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Show Released by Western Newspaper UnionPROBLEM Union UnionPROBLEM PROBLEM PROBLElII 07 OF or ' FOOD FOODIN FOODIN FOODIN IN POST WAR WORLDNo WORLDNo WORLD WORLDNo No living man can know moreof more moreof moreof of the terrors of starvat on on a peopie peo peopIe peoplc pIe plc or the needs of meeting meetmg suchcondit such suchcondit suchcondit condit ons than does Herbert Hoover HooverII II s wide experience expenencc during durmg and fol folI following following tollowing I lowing World War I and during dunng the theRussIan theRussian theRussian RussIan famine famme gave him pre cml cmi cmlI cmlnenee cminence cminencc nenee nence in m that fieldIn fieldIn field fieldIn I In a recently reccntly published book The TheProblems TheProblems TheProblems Problems of Last ng Peace by byHerbert byHerbert , Herbert Hoover Hoovcr and Hugh GibsonI Gibsonthe Gibson I | the authors say the first great grcat problem prob problem problem lem to follow the final command to toi tocease tocease i cease firing finng w 11 be to feed the thetarv -tarv tarv Marv Marving - tarving tarving ing people of Europe and Asia fr frndand fr.nd -.nd .nd . - . -ndand ndand - .ndand nd ndand and enemy alike To do that they theyest theyest theyest est mate it 11 at will take 30 3D million tons tons60 60 b U 11 ll on pounds of foodSupplYIng foodSupplying food foodSupplying Supplying that food will be belargely belargely belargely largely the job ofmencan of \ Irnencan \mencan mencan tmerscan and andCnadl'ln andCanadian andCinadnn C\nadl'ln C nadl'ln nadlln Canadian ' \ ' farms It means meanswhea meanswheat meanswheat whea wheat t corn r rje rye ) , e and barley barleyhogs barleyhogs barleyhogs hogs and cattle and dairy prod products products products ucts in enormous quantities Itmeans It Itmeans Itmeans means a continuous contlDuous supply notfor not notfor notfor for weeks wceks or a few months onlybut only onlybut onlybut but probibly prob\bly prob bly probably ' \ for some years yearsIt yearsIt yearsIt It means food for people of ofst.lI'Ved ofstarved ofstarved st.lI'Ved st.lIVed stlIVed starved . ' France " Holland "oUand oUand Nor I way Belgium Spain SpaID GreecePoland GreecePoland Greece GreecePoland Poland China ChlDa the Dutch Greecej EastIndies EastIndies East EastIndies j Indies the Philippines Pblhppmes Germany Germafly Germa Germany ny fly Italy much of Russia theBalkans theBalkans the theBalkans Balkans Denm-irk Denm irk DeDm\rk DeDm rk Denmark ' \ - and otherlands otherlands other otherlands landsIt lands It means a greater job lob than hasfaced has hasfaced hasfaced faced the Amer can farm during durmg thewar the thewar thewar war per od when only ourselves andpeople and andpeople andpeople people of the AU All ed na nat tons ons were to tobe tobe tobe be fed It means tilling tlllmg more acres acresand acresand acresand and more careful cultivation that thatevery thatevery thatevery every bushel of gram grain every pound poundof poundof poundof of meat may be savedIt savedIt saved savedIt It means continued contmued rationing ratlonmg for formonths formonths formonths months or years for people of ArneI Amer Amerlea America ' ica lea that we may divide with and andsuccor andsuccor andsuccor succor the starving starvmg peoples of theworld theworldFor fue the fueworld theworld world worldFor For such a job we need bumpercrops bumper bumpercrops bumpercrops crops tor for this thls year and next year yearand yearand yearand and the year after We will have haveno haveno haveno no need to worry about surpluses surpluses- surplusesthere surplusesthere surplusesthere - there will be none There will wall be 8 a 8need aneed aneed need for every pound and more of offood offood offood food stuffs the American Amencan farm can canproduce canproduce canproduce canproduceThe produce produceThe The American farmer will wall do hIs has hIsJob haslob hisjob Job lob HeV111 He \ will \V111 V111 not wrangle about abouthours abouthours abouthours hours or wages or social advancements advance advancements advancements ments He will give gave unstmtingly unstmtmgly unstintingly ofh of ofh ofh h s t me and labor and ab lity hty laty Hewill He HewIll Hewall wIll wall do that because he is as first of all alla alla alla a humanitarian humarutanan an Amer ArneI ' canOut canOut can canOut Out of it at all may come a contm contra contmued contraued contmued ued foreign market tor for far the products productsof of American Amerlcan farms.rhat farms . - "That That -.rhat .rhat " depends dependson on the kind of peace terms made madewhen madewhen madewhen when the fue war is over If U those thoseterms thoseterms thoseterms terms are along the ideolog adeolog callmes callmesthe cal lines linesthe linesthe the American Amencan people w sh for It Itwill itwill itwill will mean an increased mcreased marketabroad market marketabroad marketabroad abroad for American farm productsSuch products productsSuch productsSuch Such terms would embody the prmciples prm prmclples prmciples clples ciples of the Atlantic charter plus pluseconom pluseconom pluseconom econom c freedom . 0 . . 0 u S mSTORY HISTORY IHSTORYIN mSTORYIN HISTORYIN IN OUR PUBLIC SCDOOLSWashington SCHOOLSWashington SCHOOLS SCDOOLS SCHOOLSWashington Washington crossing crossmg the Dela Delaware Delaware Delaware ware the ill III fed ill III all clothed illhoused allhoused ill all housed patriotic army at Valley " llev . I , I Forge the surrender of the Brit sharmy sh sharmy army at atorkto 'iorktovn iorktovn \ ' \orkto orkto lorkto vn Jhe the , s sgning gnmg gmng otthe of ofthe the Declarat on of ot Independence thestruggle the theI thestruggle thestruggle struggle of Lewis and dark Clark throughthe through throughfue throughthe fue the western wilderness - what a athrill athrill thrill of pa patr tr otic fervor all ol of these theseI theseand theseand theseand and hundreds of other me one dents dentsbrought dentsbrought dentsbrought brought to me as a small boyhen boy \\hen hen when \ whenI henI I stud ed American history in that thatold thatold thatold old brick bnck schoolhouse at Amsworth Ainsworth AmsworthIowa AinsworthIowa AmsworthIowa Iowa It " was "as as such study that laId laIdthe laidthe laidthe the foundation tor for my love of Amel'l Amell Amen Amel'lca Amenca Amenca ' ca my respect for our mst IIlSt toast tutionsmy tutlOns tutions tutlOnsmy tutionsmy my appreciat appreclat apprecrat on of o1 the freedom inhented m an mherlted anhearted herlted hearted from that fuat ragged frozen littie lit littie littie tie army at Valley ForgeToday ForgeToday Forge ForgeToday Today in 22 of our 48 states ArneI Amer Amerscan American ' Ican scan history is not a required requll"ed requlled " study studyin studym m in the public pubhc schools school . , Small wondcr wonder wondcrthat wonderthat wonderthat that we are drift dnft draft ng away from our ourldeals ourideals ourideals ldeals ideals that our ideology ldeology is chang ng rig ngto rigto ngto to a folio follo ving vlng yang of false gods Our Ourchildren Ourchildren Ourchildren children need the lessons taught by bythe bythe bythe the hero worsh p of our patriotic patrioticforefathers patrioticforefathers patrioticforefathers forefathers and what "hat hat " they fuey enduredthat endured enduredthat enduredthat that we may enjoy the blessings blessmgs ofAmerican of ofAmerican ofAmerican American freedom and opportun ty . * . . ESSENTIAL- ESSENTIAL ESSE'lTlAL ESSElTlAL ' ? ' - ' ESSENTIALThe The labor union organizer orgamzer the fel fellow fellow fellow low who tells the American worh work worhman workman workman man he cannot have a job lob at bllld bland bllldmg blanding bi liding mg ing sh ps planes guns tanks or orother orother orother other war equ cqu pment unless he pays paysthe pa paji ) s sthe sthe the price pnee of union umon membership IS as ISconsIdered asconsidered isconsidered consIdered essential to the wir war \ 1.1 11 . ' ef of offort ettort effort fort He is given a priority prlOnty ontires on ontires ontires tires to keep heep his high priced pnced automobile auto automobIle automobile mobIle runnme runnmg running or a new car if of hewants he be hewants bewants wants it He is allowed what quan quant t ty of gasoline he says he may mayneed mayneed mayneed need He is essent al aI But it If of the thet thet t res ms ot of the workman or the farmer farmerwear farmerwear farmerwear wear out out , , , they must walk Accord AccordIng Accordang According Ing ang to the priority prlOnty listings lIstmgs they are arenot arenot arenot not essential as is as the labor racketeer racketeen racke racketeer teer teen . * . . TO LISTEN IN ON THE ARMYHOUR ARMY ARMYHOUR ARMYHOUR HOUR on the radio g ves yes to all ofus of ofus ofus us a better idea of o1 what the fue Amel'l Amell Amery Amerycan Amencan Amel'lcan ' can army is doing its ltS efficiency and andhigh andhigh andhigh high standards and it at also gives all allof allof allof of us civilians that morale WIthOUt WIthOUtwhIch withoutwhich withoutwhich whIch no war can be won . 0 . . A FEW YEARS AGO DR TUG TUGWELL TUGWELL TUGWELL WELL was insisting msistmg that advertlsmg advertising advertisingwas advertlsmgwas was an economic waste The gov government government government ernment is as ] S not finding findmg It so as appi ap appI appl pI pl ed to the sale of war \ ar bonds Advert Ad AdI Advert Advent vert vent sing smg is selling them just as aa advertis ad advertis advertis I vertis ng sells merchandise |