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Show 1- 1 1M1B - @ M1B 91)iI 91iI ) l Q ll New Committee Controls rQf rQfClamor Clamor for Food Stocks Stocks StocksDirects r , ! Directs Allocation of Limited Supplies ; M , . J JHeavy Heavy Demands Made on Army to Feed FeedCivilians FeedCivilians J ! JCIvIlians CIvIlians in the Fighting Flghtmg Zones . j jBy ByBAUKHAGE ByBAUKHAGENflo By BAUKHAGEi BAUKHAGEMetes BAUKHAGE nalvst and Commentator Nflo Metes ! ' i Analyd Analyst WNU VNU Service , . , Union Trust Building BuildingWashington BuildineWashington Washington D C CThe CThe CThe The fight for fi food > od is on and a lotof lot lotof lotof of people who don t know there s a awar awar awar war going gomg on are going gomg to leam learn learnabout learnabout about bout itrat it it At rat the breakfast tableThe tableThe table tableThe The first shot was fired to in the thehattle thebattle mebattle hattle battle of the bureaus In Wasillng washing Wasillngton washington Washington ton by Food Administrator Admmlstrator Marvm Marvin MarvmJones MarvinJones MarvinJones Jones early this Uus month Since then thenthe thenthe thenthe the President was moved to expresshimself express expressillmself expresshimself illmself himself on the subject at a White WhiteHouse whiteHouse WhiteHouse House press and radio conference conferenceWhcn conferencewhen conferenceWhen Whcn when he casually tosses off some somecomment somecomment somecomment comment like that it means a lot of ofmemoranda ofmemoranda ofmemoranda memoranda have been written wntten on onthe onthe onthe the subject We will have to take takeat takeat takeat at least one hitch illtch in our beltsHowever beltsHowever belts beltsHowever However the situation is not quiteBS quite quiteas quiteas as black as painted pamted but unless it IS ISpamted ispainted ispainted pamted painted as black as possible it will willbe willbe willbe be blacker I choose the word black blackad blackadsisedly blackadvisedly ad adsisedly , ised1y for that is the color of o1 the themarkets themarkets themarkets markets that arise anse to thwart the thewar thewar thewar war effort everywhere everywhereIt It was a realization reahzahon ot of this fact factthat factthat factthat that caused the quiet qwet modest soft- soft softspoken softspoken soft-spoken soft spoken - - spoken Marvm Marvin Jones to shout a loudspoken loud loudspoken loudspoken spoken " ' ' "Halt Halt 'Halt to this thJS food ordering orderingspree orderingspree orderingspree spree begun In the last months by bythe bythe bythe the . , various uious agencies whose iob Job lob it is isto isto ISto to get food but not to e"w ew grow " It Amer Amerlea Amerlea Amerlea lea was " , as dome domg doing pretty prctty " , well ell , , that is isthe isthe isthe the American farmer was domg doing domgpretty doingpretty domepretty pretty well weU making makmg two and some some- sometunes sometimes sometimes - - times tunes four blades of this thJs and thatgrow that thatgrow thatgrow grow where only one grew before beforeand beforeand before1and and by teaching teachmg the cows and the thechickens thechickens thechickens chickens how to mult rnult ply We were werefeedmg werefeeding werefeeding feedmg feeding ourselves pretty well at atborne atborne athome borne we v . were ere turning turnmg out a G GIration I Iration Iration ration the like hke of which willch fighting fightmg men mennever mennever mennever never puti put putitheir putthelr , their teeth into mto ( in m such suchquantity suchquantity suchquantity quantity and qualty qual ty ) before beforeAlso beforeAlso beforeAlso Also considerable food-though food though food - though not notnearly notnearly notnearly nearly as much as was asked ashed for- for forwas forwas tor torwas - was going gomg out to countries countTies in m the thelmmedJate theimmediate theImmediate lmmedJate immediate vicinity vlcmlty of the war zones zonesand zonesand zonesand and under the lend lease arrange arrangement arrangement arrangement ment UNRRA ' " was as mak mah ng some somesmpments someshipments someshipments smpments shipments but not manyJones many manyJones Jones Locks LocksCupboard LocksCupboard Cupboard DoorFood DoorFood Door DoorFood Food Admin strator Jones .I I ! , . ) l * > i t e vabout vabout v about bout what could actually be shipped shippedabroad shippedabroad shippedabroad abroad .rd rd . rd how much " , was as neededat neededat needed at t home and he was able w th the thebelp thehelp thehelp belp help of the sweating sv.eatlDg sveatlDg . tillers of the thesol1 thesoil thecoil sol1 soil , , to conjure it out of terra firma firmaThen firmaThen firmaThen Then all aU of a sudden things began beganto beganto beganto to happen and the demands on Un Unele Uncle Uncle ele cle Sam s larder began to swell m in msuch insuch insuch such proportons proport ons that Jones said It Itwould itwould itwould would be bare as Mother Hubbard s scupboard scupboard scupboard cupboard if 11 all aU the hungry folk got gotthere gotthere gotthere there before be he locked the doorThere doorThere door doorThere There just Isn isnt t that much food foodin foodin foodin in the world one of Jones heu lieu heutenants lieutenants lieutenants tenants told the nev newsmenThere neiv'men neivmen newsmen neiv'menThere . cmen cmenThere ' There is something somethmg about the busl busi buslness business busness ! ness of o1 sowing sowmg and reaping reapmg of breed breeding breedtog breeding ing tog and feeding of plowmg plowing harrow harrowing harrowtog harrowing ing tog and thrashing thrashmg that just can t tbe tbe tbe be hurried Jones knows that The ThePresident ThePresident ThePresident President knows Jones knows it and andso andso andso so he listened hstened to Jones JonesThe JonesThe JonesThe The edict went out no more food foodshipped foodshipped foodshipped shipped to an anybody ) body anywhere ex except except except cept tor for the army and navy and the thealready thealready thealready already agreed upon lend lease ship shipments shipments shiptnents ments until it is approved by a com corn commJttee corninittee cornmittee mJttee inittee composed of the agenCJes agencies agenCJeswho agencieswho agencieswho who take the food and the one one orie , wmch which wmchproduces whichproduces whichproduces produces it This committee is presided pre presIded presided sIded over by Leo Crowley the Pres President Presidents PresIdent ident idents s No 1 trouble shooter The Thearmy Thearmy Thearmy army the navy the shipping shJpplng admln admin admlnIstratlon administration admmIstration Istratlon istration and the food administrator administratorare are members of ot that commlltl'eBesides committeeBesides committpe commlltl'e commlltle committee committpeBesides ' Besides teed feed ng its own mouths mouthsthe mouthsthe mouthsthe the army has to feed the people m in mthe inthe inthe the battle areas in m which it livesYou lJves lives lJvesYou livesYou You have to mamtain mamtaln maintain the economy economyof of those areas if you live and fight fightin fightin fightin in them The Germans had to do doit doit doit it and that is why when they depart departed departed departed ed ( taking takmg everything everythmg movable with withthem withthem withthem them ) the liberated hberated areas were wereworse wereworse wereworse worse off olr as fat far as eating went thanthey thanthey than they were before As our army armymoves armymoves armymoves moves forward more and more moreareas moreareas moreareas areas must be fedAlso fedAlso fed fedAlso Also as they move ahead and lose loseinterest loseinterest loseinterest interest in m the economy of o1 the areas areasfarther areasfarther areasfarther farther back or as countr es be become become become come completely liberated as asFrance asFrance asFrance France Belgium and most of the theBalkans theBalkans theBalkans Balkans have been food is 15 essen essenhal essential essential hal tial to keep the peaceThere peaceThere peace peaceThere There is nothing so conducive to torevolution torevolution tcrevolution revolution and cii civil cl\ll cl ll \ it str fe generally generallyas as an empty stomach The function functionof functiono1 functiorof of o1 alleatll1g allei alle\ alle allet \ ating atll1g atipg the distress in m thesp these thespcountrIes thesecountries thesecountries countrIes falls to ' . UNRRA U1.RRA U1RRA UI'RRA UIRRA ' which whJch so sofar sofar scfar far has not been able to do much muchODe muchOne muchOne ODe One reason for this Uus wh ch applie applies appliesa appliesalso ; also a o to countries countnes which don d"on dbn " t ncecborrowed need needborrowed needborrowed borrowed food but can buy it is the thi I lack of ships Ships ShJps have to be used usedto usedto usedto to carry war suppliesUntil suppliesUntil supplies suppliesUntil Until January such suppi suppl es asUNRRA as asUNRRA asUNRRA UNRRA could send had to be sand sandwlched sandwicked sandwiched wlched wicked in in ' "broken broken 'broken " lots between betweenguns betweenguns betweenguns guns and shells and what have you youIn youIn youIn In January two full shipments slllpments went wentover wentover wentover over And they got a hurry call to todistrlhute todistribute todistribute distrlhute distribute food to some of the 'left left 'leftbehmd 'leftbehind ' eftbehmd behmd behind areas which the army had hadbeen hadbeen hadbeen been taking talung care ofThese ofThese of ofThese These are the things \ which hlch sweUed swelled swelledthe swelledthe the flood of demands on Marvin MarvinJones MarvinJones MarvinJones Jones boys These and many oth othI others others I ers like themEurope's them themEurope's I IEurope's Europe's Europes ' ' Dlstrlbutron Distribution DistributionSystem DistributionSystem System Collapses CollapsesThere CollapsesThere CollapsesThere There are two potential factors factorswillch factorswhich factorswhich willch which will bring brmg even heavier demands de demands demands mands from the hungry world One Oneis Oneis Oneis is the gradual restoration of o1 trans transportatlon transportation transportation portatlon portation media within wlthm the devas devastated devastated devastated tated areas and the other is the theeventual theeventual theeventual eventual release of more shippmg shipping shippmgThe shippingThe shippingThe The latter cannot be expected e-pected e pected , - soon soonfor soonfor soontor for e ei even , en when the organized orgamzed re reslstance resistance resistance slstance sistance in Europe ends ends-as ends as - as it mightbefore InJght might InJghtbefore mightbefore before these lines Imes reach you-many you many youmanyships youmanyships you - manyships ships must be diverted tor for use in intransportIng intransporting intransporting transportIng men and supplies from fromEurope fromEurope fromEurope Europe to the Pacific Of course coursesuch coursesuch coursesuch such empty bottoms as move from fromAmenca fromAmerica fromAmerica Amenca America to Europe can carry food foodbut foodbut foodbut but many will be in service between betweenEurope betweenEurope betweenEurope Europe and Asiatic waters watersAt watersAt watersAt At present the transportation sys systern systern systern tern in France and the occupied occupiedareas occupiedareas occupiedareas areas of France is one of the thegreatest thegreatest thegreatest greatest deterrents to shipping shlppmg food foodto foodto foodto to Europe which exist There is no nouse nouse nouse use of having havmg food p pie Ie le up in m ports portswaltmg portswaiting portswaiting waltmg waiting to be transshipped to the themterlOr theinterior theinterior theinteriorOne mterlOr interior mterlOrOne interiorOne One American Amencan who flew from Lon London London London don to Pans Paris said that he d d not notsee notsee notsee see one ope single smgle bridge on the way wayOf wayOf wayOf Of course there are some left or the thearmy thearmy thearmy army could not be supplied but butthanhs butthanks butthanks thanhs thanks to one side or the other no nobudges nobudges nobudges budges remain in m the pathway of ofa ofa ofa a retir relir ng rig army it If it can be helped helpedWe helpedWe helpedWe We have seenhat seen \ what \\hat hat happened at atRemagen atRemagen atRemagcn Remagen . when v.hen vhen the Germans fa led ledto ledto ledto to smash the Ludendort Ludendorf span before beforethe beforethe beforethe beforetheanks the \anks anks 1 \ ) . anl.s anls anks . could grab it and use ItA itA it itA A i t \ v d example of how this tills de destructlon destruction destruction structlon struction of transportation nai na & , > af of affected offected affected fected France is revealed in m the sto story story story ry of the potato lamps Normandy Normandyis IS a rich farming farmmg country and thereis there IS enough gram grain and potatoes to help helpfeed helpfeed helpfeed feed the impoverished lffipoverlshed French cIties cItiesof citiesof citiesof of the interior if J ! they could get It ItBut itBut itBut But there is no fuel or light hght in m Nor Normandy Normandy Normandy mandy The Norman pea peasants ants can canafford canafford canafford afford to hollow out potatoes Otatoes fill fillthem fillthem fillthem them with melted butter and attach attacha a wick to them That is their onlymeans only onlymeans onlymeans means of light Yet it If the transpor transportatlon transportation transportation tatlon tation lines hnes were going gomg they could couldget couldget couldget get some oil 011 from other places and andthey andthey andthey they could ship their butter and O po Ota potatoes potatoes ta tatoes toes to people who sorely need needthem needthem needthem needthemAt them themAt At present food demands are areheavy areheavy areheavy heavy and until now the allocation allocationof of supples suppi suppl es has not been coordma coordinat coordmated coordinated t ted ed Government agencies which whichdldn whichdidn whichdidn dldn didn t have to produce the food or ordered ordered ordered dered it And their orders frequent frequent- frequently frequently frequently - - ly overlapped Now all demands demandswill demandswill demandswill will be screened through Cro\\ Cro Crowley Croley \ ley s scomnuttee scommittee scommittee comnuttee committee and the food admmlstra administra admmlstratlon administration administralion tlon tion will not be asked the unposslblePurposely impossiblePurposely impossible unposslble impossiblePurposely Purposely the same man is never nevergiven nevergiven nevergiven given the job ot of making up quotas quotasof quotaso1 quotasof of o1 desired war supplies and also of ofactually ofactually ofactually actually producing them It has been beenfound beenfound beenfound found this is dangerous There .ould ould would wouldbe . wouldbe .ouldbe be too much temptation to cut the thequota thequota thequota quota to fit the available suppi suppl es as esNow asNow esNow Now a certain amount of rivalry ex exIsts exists exists Ists which forces each ea ch party to tryto try tryto tryto to get a little more than he thinks thinkshe thinkshe thinkshe he can But there has to be some somelone someone someone lone one to act as final arb ter to bnng bring bringreach bringreach , reach and grasp together with as aslJttle aslittle aslittle lJttle little sp llage ilage as poss ble . . . The number of civil ans employ emplo ) ed edm edin edin m in the Un ted States decl deck ned to 50120 50 120000 120 000 in m January or to the lowest lowestfigure lowestfigure lowesfigure figure s nee nce tt the e record h gh peak ot of o54 54 750 000 was reached in July 1943 1943accordmg 1943according 1943according accordmg according to the Alexander Hamil Hamilton Hamilton Hamllton ton institute msl1tute Nevertheless practical practically ly the largest poss ble percentage percentageof of the total labor force was em employed employed cmployed ployed in m JanuaryThe JanuaryThe January JanuaryThe The decline declme in employment was wasthus |