| Show NEWS REVIEW meat wheat peril peri i seen get ough U 3 U T S public FOOD PUZZLE meat vs wheat domestic food situation in the U S is entering a critical stage with two aspects standing out in sharp opposition to each other ithe the government determined to ship million bushels ot of wheat to europe by next june is campaigning to save a major por tion of that amount by cutting down on the feed consumption of cattle hogs and poultry that line of reasoning holds that smaller flocks and feeding to lighter weights will save more grain than any other sin gle effort 1 2 the supply of meat is going to 11 be considerably less than it has been and the demand will be great er meat prices are expected to go much higher in 1948 1943 further cur bailment tail ment of meat production by sav ing grain gram at the feed trough will intensify that already serious situ aaion there is no danger of a bread or food shortage of any kind this win ter because of the nation s bumper wheat harvest the pinch if it comes will appear after the middle of next year precipitated by a cur bently threatening drouth and tail fail ure of the winter wheat crop added to that is the fact that do bestic uses plus exports will leave from this year s harvest of 14 1 4 bil lion hon bushels only a null mill on bushel carryover by the time of the next harvest too small a vol u ume M e in the event of a short crop meat which right now is a little cheaper than it has been because more animals are being will continue in great de mand next year because consumer buying power will remain high the supply however will be less the agriculture department esti estl mates there win will be only 21 5 bil lion pounds of meat produced in 1948 compared to 23 2 billion pounds this year there will be 4 million fewer cattle on farms next january than last january small er hogs will be sent to market and there will be no increase in the stocks of sheep which are at an 80 year low PLAGUE egypt stricken cholera the dreaded black plague is spread ng so swiftly in egypt that a total of 6 dead has been pre dieted by year s end with many stricken villages iso by troops other small corn com muni mummies ties are ringed with bonfires day nd night in the belief that fire will keep out the disease meanwhile neighboring nations were taking steps to prevent the spread of cholera from the upper nile valley greece italy and pales tine have d international traffic while private shipping lines will bypass egyptian ports and air travel is diverted away from egypt outside help in com batting the disease is at a m in egypt swiss scientists alone were said to be helping local health officers there is a desperate shortage of vaccines DDT and medical special ests GET TOUGH U S approves soviet leaders who cry war monger every time an american diplomat splits an infinitive are gravely in error it if they suppose there is any major cleavage be tween the american public s views on russia and the state depart ment s so called tough policy to ward the soviets that conclusion was brought out in a recent gallup poll which indi bated that actually the pre donal nant mood of public opinion today 11 I 1 I 1 favors an even tougher p policy cy th than n the state department is fo following owing answers to the question do 0 y you u think that in dealing with russia and other countries the U S is in too much on having its own way were yes 12 per cent no 78 per cent no opinion 10 per cent further 62 per cent of the amen can people believe that the U S is being too soft in its policy toward russia only 6 per cent think it is being too tough and 24 per cent say our official attitude toward the so viets is about right FINAL TOUCHES marshall plan after caroming from praise to criticism to condemnation for the past few months the celebrated marshall plan to help europe re gain its feet is being wh aped into final shape under direction of secre tary of state george marshall its progenitor one known fact loomed large in the mind of the american taxpayer the plan may cost up to 20 billion dollars for the four year period dur ing which it will be in effect marshall who abandoned tempo his debating in the U N gen eral assembly returned to his washington office to put the finish ing touches on his plan which will be laid before congress when the special session opens november 17 the marshall plan subject to late revisions may be outlined broadly in these main points U S would make mak available to I 1 au europe next year a combination of relief and recovery supplies total ling about six billion dollars relief supplies food would be free re covery supplies machinery would be financed with loans because of shifting conditions 2 it will be impossible accurately to forecast the amount of help eu rope will need beyond the first year sums from the U S would de 3 crease each year as recovery progress was made the plan would be administered 4 in the U S by a new govern ment agency and in europe by an organization representing the 16 na eions which drew up their estimate of needs at the pans paris conference |
