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Show cently that such programming would be unnecessary . . . Federal employes and top administrators ad-ministrators do not anticipate any immediate action as a result of President Roosevelt's order direct-ins: direct-ins: the Bureau of the Budget to submit recommendations "for ad- justing the Executive branch of . the government from the needs j of war to peace." However, since j the order brings into the limelight lime-light the government's problem in reconverting the swollen federal establishment, procedure is being watched with interest . . . War contract cutbacks amounting amount-ing to more than $400,000,000 were proposed during the period from June 15 through August 31. Some ' -100 individual contracts are involved. in-volved. They represent both reduction re-duction in plant schedules and I "paper cut-backs" affecting pro- duction that is still in the initial ! planning stages, i 4 (Miutqtbn !TJmeS Preston Farm experts in the capital are wondering how much American sCTicuIture will be asked to confute con-fute to the food suplies needed K the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administ r at i o n. Fomer Gov. Lehman of New Tort director general of TJXRRA, says Europe alone will need 3.173,-m 3.173,-m tons of gTain in the first six Eonths after Germany's collapse. Europe's other needs during the same period are listed as: 182,000,-005 182,000,-005 yards of woolen textiles; 560,-000.000 560,-000.000 yards of cotton textiles; Ts.SOO.000 pairs of shoes and material ma-terial to repair 4S.000.000 pairs, and 864,000 tons of meat, fish, tieese and eggs. War Production Board industry divisions are working on a list of naiufacturers intended to be the first to resume wide-scale Chilian production. In the words of the directive ordering the list, the plants "must be cleared, as soon as possible after X-day," of military orders so that civilian production may be started. Issuance of the directive brought into the open some doubts as to complete elimination elim-ination of the programming of Chilian production, although Acting Act-ing WPB Chairman Krug said re-' |