Show 3 Million French Children Face I Milk Famine This Winter I VICHY France Aug 23 UP relief authoritIes authorities author author- I sai that on the basis of a survey of the occupied and unoccupied regions of France French children will be desperately in need of milk this winter Dr Joseph Stokes of Philadelphia Philadelphia Philadel Philadel- phia a professor at the University of Pennsylvania said that if il France doesn't get vitamins by Christmas more children will die this winter than France had men killed in the war Dr Stokes left for Lisbon Friday Friday Friday Fri Fri- day carrying a copy of the survey which will become the basis of the Quakers' Quakers relief work in France this winter The survey covered German army prison camps and French refugee concentrations concentrations concentrations con con- as well as the food prospects of the unoccupied provinces provinces provinces inces of France resulting from the British blockade The conclusion was drawn that France urgently needs medical supplies milk for children children children chil chil- dren oils fats and meats In camps where French soldiers have been held prisoners since the armistice the health situation is bad according to unconfirmed reports One re report report report re- re port was that the prisoners were given only grams of bread and three glasses of water daily Dr Stokes said France needs cod liver halibut liver and tuna liver oils It can get tuna from the Mediterranean but if it uses all the livers of all the tunas it itcan itcan itcan can catch it will still have only 10 per cent of its requirements French scientists have been overcoming vitamin deficiencies by such processes as mixing peanut peanut peanut pea pea- nut protein from which the oil has been squeezed with 2 lOVi per percent percent percent cent meat for use as a meat substitute substitute substitute sub sub- and replacing beet sugar with grape sugar The French badly need drugs There is a two and a half months' months supply of insulin for example but because of poor distribution I there ther have been many deaths from diabetes |