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Show Curbs to Stay Stay0 Stayo StayQ o Q Half of 1547Americans 1947 1547 1947American American Americana Americans * to Receive Lese Less LessBread Le Bread , Meat . , WhiakyAnd Whi.lty Whilty Whisky WhiskyAnd . i | And Beer for Year . WASHINGTON WASHINGTON-.The WASHINGTON.The WASHINGTON .The The WASHINGTON"Ibe -"Ibe "Ibe Ibe The - - . " wheat pro program program program gram . announced .nnounced nnounced by the th Iovernment government Iovernmentw1ll governmentwill ( governmentwill w1ll will mean continued conUnued skimping Iklmplnl ( on onbread onbread onbread bread meat . , . b beer er and whl.q whlq whisky . ror for rorover forover ( orover over a year to help food bung hungry hungrypeople hungrypeople ! ' } people abroad Furthermore the thebread thebread thebread bread will continue to be b dark dark'and darkand ' and it will come in . small .mall mall loavesPreviously loavesPreviously loaves loavesPreviously Previously the government hadhoped had hadhoped hadhoped hoped to lift 11ft the restrictions onwheat on onwheAt onwheat wheAt flour eL ct et . . . , this summer afterthe after afterthe afterthe the 1B4B 1946 1948 wheat crop Is la harvested harvestedThe harvestedThe harvestedThe The new announcement means meana that thatthe thatthe thatthe the curbs will wl\1 wl 1 \ not be abolished be be- betofe befofe before - - fore tofe fofe the summer of 1947 1 47 unless unlessthere unlessthere unlessthere there is la a change in the situationSecretary situationSecretary situation situationSecretary Secretary of Agriculture Anderson Andersonsaid Andersonsaid Andersonsaid said the plan might be changed lat later later later er But at the moment he said lIald Itis Itis It Itthe is regarded as necessary to Insure Insurethe insurethe the most mo t effective etTectlve distribution and anduse anduse anuse use of 01 the H4B 1946 1948 crop In meeting bottidomestic both bothdomestic I domestIc and foreign needsLeas needs needsI needsLess needsLess I Less fer for AmericansThe Amerlcaas Americans AmerlcaasThe [ The way it sizes up the program programwill programwill programwill will provide considerably less lesll wheat wheatfor wheatfor wheatfor for food for the American dinner dinnertable dinnertable dinneitable table d ring Iring ( the 12 months begin beginning beginning beginning ning Jul Jub July ) 1 1MB 1946 19411 as compared with withthe withthe wiuithe the year that ban began b * gan ( July \ 1 ls45 1945 It Itwill Itwill IIwill . will provide about half as much muchwheat muchwheat mudwheat wheat tor for feeding to Uveatock-that Uveatock that livestock-that livestock Uveatockthatmeans livestockthatmeans livestock - tha'means thameans ' means less meat-and meat and meat--and meat - - - and none at all allfor allfor alfor for brewing and distillingOfficials distillingOfficials distilling distillingOmcials Omcials Officials have said trrat thut that heavfeeding heavy heavyfeeding heavyfeeding } feeding of wheot whellt whent to stock was chief chiefIy chiefly ly Iy responsible for bringing on an anacute anacute anacute acute shortaife shortage of ot the grain , [ Even with the slashes In to domestic domesticconsumption domesticconsumption ' consumption Anderson figured thatexports that thatexports thatexports exports of wheat to famine areal areas arealwill areaswill areaswill will drop from around 400 million millionbushels millionbushels millionbushels bushels to 25 million bushelsTo bushelsTo bushels bushelsTo To make sure lIure of gettin getting , the 250 250million 250million million bushels the government wlU will wlUrequisition willrequisition willrequisition requisition a fourth of all aU the wheat wheatthat wheatthat wheat.that wheatthat . that producers deliver delver to elevatorsor elevatonor elevaton elevators or commercial C'ommerclal Commerclal ' buyers buyer buyersMost buyersMost . Most other food savings aaving . devicesboth devIce devices . , both compulsory and voluntary , will willbe willbe willbe be retained until July Ju17 1 1947 UM7 under underAnderson underAnderson underAnderson Anderson s a . program proeram Under the vol vol- voluntary voluntary - . untary system IYltem consumers consumer . are areasked areasked areasked asked to eat 40 per cent Ie less . . wheat wheatproducts wheatproducts wheatproducts wheatproductsThe products productsThe The Flear Flour CItaatleB 81tuaUoD Situation 81tuaUoDThe SituationThe CItaatleBThe The flour ftour situation shaped Ihaped up th this thisway thisway thiswayOn way wayOn On May 1 mill mills . were required to tocut tocut tocut cut their stocks .tockl tockl . to a . 21-day 21 day - - supplyFew lupply supply lupplyFew supplyFew Few if any have been able to obtainwheat obtain obtainwheat obtainwheat wheat In the meantirr meanUrr meantlrr n I ( because the thegovernment thegovernment thegovernment government I is la . oftenn offering . farmers fllrmen a abonu abonus abonus bonu bonus . of 30 90 cents a bushel above the theceiling theceiling thecelling ceiling price-which price which price - - which i is . the top legit lelt- lelt legit- leltImate legitimate legitimate , - - imate price millers miDen may offer otTer And Andthe Andthe Andthe the 1040 1946 1940 wheat will wlU not . start .tart tart movin moving movingto , to market until untU JulySome JulySome July JulySome Some mills milll have already .hut hut shut shutdown . shutdown .hutdown down and a survey ( Indicated ndlcated many manyothers manyothers others either will wlU close or curtaJI curtail curtaJIoperations curtailoperations curtailoperations operations sharply sharplyThis sharplyThl sharplyThis This Thl . prospect posed two problemsfor problema problems problemafor problemsfor for the government governmentWill governmentWill governmentWill Will flour fiour stocks on hand band be suf suf- auf- auf sufficient auffictent sufficient - ficient fictent to supply cONIum consumers era until th the thenew thenew . new wheat crop becomes become . avail available available available- available availableShould able " ' - Should the government divert divert.ome divertsome divertsome .ome ome some . of the famine relief rellef wheat It Iti itis Itis i is . buying to American mills rnm . in or- or order order or order - - der to keep them operating unW until unWthe untilthe untilthe the new harvest ? 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