A PLAN FOR AN ALIEN WHO’S WHO THE OUTSTANDING FEATURE of the Secretary of Labor’s annual report to the President, several American newspaper editors agree, is the recommendation that the 7,000,000 aliens in the United States be registered, not only to prevent the entry of undesirables from abroad, but also for the protection of the hon... continued
The Preservation of Alaska’s Resources – Part 3
October 23, 2010 By
According to the census of 1920 the population of Alaska was 55,036, representing an apparent decrease of 9,320 since 1910. “However,” we are told in a Department of the Interior booklet of “General Information Regarding the Territory of Alaska,” “this census was taken in the depth of winter, when only permanent reside... continued
Immigration Policies
November 15, 2009 By
Ethnic Groups and Immigration Policies Birth rates, death rates and migrations have redistributed groups of our population in the past and these forces are at work among our ethnic stocks. Among Negroes death rates are about one and a half times as high as among whites. Death rates are also higher for the foreign born than for native born whites, a... continued
Population Distribution
November 14, 2009 By
Distribution and Density of Population Population policy is concerned not only with the total numbers in the nation as a whole, but also with the numbers in particular regions and localities. The most significant movements of peoples, however, relate to their concentration in centers of high density where the question is arising whether the larger ... continued
Optimum Population
November 13, 2009 By
The Problem of an Optimum Population Shall we aim to have a large or a limited population? This is major problem in the development of a population policy, and it is a question on which opinions differ. The manufacturer may see in a stationary or diminishing population a limitation of his market, whereas a smaller population may mean a higher stand... continued
Rate of Population Growth
November 12, 2009 By
The Declining Rate of Population Growth The rate of population growth in the United States has long been declining but this fact has perhaps been obscured because of the size of the net increase decade by decade. Thus the increase from 1920 to 1930 was 17 millions as compared with 14 millions in the years 1910 to 1920, within which the World War oc... continued