Show MAnoo ASKS ASKS- THAT SHOW SH WHERE SUPPLIES ARE Letter to Administrator Assures As As- Transportation of Shipments for All Allies es and Asks to Be Kept Informed MISSIVE l ANSWER TO RAIL FAILURE CHARGE Statement of Director General General Gen Gen- eral Says Cars or Bushels Grain Are S Shipped It p P e d D Daily a i I Y By Dr l News WASH i Feb 22 Dif Dif- I V T between William G. G McAdoo IcA oo director of transportation anti Herbert Hoover food administrator administrator adminis adminis- over el the time delay of food shipments ship hip ments to the time coast reached a new climax tonight w V A a ll Mr r rC McAdoo C lf in a the food administrator called callen on Him 10 tO snow ShOw where the foo food was The letter leller read Transportation Guaranteed d. d Dear Deal Mr 11 Hoover You Hoover You are arc as I understand id it It the sole Bole purchaser Inthis In Inthis this country of ot food supplies for time the allied governments o You must th therefore therefore there there- re- re fore fOIe know the time location cation l of or the food supplies which you ou from time to time purchase and the timo ports in this country to which you OU desire such supplies shipped If H you OU will noli notify me mo from time to time of or time the location o of the specific supplies and the port or ports In the time United States to which you OU wish to have such supplies transported transporte I will guarantee the time necessary transportation tation tallon subject alone to 10 Interruptions from 1 blizzards and floods I I wish to rea reassure sure the tile country b by saying that so far fam- fa I as transportation Is concerned there is no imo longer need of ot suffering from a serious food short short- ago in tho the eastern part of or time the coun- coun trY tn Cordially yours ours W v. G G. McADOO Hoover would not make malc an any aims comment commont com corn mont ment on the time letter but bul the following to statement was Iss Issued ed at the time food bed adm administration ad all- m ministration I n I s t ra t I 0 fl While Mr 1 Hoover cr is IR out of ot town food administration officials consider Mr r. r McAdoo's statement very ir ry reassuring IllS ing since it indicates that thai further cars carswill carswill will be bo furnished to the l western terminals nals nal and that the the- shortage in shipments Ii 1 ihn v at t rn t r tn 1 ri 1 s f t. t tn IL 11 VII VIII Hill II eastern territory will wiil now b be overcome As the time railroad directorate arc aro evidently evi l dently alive ali to tim the e situation the timer they will ill iii no doubt take lake all the necessary steps Food officials l also deny that part of oC McAdoo's letter r which says sas Hoover er Is the sole purchaser of ot grain for foi the allies The They explain that h he Is the sole solo purchaser of oC wheat only Hoover cr In a statement Issued last night Hoover cr indicated that the difficulty was due to the failure of oC the transportation ti tation tallon 8 systems to move tho food tood sup sup- plies Director General leA McAdoo oo made public public pub pub- lic lie with his imis letter a statement giving ln actual fi figures urs of of oC grain which the time railroad administration has been making within the tIme last fortnight This shows that lint these are arc now approximately bu bushels hels of ot grain dail daily It wa was flatly I a tI stated b by nn tn official of oC the administration that not a single Mingle request had hind been made by Hoover cI for tor fora torn a n lar large e movement mo of ot grain from Rn any nimy specific point to another until this morning That Thal called for a comparatively I Lively small email shipment of meats meals The Tho statement reads in smart part For lor tIle the week ending February 3 JG G. G bushels of oC grain were verc received at western primary marl markets ot which w were re rethe the time largest receipts for Cor one week weck In iii years an Increase of ot 54 per pOI cent over time the previous pre week and li 1 per percent percent cent over the time same annie week last year car The Time avera average c number of or cars cau of grain being loaded Is which Is approximately tely bushels dally dall Hoover Hoo In his statement yesterday rda said that to meet the time railroads rail rail- tho the requirements of the time allies roads road I must load bushels of or grain dally daily Besides the large lance grain rain shipments the tIme railroad administration lIon r reported ported today I that It had bach shipped carloads of live hite stock from Chicago anti and carload carloads car- car loads load of ot special foods food within the time week of or February I 12 to 10 1 10 l. |