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Show MAY SEE CHAOTIC EUROPE speak human sympathy." Experimentation in varying forms of these political leanings socialism and communism has so far. In every case, resulted in reduced production, the food controller says. Europe's threatened food famine, he says, Is due "in the largest degree to the human hu-man factor of the limitation of effort." Herbert Hoover Warns of Menace Men-ace of Reds. Only Greatly Increased Production Can Prevent Great Loss of Life, He Says. London. Unless European productivity pro-ductivity can be rapidly increased, there can be nothing but political, moral and economic chaos linnlly Interpreting In-terpreting itself in loss of life on a scale hitherto undreamed of, says Herbert i loover, in an article in the British National Food Journal. "The entire surplus productivity of the western hemisphere is totally incapable in-capable of meeting the present deficiency de-ficiency in European production if It is long continued." he asserts. "Nor could credits be mobilized for this purpose for more than a short period because all credits must neces sarily be simply an advance against the return of commodities In exchange and credits will break down the instant in-stant that the return of commodities becomes improbable. Further, if such credits be obtained for more than temporary purposes it would result in economic slavery of Europe to the western hemisphere and the iilliina:e end would be w.w again." Mr. Hoover points out this solution of the European economic problem: "A vigorous realization of the actual situation in each country of Europe and a resolute statesmanship based on such a realization the populations of Europe must be brought to a realization real-ization that productivity must be instantly in-stantly increased." In the present-day European ferment, fer-ment, Mr. Hoover says, "every economic eco-nomic patent medicine" bus Hocked under the banner of socialism or communism, com-munism, which has claimed to speak for all tin- down trodden to alone be- |