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Show The Paper Thai Dares To Take A Stand Page 14 The Utah Independent November 8, 1973 . HELMS The Growing Threat of World Famine By Roy L fStreet Journal. (from the Wall A disaster that could cost as many lives as World War 11 currently threatens the world. The disaster stems directly and indirectly from the severe food shortage in the Over' the next 12 countries. months, there may be 10 million to 30 million incremental deaths in these countries as a result of starvation and of diseases rendered fatal by malnutrition. Only a larger effort by the fortunate minority of developed, well-fe- d nations can prevent this disaster. The enormous scope of the pending disaster has been obscured until very recent weeks by several factors the difficulty of collecting and analyzing farm production less-develop- of reluctance the data, ed the affected poor governments countries to set off a panic or g hoarding reaction, and the in- each hope government somehow be it. would that at least, able to buy the needed grain. But even for the most determined optimist, the signs are now clear that the situation is desperate. World surplus grain stocks are at in hard-dyin- - low. A series of floods, droughts and crop disasters in the past year have hit the Philippines, a 20-ye- ar India, Bangladesh, and particularly Pakistan and six West African countries.' The UN Food and Agriculture Organization has just called an urgent meeting of the nations in great Rome next Thursday to develop coordinated measures to deal with an anticipated nine million ton wheat shortage in the less de eloped nations. Mcanw hile, reflecting the drastic shortage of exportable wheat, the Kansas City price for a basic grade, for September deliver) . has shot up from S2.06 a bushel in April to an unheard of S5.05. There is also a multi-millio- n ton shortage of rice in Asia. . grain-exporti- ng In considering the massive grain deficit, it should be kept in mind that one million tons of grain represents a years minimum food supply for between four million and five million people in a less- - jnm m Jesse Helms United States Senator 1 et as American Service f stand Americans 1032 South State Street Orem, Utah 5 For the very best in: E Residential Commercial Color T.V. Audio Systems Contracting V Antenna systems with contract signed by WXYZ-T- V NOW, followed by the complaint filed by the Center for the Public This same type of Interest. contract has been peddled by NOW to stations all across the country and goes a long way toward why the explaining television and radio appear to be loaded with prowomen's lib and pro-ER- A one-sided- ly PHYLLIS SCHLAFLY LIB SUPPRESSES FREEDOM OF PRESS WOMEN'S programming. Surely no television or radio station wants to sign such a surrender of its own jurisdiction over programming and personnel! A station would do this only because it is mistakenly led to believe that NOW represents the views of the majority of women, or because the NOW women are so belligerent and threatening that the stations are intimidated. Some courageous television stations have refused to submit to NOW's threats and have declined to sign a contract with NOW. NOW has then attempted to bring the station into line by harassing tactics, especially at license-renew- al time, and by complaints against the station management. fake this newsletter to your local television station and find out if it has signed such a contract with The National Organization for Women (NOW), the womens liberationist group which is leading the battle for ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment, has been secretly going aroupd the country attempting to compel television and radio stations to sign an agieemcnt which surrenders authority over programming, public scr ice announcements, and hiring and personnel policies directly into the hands of NOW. Stations have been coerced into signing these amazing contracts under the threat that NOW will file NOW. a challenge to the renewal of the NOW station's Tell your stations that w hose official policy is to This welcome license. extraordinary drive was operating in secret across the country until exposed by the alert members of STOP ERA and Happiness of Womanhood (HOW) in Detroit. When these girls discovered that WXYZ-T- V (the ABC affiliate) in Detroit had signed such a contract with NOW. they asked to see it, but the station refused. The STOP ERA Chairman then appealed to the FCC in Washington, which advised her that such an agreement must be available to the public. with the FCCs Confronted statement, WXYZ-T- V produced with its NOW. of contract copies This contract is so outrageous in its surrender of authority to NOW that a challenge to have the contract set aside was immediately filed by the Center for the Public Interest in Washington, D.C. 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(The resolutions in behalf of lesbians and prostitutes were adopted at NOWs national convention in Washington. D.C. on February 20, 1973.) Tell the station that you and your friends and other responsible community leaders will support the station in resisting this raw attempt to suppress freedom of speech and am interested in buying QUALITY m Electronic Service LIB WANTED: E Electrical Service WOMANS IN WASHINGTON U.S. Senator Jesse Helms Secretary of State Henry Kissinger urging that vigorous measures be 4aken to ensure the Pathet Loa and their Communist allies live up to India 4.500,000 their agreement pertaining to our Pakistan 1.500.000 missing in action. 1,000,000 Bangladesh The fate of the many Americans African Drought Belt 1 ,000,000 plus who may be missing in action or 500,000 Phillippines prisoners of wrar in Laos must not Substantial shortages also are be forgotten despite the grave likely in Indonesia and Sri Lanka which attract our attention crises (Ceylon) and perhaps in several elsewhere," Helms wrote. other countries as well. Helms said it is encouraging that Moreover, the shortage will not a Protocol was agreed to by the be spread out" over the whole various factions which have been population, which would be bad engaged in hostile activity in Laos. enough. For tens of millions of Unfortunately, experience has Asians whose crops have been taught us that agreements signed destroyed or who live in cities whose supply sources have dried by the Communists seldom are honored w hen delay or refusal suits up. and for millions of African their pusposes," Helms said. He herdsmen who have lost the cattle cited the Moscow Communique of which are their sole means of 1972 and the Shanghai on the dependence support, Communique as promising to imported foodstuffs over the next take steps to avert crises year will be almost total. PESTILENCE AND FLOODS throughout the world." Helms observed, Yet, this very week both Already, widespread food riots have occurred in India. And have been inciting the flames of war in the Mideast. malaria, largely dormant since the is 950s, Helms said a joint State showing signs of an unwelcome resurgence among the Department-Defens- e Department In undernourished population. mission should be established to go Pakistan, the floods have hit into contact with the parties most the two nation's at hardest signing the Protocol. He suggested and provinces. Punjab populous that lists of those missing in action Sind, destroying a million tons of or presumed dead be published stored food grains and inundating with appropriate publicity being 5 million acres under cultivation. directed as to weekly gains or lack In the Philippines, the government of gains, in the information has had to call on the army to required. Deadlines for progress supervise rice distribution. should be set. with reports to If nothing is dqjie to head off the Congress on the reasons for success impending disaster, the starvation or failure." Helms proposed. of millions could be accompanied Helms added. The Pathet Lao by a widespread breakdown of and their Communist allies should social and political order that be made fully aware of the concern would bring chaos to Asia and of the American people." His letter invite a series of great power to Secretary Kissinger was clashes. The destruction of central accompanied by a petition which and the government control had been signed by 8.800 North balkanization of India, for Carolinians. example, could well be the signal Helms asked that copies of the for a cataclysmic Sino-Sovipcti'.ior be delivered to the senior conflict as the two powers representatives of the Pathet Lao struggled for areas of domination and other groups. Neither from a or influence. humanitarian, nor a religious, nor starvation engulfs large parts of the a pragmatic viewpoint can Asian and African continents. aside - FOR VIGOROUS MEASURES MIA ACCOUNTING developed country, and the total grain shortage w'ill probably add up to between 10 million and IS million tons. Minimum estimates of the shortage in the worst hit countries are: Tons Country: rosier man CALLS |