children’s hobbies and/or extra-curricular lessons. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): In-laws may present some problems this week. You may decide to improve your home rath er than take a vacation this year. Spouse’s financial outlook improves. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Deal con structively with deeply-rooted and long lasting emotional problems this week. You can find creative solutions in talk ing things over with mate. bishop s. McDowell shelton APOSTLE ND OVERSEER OF THE CHURCH OF THE LORD JESI ' CH’UST OF THE APOSTOLIC FAITH. HEADQUARTERS LOCATED IN DOWNTOWN PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA AT 22ND AND BAINBRIDGE STS. THE LOCAL CHURCH IS LOCATED AT 145 WATKINS ST. IN DOWNTOWN AUGUSTA, GEORGIA. 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News-Review June 10, 1971, vigorously opposed.” In their statement on national health insurance, Planned Parenthood’s national leaders said “the present health care system delivers inedequate and costly care for all, and inferior, often demanding, care for the low income population.” Reform of the system is imperative, they said, and outlined a number of principles to “guide” the prompt development of a health insurance program capable of providing quality, coordinated health services to all Americans.” These include recognition of medical care as a basic right of every resident regardless of income, race or place of .residence; effective delivery of preventive as well as “crisis” health care; emphasis on development of quality services for both inner city and rural areas; cost controls, and consumer representation at all SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): This may be a tense week in the marital depart ment. Stick close to home so that your partner feels that you are there, but don’t press discussion of touchy issues. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Take better care of yourself than usual. Time seems difficult to handle. Mental crea tivity and expansion show promise, but curb excess physical activity. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 Jan 19): Chil dren and friends drain away much of your energy. Meditation produces more viable solutions to these problems than attempting to “handle” things. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Your home requires more attention than us ual. Spouse may be tired. Take over some of your partner's chores to ease the strain. Be careful not to run on ■ your nerves. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Neigh bors and brothers or sisters need lots of time and attention. Provide them with some high-minded guidance without in jecting a note of self-righteousness. Now you can get your personalized computerized horoscope, 20 pages of in depth knowledge of the factors govern ing your life, plus a six-month day by day forecast of your physical, emotional and mental responses. Send SlO with your name, address, place and time of birth to Erika, P.O. Box 2, Glencoe. 111. 60022. Money refunded if not complete ly satisfied. levels of program development. Family planning services must be part of any national health insurance program, the Planned Parenthood group said, and should be available to all persons covered by the program, regardless of age income, marital or parental status. Other requirements would include provision of benefits, without waiting periods, wherever services are received; reimbursement covering the costs of patient education, casefinding, and follow-up, and automatic extension of major medical benefits to cover other than the ordinary expenses related to fertility control. In a resolution on the interim report of the U.S. Commission on Population Growth and the American Future, the national Planned Parenthood directors endorsed the Commission’s “deliberate and responsible approach” to the problem. Page 5