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Specter of Starvation Stalks Liberated Europe Hunger Already Rampant in Many Nations; Relief Dependent on Sacrifices of United States and Canada. By BAUKHAGE News Analyst and Commentator. WNU Service, Union Trust Building Washington, D. C. The size and shape of the postwar rood emergency which the world has been generally anticipating and fearing is now beginning to take shape. As this is written in mid June, a swelling cry is coming across the Atlantic, "We're hungry. Send us food." In one day's issue of the New York' Times there were special dispatches stating: 1. That the liberated European nations were meeting in London to hear the facts of the world food situ ation from British Food Minister Llewellin. He had spent three months in Canada and the United States surveying the world pictuie. It was said that he would inform the delegates of the liberated coun tries that there is in prospect a wuna inoruje 01 i.ouu.uuu ions 01 meat, 1,000,000 tons of fats and oils and 1,500,000 tons of sugar. A short age, that is, in terms of what is re quired to maintain a quite frugal, though fairly health-giving diet. 2. That European nations were be ing urged to produce to the maxi mum in order to offset the lack of imports for their winter's food sup ply. 3. That the new food minister of France (Christian Pinaud) was coming to the United States to urge the American food industry to sell food to France. 4. That the Bavarian food ration was down to the low minimum of 1,150 calories a day (the average American diet contains 3,200 calo ries). Need l? Acute In Many Aretu The need for food is acute in many areas throughout the conti nent of Europe. The people living in German - occupied Holland have been suffering from outright starva tion for months. The physical con dition of many was so serious im mediately following liberation that they were no longer able to digest ordinary foods. The whites of eggs in powdered form were shipped from the United States to pro vide special treatment for these starvation victims. Britain also shipped to Holland a special food consisting of solutions of predigested proteins, glucose and vitamins. In Yugoslavia, when UNRRA sup plies arrived and were being un loaded from the first shipment, food was so scarce that the women brought brooms and brushes to sweep up the grain that spilled from the sacks of wheat. When cans of beans were distributed to the peo ple, the Yugoslav weighing offi cials were so careful in measuring out portions that it was common to see a single bean removed from the scales in order to give each person no more than his fair share. In May, the office of foreign agri cultural relations of the United States department of agriculture re ported that this pear's output of food in Europe will be the smallest since the beginning of the war. It may be as much as 10 per cent un der the 1M4 production. As the war has come along, machinery Is worn out Factories have been kept out of most of Europe by the lack of transportation and the shortage of materials. . Manpower has become scarcer. Is. the final agonies of the conflict, farm animals were slaughtered or stolen by the retreating Nazis. Hence, the production of the conti nent will reach the low point of this winter in the current crop year. Sharpening the difficulties Is the U? i-J. -M ' ? ' ? uiiuuaii w internal transpor tation to move what food la pro duced from the countryside into the cities and towns. In the final phases of the war the Nazis systematically destroyed railroads and rolling stock behind them as they re treated; the Allied air forces sys tematically blew bridges and burst locomotives. The result is that in Greece, for example, there were for months no railway lines op erating. Evan now, when some of the tracks and bridges are repaired, there are less than SO locomotives and less then 500 good cars in the country. More are being rushed there, but the railway transport will be far below even the wartime nor mal. The highway service has dis integrated and the bridges are blown. Trucks are so scarce that they are number one priority in the relief schedules of UNRRA and of the countries which pay for their own imports. An UNRRA worker in Yugoslavia reported that he saw girls 12 and 15 years old carrying hundred pound sacks of grain on their backs for Ave kilometres. In Greece, women and children hitched themselves to carts of supplies and hauled them over mountain roads that were so full of bomb craters that trucks could not travel them. 100 Million Poo pi* Hungry on Continent In the face of this situation, it Is cviaem mai, as uoionei LJeweiiin told the British House ot Commons on June 13, "There are a hundred million hungry people in Europe today." Hope for relieving hunger is in imports this summer and next winter. Will the imports be forth coming from the world outside? The best answer that can be given at present seems to be "not in the volume desired." To provide enough food to bring the populations of liberated Europe and the Far East up to the prewar level ? or even to a rather low minimum level for full health and strength ? would bring the civilian food supplies in the major nations down consider ably from their present level. The British ration has already been re duced in a number of items ? and it was a tight ration before the re duction. Australia has cut down but ter and meat rations still fur ther within the last 60 days. A good part of the answer to the plea of hungry Europe and the Far East depends on how much sac rifice the civilians in the United States and Canada are willing to undergo. President Truman, in ' iRailing the rprv>H nf Ti?Haa Cam.mi 1 Rosenman on relief needs in west ern Europe, pointed out that the American people need to under stand the dire p&ght of the people in these Allied countries in or der to be prepared to accept con tinued control on our consumption here. The coming months will give the answer to the extent and severi ty of controls that are imposed. Food?Not Monty? Remain* Scarce Relief for liberated countries Is not a matter of financing. The coun tries of western Europe have their own financial resources and are seeking in vain to buy ? particu larly such items as canned meats, dairy products, fata and oils and su gar. The liberated countries of east ern Europe which do not have the foreign exchange resources to pay cash for their supplies are receiv ing them from the uninvaded United Nations through UNRRA. UNRRA has financial resources contributed by the uninvaded nations. The trouble is that supplies are not forthcoming in the scarce food lines at a desirable rate. Incidentally, the director general of UNRRA, in a somewhat justified didactic vein, has lately pounded home in his public utterances the (act that U UNRRA (ails to provide supplies, it ia not because of UNRRA's shortcomings, but be cause the member nations do not come through with the supplies. "UNRRA," Director General Leh man says, "is not a superstate with resources and powers of its own. Far from it It is the servant of the governments which created it." There is one bright spot amid the encircling gloom of the food situ ation. This is the tact that the world has plentiful supplies of wheat. This member of the bread grains has been produced in bumper quantities for several years in succession by the farmers in the U. S. and Cana da. The crops have been average in other exporting countries. The re sult is that wheat is not even under allocation and the full amount needed for a normal diet can be supplied to the people of liberated Europe. But man doesn't live by bread alone. For health and vigor, you and I and everyone need some fats and proteins in our diets. Will we be willing to cut down on our? by the standards of Europe?rather lavish consumption of these things so that our liberated Allies can come through the next winter with a mini mum loss of health and strength? BARBS . . . by Baukhage The Domel (official news agen cy) broadcasting station in Tokyo reported transmitter trouble. Static or B-lBsT ? ? ? Importers of French lace ordered and paid lor before the occupation of France win be assisted In local ing M by the foreign economic ad I ministration The trills will help pay I Slide fasteners, books and eyes. Duckies and other closure Items will soon reappear and then we'll De all fenced in again. ?e- ? a I A large Increase in the production at bicycles in the third quarter of IMS la doubtful, according to the WPB. So you ariB have to use your pedal ?rwj oot your pud* ah tor a little loafer. Allied Hero Returns to a Grateful Country General of the Army Dwight D. Elsenhower is shown in upper circle as he was welcomed home by his wife. To his right is his father, Dayld, and his mother is to his left. Lower left shows the hero and his brido In 1915, shortly after he married Mamie Doud of Denver. Lower center shows him as he finished his training at West Point. Lower right shows the Eisenhower family taken in 1992 at their home in Abilene. Blind Vets Learn to Play and Work Again At the New York Institute tor the Education ot the Blind, navy men and marines who lost their sijht In the sendee ot their country are engaged In a baseball game, as shown in the upper photo. They follow the movement of the overslxe ball by sound. Lower, from left to right, archery, radio repairing and bowling. Market Lamb Show Pen Winner Award far beet yea at three at the Chleaye JBaler Market Lamb ?hew west to Bhsiwssd Steaffer's beaattoe at Moant Morrta, III. Eatriee were received tram every state to the Midwest. Yeanc Stoaffer, whe Is IT, eras awarded seeewd yrtae far his yea at tre lambs at Ust year's shew. The yrtsee are a treyhy aad eaah award. Twin Brothers Meet Sgt. Granville J. P. (left) end Cpl. Martini Harris, twin brother*, are '? shown when they met for the first time since babyhood days. They were separated by death of both parents and did not learn of each other until the army located them and brought them together. G.I.8 Drive Strike-Bound Trucks the irM^"^Ll> CUo(i u members ?( "tjnTnin SmliuMJ ewrb^tg* w<jru i Youngest U. S. Citizen Charles Franklin Cohen becomes the j person to he sworn to ?to (atosr, >0. Max Cohen, to to ha rwahii army. NEW WHITE HOUSE TEMPO Harry Truman has now been President of the United States for a little over two months?two of the most historic months in the nation's history. These two months are suf ficient to get a fairly accurate gauge of how the new President will func tion for the rest of his term. On the surface there is a new at* ; mosphere in the White House when ! you walk into it these days. If, for instance, you drop in on White House Secretary Charlie Ross, he is cordial, courteous, but brief. There ' is no invitation or inclination to sit i down and gossip. This business-like atmosphere prevails throughout the 1 entire White House staff, j II you go on in to see Ross's boss, you get in on time. There are few | waits. And the little man on the : other side of the big, broad, shiny desk listens intently. He wants to hear what his visitors have to say. i These are two definite innovations. Truman gives the impression of having a Arm grasp on all domestic problems. He knows them thorough ly?undoubtedly better than Frank lin Roosevelt during his latter years, when he was devoting all his time to the war. One of Truman's frequent replies to callers when they urge sanction on some special idea is: i "I realize that. But it takes time i to do all these things, and seldom have so many important things ! confronted us all at one time. I'll 1 get around to that just as soon as I can." One thing that worries him most is our foreign affairs. The new Pres ident frankly realizes it is his main weakness. He does not have Roose velt's international background, therefore has to rely almost wholly >n his diplomats. Truman's method of running the government is that of pick ing good men and giving them free rein. This is a good sys tem, and we could have bad more of it in the past. But it breaks down when the President is not sure he can rely on the men picked to perform the most important job we now faee ? | building up the peace after the war. Trnman told Stettinius, for instance, that he was to be his unu voaa a i oau r rauciscv, uui he found thst Stettlnius called him on the phone once or twice a day to get his approval of al most every decision. Unlike Roosevelt, Truman does not hesitate to fire a man who doesn't produce. He let Leonard Reinsch go back to his radio job in Atlanta the day after be handled himself badly in a press conference. He transferred Edward D. McKim, his administrative assistant, after it | became known that the genial and ! likeable McKim seemed too en grossed in Mrs. "Hope Diamond" McLean's dinner parties and the so i cial whirl of Washington. MacARTHUR ONCE FIRED EISENHOWER Sometipnes it is from quirks of ! fate or personal jealousies that heroes are born. Old army friends of General ? Eisenhower couldn't help but re member this as they gathered to : pay him tribute. For, it it had not been for a per sonal row with General MacArthur in the Philippines, Eisenhower prob ably would be in a Jap prison camp today instead of receiving the plaud its of millions. When MacArthur retired as chief of staff and began the reorganiza tion of the new-Philippine army, he took with him to Manila one of the bright, up-and-coming men of the army, Col. Dwight Eisenhower. But, after some time in the Philippines, thinvs didn't an v?ll and Uba. Arthur fired him. Eisenhower went back to the U.S.A. to climb to fame and the top command of the Ameri can army. If he had remained with Mac Arthur, he probably would now be with Gen. "Skinny" Wainwright and the 16 other American general* taken prisoner by the Japs. ? ? ? BASEBALL AND UNITED NATIONS In San Francisco, a delegation of Philadelphians called on Australia's External Affairs Minister Herbert Evatt to ask that the city of brother ly love founded by William Penn become the seat of the United Na tions in the future. Dr. Evatt listened carefully. Then he replied: "I can't vote for Philadelphia un til the Phillies get out of the cel lar. I'm afraid it would give the United Nations a defeatist attitude if both Philadelphia baseball teams were at the bottom of their leagues." ? ? ? CAPITAL CHAFF New Hampshire's one-time isola tionist Senator Tobey has got reli gion. He is so anxious to avoid an other war that he has become one of the most ardent advocates of inter national co-operation. Tobey even blasted (indirectly) his old friend and colleague, ex-Senator Danaher of Connecticut, who, while an execu tive of the Republican national com mittee, used his position as exssns tor to go ao the senate floor and New Uses for an Old Fashioned Knife Box "THESE" old fashioned knife A boxes are popular as a quaint touch for serving food or drinks or to fill with plants or cut flow ers. They are useful for sewing, . knitting or reading matter too. And here is good news?you don't have to rummage in antique shops to find one. It may be made right at home without any complicated CARRY YOUR WORK OR READING FROM PLACE TO ' s? j PAUERf/wH GIVES I Jt Jf CO M PL E 1^43 i OrtgTKttiJ rVv\lr? b I HE ~*J|fc<CT KNIFE BOX WITH] IKgnflM OB WITHOUT IIKSMK9^ ' THE ATTACHED ^ ?*<--* STAND WHICH HAS TWO PULL-OUT LEASES Ht>6HT 23" I tools. Even the little stand with handy pull-out leaves is of such simple construction that it can be made by any amateur. It may be attached to the knife box and car ried right along-with it. It Is fun to cut these pieces out of good clear pine or maple. The joinings are of the simplest type made with quick-drying plastic glue which gives the modern wood working enthusiast an advantage over the long-drawn-out methods used in grand father's day. e e e NOTE?Pattern 281 gives actual-size patterns for all parts of the knife box and for the sides of the stand. Illustrated assembly directions, a complete list of materials and directions for an antique finish for both pieces ere included. To get Pattern 281, send 15 cents with name and address direct to: I MRS. RUTH WYETH SPEARS Bedford Hills New Yerk Drawer It Enclose 15 cents for Pattern No. 281. AHHrx? Mount Pla6ma Mount Plasma is a volcanic mountain on Iwo Jima, formerly called Mount Suribachi. So much plasma was used on the slopes of this mountain that after Old Glory was hoisted to its top, our Leathernecks rechristened the place Mount Plasma. Tour Baby May Have Good Reason to Cry After a night of lost sleep, it is hard to be patient with baby; but maybe poor baby suffered from sting and burn of diaper rash. Sprinkle on Mexaana, tha soothing, medicated powder?relieve this misery. Family favorite for itch ef minor akin troubles. Demand ***??? t A Dab a Day keeps P.Or away! (*U?dorarm Pftplration Odor) mm 0E0I0RAI1T CREfim ?Isn't stiff of sticky! Soft?It spreads like face cream. ? Is actually soothing I Use right after sharing?will not irritata. ?hee light, pleeeont scent.No sickly smell to cling to fingers or clothing, ?will not spoil delicate fabrics. Yet tests in the tropics?made by nones ?prove that Yodora protects under try ing conditions. h lutei er far* Wq 25* dOc McKmmm A Babbmm, lac. Bridgeport, C?a BALSAM^"o?MYRRH" eoatMnt soom to refiere ttw eereoMB end ? III ig ii ?? wil aad Siriiil Buada. 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