The Washington times., 1921-01-06
AUSTR|ADY|NG
FROMPOvERTY
Food Controller Says All In
Vienna Will Be Dead in
Two Generations.
BY DOROTHY THOMPSON,
international News Service.


VIENNA, Jan. 6.-Frau Emmy
Freundlich, the outgoing food con-
troller of Austria and the head OF
the largest cooperative enterprise
in the country, who is probably one
of the ablest women in European
affairs, has a grim solution for the
problem of what to do with Vienna.
ALL DEAD IN GENERATIONS.
Let Vienna go on. just as she is
doing" says Frau Freundlich. And
in two generations your problem Will
have been solved. The entire popula-
ton will have been wiped out
Frau Freundlich's' statement is sup
ported by the facts. The death rate
in Vienna is gaining such headway
over the birth rate that it Will only
take two generations for the whole
population to perish In 1913 there
was surplus Of 10000 births over
deaths. In 1919 there was u surplus
of 5000 deaths over births. In spite
OF the accelerated activities of all OF
the relief committees operating in
Austria, the conditions for the first
six months of 1920 are even worse.
Beyond question OF a doubt. the ac-
cess of deaths over births this year
will amount to $4,000.
THOUSANDS or
Thousands of these deaths arc
among children and adolescents who
do not live to populate the world win
even>a degenerate posterity. Hair or
and twsI,,a yaars Of age Fran Freund-
Ucb said bocLing mn her statement
With fomres from tho Health Depart
,,ant have tuhercuIar infection.
oither of tho homes Joints or lungs.
.rhi,,y nor cont OF ali of the babies
ao, ~, havo trharcuIar Infection
Sina,, rar nort oC on children have
-. go, s,,,,nto,s-or niclxn,s
ThaSa nsonIe ara nassinp They a-e
- * 80 intaI1ic.nt neonIe IN
~ ,,,r,.,d a,oono uhon, tbors is no iIlit-
or.c,, a naonIo u,bo have contributed TO
snioro "a 20 ~ ats with Thorn
.; - ~ oit,, which cyan in its
d,a1t o,o o. tho rnost ha,utif,,I
Sianisaa o,d hasni,ohIa ranit,ls or
on" WHY 49, ~ rroint, th.,r
nt "a ,iIo;, soin,,ca
49, anu '' 80 into,,;sonoe +, cop-
...., sntL ,>oonIo
out,ns W ,, ~ tho,
.In, 80 80 nhiIdra,'
". thnt tha;r cbiIdr.n,s
-, 80 ;,,,ta ,nd
thair obancas for nanny normal
oi,t,tr Ia hsaI,,talr. Nil Thc
c'I..n So, 80 ,,.o,,d o nv
80. thaso oonJitinns nroduc;ng ,
',natn h,,, no, tho Hus-
..,s ''
CROWDED IN HOUSES.
Young people are marrying. but no
new homes are being established. In
Vienna the problem is not OF the
mother-in-law. but of the daughter
in-1aw. Where to put her! NO young
man who marries can possibly FUR
n!sh nome lor ms WE. me n;.o COS.
stove wouId exceed his wages for a
year Hence families live with fam
lies and the crowdiur is terrific.
This in spite of the decrea sed popula-
tion. because no new houses have been
built since the war, nor has there
been any repairing of old ones be-
cause of the shortage of materials.
The people are dying in spite of the
activities of the relief committees.
The report of the American Relief
Committee in Vienna. which is just
off the press, shows that In the past
six months America has spent two
and a half billion kronen IN vienna
for child welfare alone. 1 was I'M
able to gather hgures on the amount
spent In TINS perlod py the JOINT lis
tribution Committee the American
Red cross the Quakers' ana the va
rious european MISSIONS out these
figures, TOO, must run up INTO pllllons
The work OF these committees Is
the American heieI Committee aione
historic IeaI Oh social en-