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' low JJ.UJH JJUJH Taws TawsIn < ( . , , R Rewo te a in WASHINGTONe WASHINGTON e , , g By Walter Welter Waller SheadWNU Shead - ' " WNU CorrespondentWNrJ Camspondtnl Corre'ponc1o Correponc1o Correspondent CamspondtnlWNU ' " ' WNU WNrJ Wsshiactaa WoshlnKtoD Washington Bu eau e enu.ISie enuISie . . . , J6J6 1616 Eye Eyo St N W VI WA WA A World Department DepartmentOf Of AgricultureVERY Agriculture EVERY VERY farmer and rancher every everyperson everyperson ' person connected with the food foodand foodand foodand and agricultural Industry in theseUmted theseUnited these Umted United States from producer to toprocessor toprocessor toprocessor processor and citizens generally generallyshould generallyshould generallyshould should watch with deep Interest the themeetmg themeeting themeeting meetmg meeting of the food and agriculture agricultureorganIzation agricultureorganization agricultureorganization organIzation of the United Nations Nationsin Nationsin Nationsin in Quebec starting O October October tober 16This 16This 16 16This This is the first fast of the ptrmancnt permanent ptrmancntnew permanentnew permanentnew new United Nations agencies to be belaunched belaunched belaunched launched after the end of hostllitie3 hostilities hostllitie3wmch hostilitieswhich hostilitieswhich wmch which marks the importance at attached attached attached tached to Its deliberations by out our ourgovernment ourgovernment ' government and the governments of ofall ofan ofall all an the 44 United Umted Nations As A3 thiS thisis thisis is written wntten the list of American dele dole delegates dolegates delegates gates to the conference has not been beenannounced beenannounced announced It is likely 11kely however howeverthat howeverthat howeverthat that the delegates from the Umted United UmtedStates UnitedStates UnitedStates States will be headed by Howard HowardTalley HowardTalley HowardTalley Talley of the department of agncul agricul agnculture agricultune agnculture ture tune who has acted as the Umted United UmtedStates UnitedStates UnitedStates States representative on the InterlID Interim InterlIDcommiSSion Interimcommission Interimcommission commiSSion of the organizationThe organization organizationThe The food and agricultural agneultural or orgal1lzatlon orgamzatton orgamzation gal1lzatlon gamzatton ratified by the 44 na- na nations nations na nations - - tions at San Francisco Is part partand partand partand and parcel and a most impor important Important Imporant tant ( function of the Umted United UmtedNations UnitedNations UnitedNations Nations organization orgamzatlon It Is not nota nota nota a relief relIcf agency Its aim is to 1m im 1mprove improve improve prove world agriculture agneultnre and to toincrease toincrease toincrease increase food production to toproVide toprovide toprovide proVide a higher standard of diet dietand dietand dietand and raise the levels of nutrl nutri nutrltlon nutrition nutrition tlon tion and the standards of lImg living lImgthroughout livingthroughout livingthroughout ? throughout the world all ot of otwhIch ofwhich ofwhich whIch Is intended to contribute contributeto to an expanding e'lIandmg elIandmg " ' world economyThe economy economyThe The organization will likely bkely set up upmachmery upmachinery upmachinery machmery machinery which will function for forworld forworld torworld world agriculture and productlon production productlonmuch productionmuch productionmuch much like llke our own department of ofagriculture ofagriculture ofagriculture agriculture funct ons in m the United UnitedStates UnitedStates UnitedStates States in an advisory capacity capacitypassing capacitypassing : passmg passing along scientific sClentlfic development developmentthe developmentI I the dissemination of agncul agricul agnculI agricultural agncultural I ' tural knowledge technical in inI information information formation and the results of sci scienhfic scientofic scientific I enhfic entofic agricultural agrleultural research to toaid toaid toaid aid in m setting settmg up agencies in all the the44 44 countries countnes tor for combating combatmg soil ero eroslon erosion erosion slon sion to Improve soil and crops to todevelop todevelop todevelop develop better livestock hvestock to totake totake lotake take into mto consideration reforestatIOnrural reforestationrural reforestation reforestationrural rural electrification electnficatlon farm farmto farmto farmto to market roads exploration explordtion of ofnew ofnew ofnew new sources of food to provide providebetter providebetter providebetter better tools tor for primitive prlIDltlve farmers farmersto farmersto to increase mcrease producbon productlon production attentIon attentionto to surplus crops and a better WS dis WStribution distribution distribution tribution of these crops and many manyother manyother other subjects necessarily necessanly attendant attendantto to the huge and complicated comphcated task of ofprovldmg ofproviding ofproviding provldmg providing more and better food for fora fora fora a world and its population ravished ravishedby ravishedby ravishedby by years of total warNot war warNot Not Enough LandThere LandThere Land LandThere There are now about 2 200 000 000 000human 000human 000human human beings populating populatmg this tills oldworld oldworld old oldworld world on wh ch we live hve and the e't et ec e'tperts ecperts experts ' perts predict that at present rate rateof rateof rateof of increase mcrease there will be a billion billionmore billionmore billionmore more by the end of the century centuryThese centuryThese centuryThese These experts further point out that thatthere thatthere thatthere there are at present onlyabout only about 4 4000 000 000 000 acres of arable land In Inuse inuse inuse use which is less than 2V 2Y 2/ 2 2acres . / ' ' acres acresper acresper acresper per cap ta to Even in m our own coontry COUll coon COUlltry country try there is only a fraction more morethan morethan morethan than seven acres per capita in farm farmlands farmlands farmlands lands including mcluwng woodlands and pas pasture pasture pasture ture lands It If we would take mto into mtoaccount intoaccount intoaccount account only the crop lands har hag hagvested harvested harvested vested approximately approXlmately 321 250000 250000acres 250 000 000acres 000acres acres our per capita acreage would wouldjust wouldjust wouldjust just about equal the world aver average average average averageSo age ageSo So without an expanding expandmg acreage acreageof acreageof acreageof of arable lands without basic re resources resources resources sources in m India in China Chma in Rus Russla Russia Russia sla sia and many other countries such suchas suchas suchas as we have in this country the ex experts experts experts perts say that the world will con continue continue continue tinue to produce insufficient food to tofeed tofeed tofeed feed its billions bllhons of humans What the representatives of ofthese ofthese ofthese these 44 nations what our ourown ourown ourown own delegation does docs at Quebec Quebecto Quebecto to commit this country to a pro pro- program program program - gram of world agricultural re- re - rehabilitation rehabilitation re rehabilitation - habilitation will determine in inlarge inlarge inlarge large measure whether we as a apeople apeople apeople people were honest when we sub sub- subscribed subscribed subscribed - - scribed to the Atlantic charter charterand charterand charterand and the charter of ot the Umted United UmtedNations UnitedNations UnitedNations Nations at San FranciscoFor Francisco FranciscoFor For with this tills charter in CXlSt exist CXlStence existence existence ence and binding upon us WIth WIthour withour withour our nation nahon emerging emcrgmg from the war waras waras waras as the most fortunate the most pow powerful powerful powerfiil erful with a new conception conceptionand conceptionand conceptionand and in n a new position as the lead leader leaden leader er en of the world the tune tlme time has haspassed haspassed ha hapassed passed when we can watch the peo PeO- pea PeOple peapie people - ple pie of India China Chma or any other othernation othernation othernation nation starving starvmg and salve our con conscience conscience conscience science witha with a check to some rehe relief reliefsociety reliefsociety reliefsocietyTwo ! society societyTwo Two thirds of the people of o1 the theworld theworld theworld world are farmers These hundreds hundredsof of millions are striving stnvmg to raise food foodon foodon foodon on worn out landAnd landAnd land landAnd And from the selfish seltlsh few comes comesthe comesthe comesthe the comment Why should we help helpthe helpthe helpthe the rest of the world raise food foodwhen foodwhen foodwhen when there continues to be surplus in inour inour inour our own crops crops7 ? ' And the ans ver yen verof yenof verof of course is that Ulat with proper dl distribution dis distribution > tribution trlbutlon that with the rest of the theworld theworld theworld world eating eatmg and liv bv lnv ng on a 8 par parwith parwith parwith with our own diet there would be beno beno beno no surplus w th a cont cant nuing numg e't et ex e'tpandlng expanding expandmg ' pandlng panding world economy calling al always always ways 1ways for Increasing production . . . 1 r |