r information. They
told her things they thought they knew, and things they thought
they ought to know. And her health was the price she paid....
"They who knew, but would not tell, left her one alternative. She
chose it. And so,
"'Hats off, gentlemen--the law!'"
In this same issue of "The Call," May 24, 1914, there is an editorial
comment that promised the base devotees of race suicide an abundance of
filthy reading matter for the future:
"If unwelcome motherhood is not in accordance with a constructive
eugenic program, then the free imparting of information concerning
the prevention of involuntary motherhood must be. But as has been
pointed out in these columns again and again, to make this part of
a constructive eugenic program is to run up against vicious and
barbarous state and federal laws which make the giving of necessary
information a crime, punishable by imprisonment.
"In connection with this entire subject we call the attention of
our readers to the grim sketch by Sonia Ureles, appearing elsewhere
on this page today.
"This is the first of a series of stories on the same subject which
Miss Ureles is writing for 'Woman's Sphere.' All who know the vivid
reality of this writer's work will look forward to them with keen
anticipation."
Let it not be thought for a moment that "The Call" has yet given up its
propaganda of race suicide. As recently as May 25, 1919, there appeared
in the magazine section of that vile Socialist daily of New York City an
article on the subject entitled, "Birth Control and the War," the
article being no less than twelve columns long. Several quotations are
hereby given:
"Everywhere the feudal-minded ones act upon substantially the same
impulse. Everywhere they impel and, to a large extent, though by
indirection, they compel, prolific breeding among the less
intelligent persons. These latter are also the victims of the
prevailing religious, political, economic and industrial systems
and superstitions. The feudalistic ones proclaim fecundity as a
religious duty to God and a moral duty to the state. By psychologic
tricks a vanity of the unfortunate classes is encouraged so as to
make even the fools believe, or, at least, feel that they, too,
have a place in the sun....
"By the uniform activities and lingering dominance of th
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