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By BAUKHAGENews BAUKHAGE News Analyst and Commentator WNU Service 1616 Eye Street NWWashington NWWashington NW NWWashington Washing-ton Washing ton Washington - D C CI CI CI barn barnyard barnyard barnyard from the I ve ye just come up yard of a Maryland farm In the thebarn thebarn thebarn ol of hay hayand hayand havand comfortable crop barn was v.as vas . a and wheat , , , outs de a herd ol of fat fatGuernseys fatGuernseys tatGuernseys Guernseys ol of all ages from a two twoweeks twoweeks weeks \ eeks old call calf up Most of the thechlckcns thechickens thechickens chlckcns chickens were already cooling them themselves themselves themselves selves in m a locker There was only onlyone onlyone onlyone one th thng ng tor for the farmer to com corn complam cornplain cornplain plam plain about and the hogs got a abreak abreak abreak break out of that-the that the that - the oatsJust oatsJust oats oatsJust Just too wet this year he be saId saIdFor saidFor saidFor For tear fear it would set the barn barnafire barnafire barnafire afire if he stored it in m that condl condi condit condlt that hehad hehad he hebad the farmer explained explamed t on on , , , bad had to dump it and a batch of ofshoats ofshoats ofshoats shoats were leaping around in m the thespo thespoiled thespoiled spo spoiled ed grain gram like jack rabbits Most Mostof Mostof Mostof of the farmer . . , , hereabouts lost theiroats theIroats their theiroats oats tooAll tooAll too tooAll All week in m Washington Washmgton I d been beenread beenread beenread read ng talking talkmg md ad aid , thinking thmkmg about aboutfarm aboutfarm aboutfarm farm products along with our other otherreconversIon otherreconversion otherreconversion reconversIon problems We in m the theUnIted theUnited theUnited UnIted States are going to get only onlyabout onlyabout onlyabout about three-quarters three quarters - - of what se seraise \ weraise \ e eraIse raIse th s year a according ccordmg to unoffi unofficlal unofficial unofficial clal cial estimates Europe is going to toneed toneed toneed need about 2s 2a per cent more food foodand foodand foodand and teJ.t teJt textiles . es than she sbe normally normallyneeds normallyneeds normallyneeds normallyneedsI needs needsI I hear bear the questions asked Why Whyshould Whyshould Whyshould should we be expected to send all allthIs allthis allthis thIs food to Europe ' ? Why can t she sheproduce sheproduce sheproduce produce her own ? Are the people too toolazy toolazy toolazy lazy or inefficient or what7 wbat what what7I ? ' I put those two tv.o tvo to . quest ons to a amember amember amember member of the department of agn agrt agrtculture agnculture agnculture culture v . who ho is just ba back ck from an m in mspe inspeEtion inspection spe speEtion tIon tour of EuropeEurope EuropeEurope Europe EuropeEurope Europe has always Imported Importedfood importedfood importedfood food in peace and in m war nar \ \ ar in m fat fatyears fatyears tatyears years and lean he ans ered eyed To Tosend Tosend Tosend send food to Europe is the natur natural naturalthing naturalthing l lthIng thIng Not to send it would be un unnatural unnatural unnatural unnaturalFood naturalFood natural Food FOM F OM Productron Production ProductionTo ProductionTo To Dtp DIp Further FurtherIn In 1945 Europe s production producton was was10 10 per cent under her normal pro product product product duct on Next year product on w n 11 nbe 11be 11be be 15 per cent under th s year That Thatmeans Thatmeans Thatmeans means the people of Europe v . sill sillneed willneed 111 111need need 25 per cent more than in m nor normal normal normal mal times tunes It does not necessarllv necessarily necessarllvmean necessarilymean necessarilymean mean that the United States w will l fur furnlsh furnish furnish nlsh nish a total of 25 per cent more of ofeveryth ofeveryth ofeverythng everyth ng For instance mstance Canada CanadawIll Canadawill Canadawill wIll furnish more wheat than befole befoie befolesO befoieso befcieso sO ve xe v . , e v . vioot wont on t have to increase our ourquota ourquota ourquota quota but we shall sball probably be becalled becalled becalled called upon for more of th ths the & protem protein protemfoods proteinfoods proteinfoods foods especially the milk productsBefore productsBefore products productsBefore Before answering answermg my second ques questIon question question tIon my friend explained explamed the para paradox paradox paradox dox that peace has cut down dotsm Eu Europe Europe Europe rope s producing producmg power While the theEuropean theEuropean theEuropean European nations were overrun wIth witha a conquering conquermg army he elucidated elucidatedv elucidatedChile elucidatedwhile Chile v . hIle part of the fields of the con contInent continent contment tInent were being riddled with sbells shells sbellsand shellsand shellsand and later gutted with tanks produc productIon production production tIon fell off only some 10 per cent centfrom centfrom centfrom from normal This is the reasonThe reasonThe reason reasonThe The Germans had to maintain mamtam a aworkIng aworking aworking workIng economy in m the natIons natIonsthey nationsthey nationsthey they occup ed and also they d d not notwish notwish notwish wish to destroy the resources of ofterritory ofterritory ofterritory territory which they bop hoped hoped d to ex explo explo explo plo t . t . When they knew they were werebeaten werebeaten werebeaten beaten they stole what wbat they could couldeat couldeat couldeat eat or carry and tried tned to destroy destroywhat destroywhat destroywhat what they couldn couldnt t mo\ mo moe mote \ e much muchhreedIng muchbreeding muchbreeding hreedIng breeding stock had already been beenslaughtered beenslaughtered beenslaughtered beenslaughteredOf slaughtered slaughteredOf Of course we must not be led ledastray ledastray ledastray astray by this figure of 10 per centthe centthe cent centthe -the the - production the decrease In the total produc tIon in m Europe in wart me There Therewas Therewas Therewas was a sharp cut in certain certallI products productsand productsand productsand and an increase in m others The en entIre entire entire tIre pattern of the agriculture agnculture was wasaltered wasaltered wasaltered altered For example the hvestockra lIvestockra lIvestock ra sers always imported feed feedWhen feedWhen teedWhen When it was cut off there had to b be bea b6a a shift from livestock to root crops Potatoes cropsPotatoes and beets make tor for a very verymonotonous verymonotonous verymonotonous monotonous diet but they were fill filling filling filling ing while shale v . hlle they lastedThe lastedThe lasted lastedThe The Germans organized and regl regi reglmented regimerited regimented mented merited farm labor in all countnes countries includIng countriesincluding countnesincludIng their own They mam main mamtaIned maintamed maintamed taIned tamed transportation fairly well wen t un until n nill tU ill untU just before the invas on Now transportatIon Nowtransportation disruptedthere is utterly disrupted there are mill ons of displaced per persons persons persons sons farm machinery is broken down downBut brokendown brokendownBut But this doesn t answer questIon questIonnumber questionnumber questionnumber number two Why Cdn cant t Europe feed Europefeed Arethe hers herself ell in m normal t mes ? Are the people so much lazier or be behind hind the t mcs mes that they can t make thIngs makethings grow as we do ? Before Belore answering answermg that quest on onmy onmy onmy my friend frield ) rem nded me that it v.a va . was vas true that iliat nobody always . works v.orks vorks corks nt at ntmaXImum atmaximum atmaximum maXImum efficiency that most pco pcopIe pcopie pcopie pIe can do more when they have to tothan tothan tothan than when they don t especIally especiallywhen especiallywhen when \ hen there is some extraordmary extraordinary extraordmaryurge extraordinaryurge extraordinaryurge urge such as war Take our own owncase owncase owncase case with thousands of farm bOj boys boysin bo s sm sin m in the munitions mumtlons factor es and wIth wIththe withthe withthe the armed forces what did AmcrIca America AmcrIcado Americado Americado7 Americado7Amencin do ? ' Amencin AmerIC"ln AmerICln American " farm product on in m 19Hwas 1944 1944was , was increased desp tc to its hand cap cap36 36 per cent beyond the 1935 to to1939 1939 levelBritain's level levelBritain's Britain's Britains Brltarn's Brltarns ' Farm FarmOutput FarmOutput Output HighBut HighBut High HighBut But . what v.hat vhat about : England Ingland where the thebOjs thebos thebos bOjs bos ; } were in m the army and the munl munI munltlons munItions munilions tlons tions factories factones too where farmers farmershad farmershad farmershad had to farm in the blackout and andaround andaround andaround around the shell craters in m their theirfields theirfields theirfields fields ? ' The British increased their theirproduction theirproduction theirproduction production 65 per cent - they the } ) were werenearer werenearer werenearer nearer to the front than we were wereThey wereThey wereThey They had a greater IncentiveFor incentiveFor incentive incentiveFor For the same reason the dlstnbu distribu dlstnbutIon distribution distnbution tIon was far better than in m Amen Ameni Amenca Amenica Amenca ca Regimentation Regunentatlon was more strm strin strmgent stringent strmgent gent The government in Englanc England Englandbought Englandbought ! bought all the food and dIstrIbuted distributedit It Its itself ell It cracked down bard hard on onthe onthe onthe the black markets In this country countrypopular countrypopular countrypopular popular opinion prevented prevcnted presented such In Interference interference interference terference with private pnvate enterprIse enterprIseAnd enterpriseAnd enterpriseAnd And so in Americae America \ we \\e e permitted permittedthe permittedthe the processing and distribution in industrIes industries industnes dustrIes to operate at a profit In InBntam InBritain InBritain Bntam Britain it was a non profit govern government government government ment operation Rationing Ratlorung was wasstncter wasstricter wasstricter stncter stricter tooSo tooSo too tooSo So much for Britain s v . wart art me ef of effort offort etfort fort Nowhat Now \ what \\hat hat about the efficiency efficiencyof efficiencyol ol of her product on in m normal times tames7 tames7My ? ' \ My l\1y l 1y informant mformant gave me some 1m im 1mpress impress impress press ve ye figuresHe figuresHe figures figuresHe He pointed pomted to America s t vo typI typIcal typical typical cal farm states . wh v.h vh th ch taken togeth"r togethr together togetherare togeth"rare " are just about equal to Britain BrItam In Inarea inarea inarea area lo 10 To va and Ind ana Bel eV6 eve eV6It eveit eve It Itor itor itor or not in rn normal times Britain Bntam , , , pro produces produces produces duces moreheat more \ wheat \\heat heat barley and oats oatsthan oatsthan oatsthan than those two mo states comb nedBntam nedBritain ned nedBritain Britain Bntam also produces more cattle cattlethan cattlethan cattlethan than Texas v . wh xh h ch is six times as aslargemore aslargemore aslarge large-more large more - - more potatoes than all our ourch ourch ourch ch et ef of potato states includ mclud ng Mame Maine Mameand Maineand Maineand and Idaho more dairy products than thanWlsconsm thanWisconsin thanWisconsin thanWisconsinThen Wlsconsm Wisconsin WlsconsmThen WisconsinThen Then . why v.hy vhy on earth I Inter Interrupted interrupted interrupted rupted can t they feed themselves themselvesover themselvesover themselvesover over there7 there there7Back ? ' Back came the answer For tho the thoS thesame thoSame S same me reason that New York stat state statewith statewith wIth its skilled farmers its splen splendid splendid splendid did soil its up-to up to - - date methods methodscan methodscan methodscan can t feed ItS itself ell any more than the theDistrIct theDistrict theDistrict DistrIct of Columbia Cclumbla can In Europe Europeas as in these more heavily populated populatedareas populatedareas populatedareas areas in m the United States there are areJust arejust areust Just ] too many people peopleIf If . we v.e ve xe wait wat , these Europeans to tolIve tolive tohve lIve and prosper and earn the money moneyto moneyto moneyto to buy our automob les and type typewnters typewriters typewriters wnters writers and other gadgets which whichkeep whichkeep whichkeep keep our factories factones runnmge running runnmg \\e e We \ wellhave 11 11have 11have have to keep on sending food to Eu Europe Europe Europe rope as we always have . . . Recently I was asked to make a arecordmg arecording arecording recordmg recording recordmghlch \ which \\hlch hlch was to be deposited depositedin In the archives of George Washmg Washing Washmgton Washington Washington ton umvers unlVers univers ty as part ofa of a senes series senesmade seriesmade seriesmade made for the use of the class of the theyear theyear theyear year 2007 It is 15 a somewhat fantastIc fantastIcIdea fantasticidea fantasticidea Idea to be sure but it is seriously seriouslyundertaken seriouslyundertaken seriouslyundertaken undertaken and I responded In as asserIOUS asserious asserious serIOUS a vein vem as I could muster I Ican Ican Ican can t repeat what I said as that IS ISsupposed issupposed issupposed supposed to be held as a big sur sun surprlse sunprise surprise prlse prise tor for the class of 2007 However Howeverthe Howeverthe Howeverthe the whole idea intrigues mtrIgues me so much muchthat muchthat muchthat that I have been thinking thmkmg about It Itever itever itever ever smceThe sinceThe since smce sinceThe The fact that this year begins beginswhat beginswhat beginswhat what some people call the atomic atomicage atomicage atomicage age makes the speculation all the themore themore themore more interesting Interestmg In 1939 when the thefirst thefirst thefirst first successful experiment expenment In in . , . split splittIng splittmg splitting tIng tmg the atom and releasing releasmg the thevast thevast thevast vast power which literally holds the theworld theworld theworld world chieflyin together was reported chiefly , in scientific publications as of great greatacadem greatacadem greatacadcm academ c Importance One wnter writer wntersa writersa writersa sa d the experiment might have no noresults noresults noresults results of interests mterests beyond the labo laboratory laboratory laboratory ratory Six years later contmua continua contmuatlon continuation continuation tlon tion of those experiments ended endedthe endedthe endedthe the Japanese warThe warThe war warThe The forces released ho vevorwere vever vevor veverv vevcrwere v . were ere largely uncontrolled and pure ly purely destructive destructiveWill Will the class of 2007 have to look lookup lookup lookup up hasbeen the word coal because it has been forgotten ? 5111 W 11 II all our mod modern modern modern ern means of generating power be dIsplaced bedisplaced by b } ) the atom s forces forccs care fully carefully controlled and d reeled rected rested to the theuses theuses theuses uses of peace and progress progress7 ? 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