Evening star., 1933-06-25

portation and 500, 900 in administrative
positions-with the rest of the 11,000.-
600 employed women working in agri-
culture and domestic service. Since
1918, the propagandist says, the num-
Der of women employed in factory
offices has increased thirteen times,
and the number in commercial Offices
has increased six times. Women have
pressed down wages, it is charged; they
have driven men out Of their jobs and
have thus deprived girls Of the prospect
to the argument, that in the first half
Of 1881 there were 10000 fewer mar
riages than in the first half of 1880.
Birth Decrease Is Worry.
But it is the decrease Of the German
birthrate that worries the NaZis more
than anything else, and they say that
the only way to improve it is to return
to the three ks" so highly praised by
Kaiser Wilhelm II-"Kueche, Kirche,
Klnder''-kitchen, kirk and cradle.
Should the population Of the Reich
continue to decline at the present rate,
Nazi statisticians estimate that Ger
many, in 1853, will contain only 50,-
100000 people-not more than the
population of Poland by that time.
What a catastrophe that would be!
Then the Reich, freed from It's night
mare Of overpopulation, no longer
would be forced to look for place in
the sun, and the main excuse for mill
tarism would vanish into thin air. No
figures are quoted more often in Nazi
headquarters than those which were
submitted by the minister of interior
TO the ReichStag in August, Iceland
IN
children were born for every thousand
women between Is and A years Of age,
and that in 1880 the number of births
had dropped to 67.2.
As part of the Nazi program to ward
of this danger. Dr. Alfred Rosenberg
recommends a modified form of polyg-
amy. He does not advocate the re-
introduction of polygamy in legal form;
he wants it brought back in a round
about way. The Third Reich, of which
he Is one Of the principal archi-
tects. should encourage bearing
whether the mother is married or not
In the Third Reich, where the state
commands all allegiances, even love
must be subordinated to the needs Of
the community. Marriage, according
to some National Socialist leaders, must
be regulated by the authorities, and
that regulation must begin with the
blood Of the bride and groom.
Blood Register Drawn Up.
A blood register has been drawn up
by proponents Of the idea, and they
suggest that only members of the same
blood class should be allowed to marry
without special permission. A girl in
blood class AA, for instance. would
not be allowed to marry young man
In class A. Jews and other nom
Aryans would belong in a class by
themselveS-and would be forbidden to
marry Aryans.
These are not fanatical dreams. Al
ready several. proposed laws, which
would make 1t a criminal ofense. pun
ishable with death, for an Aryan to
marry a non-Aryan, have been sub
mitted to the Reichstag and to the
State Diets. For the time being less
radical Nazis would be satisfied with
sterilizing the socially unfit. But while
the party leaders are discussing ways
of preserving Teutonic racial purity,
the rank and file have taken matters
into their own hands-Teuton youths
and girls suspected Of having nom
Aryan friends are warned and pun
ished.
If the Germans. are to be trans
formed into q race Of masters, provision
must be made for servants, and it is
part Of the Third Reich's policy toward
women to induce many Of them to
enter domestic service The marriage
law Of June / exempts servants from
the payment of unemployment insur-
ance premiums and reduces their in
come taxes below the average level. At
the same time, it authorizes employers
of domestic servants to claim tax ex-
emption for new help-the more SER
wants in household. the lower are its
taxes. Thus the Hitler government
hopes to absorb a large number of
the 100000 women-Germany's excess
female population-in domestic service.
There is another striking illustration
Of the attitude of the Hitler govern