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Food Shipments Will HelpWrite Help Helprite Write rite the Peace in Europe EuropeBy By BAUKHAGE BAUKHAGC \ ews inatyst nalyd and Commentator WNU Service 161G 1616 Eye Street NV N W \V V \ , Washington D C CSince Since Smee Good Friday when you youheard youheard heard a & President and an ex Presl Presldent President dent speaking speakmg on the same radio radioprogram radioprogram program one in the White House Housethe Housethe the other across theAtlantJc the _ , Atlantic AtlantJc In Egypt , , you have read andhe'1rd and < heird he'1rd he1rd ' many other otherappeals otherappeals appeals m In pre preparation para paratlon tlon tor for a drive drivewhich drivewhich which vull v.ill vill . start5horUy start startshortly -shortly shortly ' - 5horUy to get food foodto foodto to five hundred hlIDdred mJl mJllIon milhon lIon starving starvmg men menwomen menwomen women and chll chlldren children dren in Europe andASia and IAsia ASia L LThe ASiaThe The voluntaryeffort voluntary gj gjeffort effort to cut downfood down downfood food consumption simpy ! hasn t worked I - n- n nisn It isn t that the people are un lID unwilling " ' willing 1iling It s that there " , v.as vas . as no lffi lffimediate immediate mediate way to ( o cut down on our oureatmg oureating eatmg which willch seemed practIcal practIcalAnd practicalAnd And so a practical means of gettmg gettmgfood gettingfood food in m cans is t t6 be tried and Its Itssuccess Itssuccess success will depend on the local lccal vol volunteer volunteer unteer organization orgamzatJon In you yout . commu commumty commumty mty The foods toods needed are nulk nulkcondensed milkcondensed ( condensed evaporated or dned driedmeat ) meat , , fish peanut butter baby babyfoods babyfoods foods baked beans juices stev stewssoups . s sSOups SOups honey vegetables vegetablesI I know that you have heard thIS thISbefore thisbefore before In deta detail I hope } ) ou will willhear willhear hear it again agalD with further detaJls detaJlsbut detailsbut but perhaps } ) ou don t rea realize e what whatOU whatou } ) OU and the United Umted States can get getm getin I m return for the food we send out outand outand I and what we may lose If 5tarvabon 5tarvabonbecomes starvationbecomes becomes WJdespreadThe widespread WJdespread widespreadThe The whole quest on Is pointed pomted up upIn upin In a not-too not too - - prominently prommently dIsplayed dIsplayedmspatch displayeddispatch mspatch from Moscow to which willch an anoffielal anofficial offielal called my attention attenhon last lastweek lastweek week It was a statement made by bya bya a correspondent of the Soviet paper paperIzvestia paperIzvestia Izvestia who had been touring tourmg the theAmerIcan theAmerican AmerIcan zone in 111 Germany'The Germany GermanyThe ' The 'The food stuff difficulties v.h vh \ . h ch chforced chforced forced lowering lowermg of rat ons ( in m the theAmerican theAmerican American zone ) the tIle correspondent correspondentwrote correspondentwrote wrote are explained explamcd in m my vie v vnot vnot not so much by the absence of pro productlve productive ductlve districts distncts as by a la lack ck of oforder oforder order and distnbut dlstnbut on ot o agncul agncultural agncultural tural products Then he went on onto onto to explam explain that the b g estates had hadnot hadnot not been broken up as they t1ey ! y , were ere m mthe inthe the Russian zone zoneHunger Hunger Used Usedas asPolitical as Political Weapon WeaponThis This Tills cnt cism clsm which I think thmk JD JDvestlga investigat vestlga t on will prove to be exceed exceedingly exceedIngly ingly biased and unfair reveals how howfood howfood food or the tIle lackof lack of it is servmg servmgand servingand and can sen serve e as a weapon to stir stirup stirup up discontent and to bring brmg the west western western ern countries cOlIDtnes into mto disrepute msrepute and ms msfavor disfavor disfavorRevolution favor favorRevolutJon Revolution RevolutJon follows tollows hunger just as assurely assurely surely as hunger follows warAs war warAs As a _ matter of fact tact one of the tIle isi theAmerican Amencan military zone ot at Germany Germanyis IS the tIle agency wh v.h vh . cb ch distributes food foodWorkmg foodWorking Workmg closely with it is another anotherIughly anotherhighly Iughly efficient American Amencan agency agencywh agencywh wh cb ch the tIle British have used as a amodel amodel model in 111 their zone-tIle zone tIle zone - the health and andsan andsan san ta tation hon dIvIsionHowever division divisionHowever shortageIn However there is a food shortage in Germany just as there is in tIle tIlerest therest rest of Europe The effects are tIle thesame 5ame Germanyserves everywhere and Germany serves as an excellent example of tIle ofthe oftIle pol t cal effects of a good short shortage shortage age authonties autIlOrltIes There the American Amencan autIlOrl tIes can accurately checkon check on what whatIS whatis IS going gomg on since smce the tIle mil mJl tary gov ernment government is so closely tied bed m In to ev evcry every cry phase ol of the da daily y In lives es of the people peopleRecenUy thepeople thepeopleRecently Recently RecenUy a military mJIltary gO\ gO gOernment governmentofficial \ ernment ernmentofficIal officIal in Germany wrote to me 'No No ' me"No meNo me'No " slogan was ever truer than 'Food Food ' thanTood will win wm the war and Write writethe WritetIle tIle peaceWe peace peaceWe thepeace We are about to sit down at the peace table vnth vlth , Italy Russia prob ably probably will not be present But the thefood food that Italy does not have may affect mayaffect the val validity ] ( Jty of that peace trea peacetreaty peacetrea peacetreatyA ty tyA A revealing revealmg comment on how this thisworks thisv.orks v.orks vorks . was appended to a report made reportmade shortly after the British Bntish were forced wereforced to drop to a 1 000 calorie caloriescale scale and coal production dropped droppedapproximately approximately 20 per cent This was wasthe the comment _ _ _ _ attheir eavy workers are dropping droppmg at their work and food riots nots have al ready already Isnot taken place It this tIllS ration is . , not raIsedsoon raised soon there tIlere will be no coal nocoal without coal there will be no transportation notransportation without coal and andtransportation andtransportabon transportabon there will be no processl11g noprocessing noprocessl11g of food from indigenous indigenousresources resources resourcesThe indigenousresourcesThe The fact that we now have to go togo bacJron back bacJr on our pledged word to tIle theGerman tIleGerma Germa " ! people will seriously tm tmpall unpair pall confidenceof " our prestige and the 1m ! confidence of the German people in the pledged word of our officials This111 This viill \\111 111 \ gIve gIveto giveto to those who oppose our economic economicsysrem economicsystem sysrem the best weapon they have haveever haveever ever received As last fast as possible possiblewe we are losing all the advantages advantagesgained advantagesgained gained by the success ot of arms We Weare Weare are losmg the peace much faster fasterthan fasterthan than at the tIle close of World War I IThe IThe The first first'great firstgreat 'great great ' blow has been the thefood thefood food muddle Others will WJll pile pJle up lIke likea a snov snowball . ball ballIt . | It appears that we will WJll have to toreduce toreduce reduce the already inadequate madequate ra ratlon ration tlon for Berlin This of course WIU WIUgive willgive give the Russians a strong talkmg talkmgpoint talkingpoint point against agamst the western powers powerswhen powerswhen when we cannot afford to sustain the the1 1 550 calorie ration tor for the normal normalconsumer normalconsumer normalconsumerAnd consumer consumerAnd And so the path ot o < our friend the thereporter thereporter reporter from Izvestia crosses that thatof thatot of the American official Clearly w \ esee e esee see the different mITerent segments of the tIle picture which opponents of western westerndemocnc westerndcmocric democnc } ) have sketched in no nofamt nofamt famt strokes across the trouhled trouhledworld troubledworld troubledworldYes world worldYes Yes indeed mdeed food will write wnte tIle tIlepeace thepeacel peace I . * . * . Polls Show ShouJ U S SReady I Ready to Sacrifice Sacnfice SacrificeIt It is interesting interestmg to note that the theAmerican theAmerican American people are perfectly will willing willing ing to make sacrifices to send food foodto foodto to Europe . Two Tv.o Tvo surveys were I I made by the University of Denver DenverNational DenverNational National Research center one of ofV.hlCh otwhich V.hlCh VhlCh . showed that 68 per cent o 0 othose < ' those Interviewed indicated mdlcated theIr theIrI theIrWISh theirwish WISh to resume rationing ratJomng if neces necesI necessary necessary sary in order to send critical food foodabroad foodabroad foodabroadAnother abroad abroadAnotIler Another AnotIler survey by the tIle same in instJtutlOn institution stJtutlOn showed that more than tIlan a athird athird third of the tIle people (35 35 ( per cent ) ) be belIeved beheved lIeved lIevedhat \ lhat \hat hat we should send food to toGermany toGermany Germany as a gift it if she could not notpay notpay pay us for ItI it iti i I believe beheve that if a similar poll were weretaken weretaken taken in regard to feeding teedlng Japan JapantIle Japanthe tIle results would be approximately approximatelythe the same . . . Gardens GrowOn Grow On SkyscrapersPeople Skyscrapers SkyscrapersPeople People have their roots in m the sOil sOileven soileven even " when "hen hen they live 20 stories stones abo\e abo e aboelI aboveasphalt \ lI phalt pavements I had that thatbrought thatbrought brought fore forc biy to mind mmd as I leaned leanedover leanedover over the wall ot of a w de terrace of ofa ola a penthouse garden h gh above abovePark abovePark Park avenue Ne v YorkA York YorkAs A As I looked to the right nght and the theleft theleft left everywhere e\eryyhere e eryyhere \ , I saw fresh green greenedging greenedging edging other otIler walls hkf hkp the one oneagamst oneagainst agamst which Ias I \ was \\as as leaning and andbelo andbelo belo v me I 1 could glimpse neat gar gardens gardens dens already sprouting sproutmg cheertully cheerfullyin cheertullym m the first warm spring sun SlID There Therewas Therewas was a vine vme spreading spreadmg over one onewall onewall wall higher illgher up were tall trees treesburstlDg treesbursting burstlDg into mto Ie } eaf at Tall I say-the say the saythetops say - thetops tops were some 300 feet above the thepavement thepavement pavement if only some 15 teet teetabo feetabov abo\ abo aboe \ e their eleated elev ele\ ele \ ated roots I FSaw saw one old man in m a battered batteredstraw batteredstraw straw hat his trowella trowel la d aside and andthe andthe the evidence of his industry mdustry in m a arow arow row ot of little p ne trees in m neatly neatlypamted neatlypainted pamted tubs He was resting restmg In a agarden agarden garden chair a little fountain fOlIDtam play playmg playing mg in m the wall bes de him and a aneat aneat neat privet pnvet hedge tor for his skyi skyl neFarther ne neFarther Farther away was a real achieve achievementa achievement ment-a ment a - a lawn at least 50 feet teet square squareWIth squarewith WIth tulips blossoming along a near nearwalk neatwalk walk tIla that t led to nowhere . . . Rebuild Rebudd MexIcan MexicanAgriculture MexicanAgricultureThrough Agnculture Through the building ot modern moderncomfortable moderncomfortable comfortable homes for rural work workers workers ers the tIle improvement of farm land landand landand and introduction lDtroductlOn of mechanized mechanizedfarm mechanizedfarm farm equipment a general plan for forthe forthe the rehabihtat rehabll1tat on of Mexican agri agriculture agriculture culture has been InltIa initiated ted One hun hundred hundred dred model farms have been com completed cornpleted pleted in the tIle district dlstnct of Topile0 TOPllelo TOPllelowitIl ] nwith witIl means tor for work ng the land m mmodern inmodern modern and eff efTcient clent manner A Amodel Amodel model school and home for teachers teachersalso teachersalso also have been builtTo buili built builiTo To create in each center of popu populatlon population latlon a permanent board wh ch w 11 11consider 11consider consider the tIle respective problems of offarmers offarmers farmers livestock raisers busmess busmessmen businessmen men industrialists and artisansTo artisans artisansTo To promote undertakings undertakmgs for ( or the themanufacture themanufacture manufacture or sale of modern modernimplements modernimplements implements of agricultureTo ag1"lcultureTo agriculture ag1"lculture ag1lculture " To d stnbute st1"lbute st1lbute " by credit individual mdlvldual . , ly to to tons \ns ns \ ns or to areas modern modernfarm farm tools necessary technical techmcal d drectlon rection selected seeds and ferti tertiUzer tertiUzerTo lizer lizerTo To promote and organize private privatecapital privatecapital capital for ( or the creat on of small in insbtutlons Institutions sbtutlons that will dedicate them themselves themselves selves to tcr the maintenance mamtenance ot of rural ruralcredit ruralcredit credit as the only logical means meansfor meanstor for agricultural ag1"lcultural ag1lcultural " development . . To build schools and homes for forteachers lorteachers teachers in 1D agricultural ind indistria'or indistriaor 1stria1 1stria1or ' or livestock centers as well wel1 as re reglonal reglonal glonal hospitals Cast of CharactersMidnight Characters CharactersMidnight Midnight Susie the hag who whohaunts whohaunts haunts the Main Mam Stem She Sheclaims Sheclaims claims she was one of o ( Broadway 8 8glamour sglamour glamour gals decades ago The Thehetty Thehefty hetty lady bouncer in a 3rd Avenue Avenuegtn Avenuegin gtn mill who tames the toughest toughestbores toughestbores bores by merely talking talldng to themTin them themTin Tin Pan Alley s song scrib scrlb- scrlb scrlbbltng scribbling - bling bltng cynics who grind out Amer America Amerlea ica s moat most tender romantic balladsThe ballads balladsThe The 52nd Street barkeep who whoentertams whoentertains entertams barflies with witIl sleight of ofhand ofhand hand card tricks The two bar bartenders bartenders tenders at the Stork Club whose whosetips whose-1tips whose 1tips - tips were so plentiful they ve 'ust ust 'ustbought ' justbought bought their tIlelr own joynt The Thegambler Thegambler gambler who carries carnes past perform performance performance ance records ot of the racehorses m ma The pretty red redhaired redhaired 8 brief case haired shoe shine gal near Grand GrandCentral GrandCentral Central Station StationThe The Union Square soap-loser soap loser soap-boxer boxer - - who whopeddles whopeddles peddles carrot juice as a health healthgiver healthgiver giver The uppity Park Avenue Avenuebookie Avenuebookie bookie who accepts bets only from fromthe fromthe the snobbish set The poet who whosquats whosquats squats near the East River in the the50s the50s 50s all day - compos ng verses verseswhich verseswhich which he gives to chlldren chlldrenCrowds childrenCrowds Crowds of do nothings nothmgs huddled near nearcorner nearcorner corner cigar stores tensely watch watchIng watching Ing a nickel mckel matching matchmg contest contestThe contestThe The exclusive tailor t3110r in the New NewYork NewYork York Stock Exchange E'Cchange ECchange ' The TheMulberry TheMulberry Mulberry Street puppeteers-one puppeteers one puppeteers - one of ofthe olthe the city s most arresting arrestmg tree free showsWorkers shows showsWorkers Workers in subway change changebooths changebooths booths who rarely take their orbs orbsoff orbsoff off books they tIley read while mechan |