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Show son says that production for war-4 supporting activities, notably farm machinery, will be given preference prefer-ence in claims on materials, tools and manpower. Thus, 8 million tons of steel are ear-marked for priority in July, August and September. Sep-tember. Washington finally "sees" that agriculture is strictly up against it, in manpower shortage. If the food question is to be settled the farmers must have more machinery. OPINION GIVEN ON QUESTION OF FOOD SUPPLY There is an uprising in the Senate Sen-ate over food control, and the denunciation de-nunciation of OPA has been described de-scribed in Washington newspapers as "merciless." Senator Thomas of Oklahoma, declared on the floor of the Senate that the price and ration agency has been more concerned con-cerned with watching minor violations vio-lations among "legitimate packers" pack-ers" than with punishing black market operators. Nearly two months ago Mayor LaGuardia of New York in an address before the National Press Club argued in favor of consolidation of the OPA and WFA under a supreme administrator for food. The Senate Sen-ate has finally switched around and accepted the La Guardia recipe. reci-pe. All the politicians appear to have "remedies" for the ailing food shortages. There is a decrease of more than 50 thousand employes on the farms at the present time as compared com-pared with 1944. Farm organizations organiza-tions throughout the country have gained the support of senators and representatives or increased production pro-duction of modern farm machinery. machin-ery. War Mobilizer Fred M. Vin- |