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Show WASHINGTON , Nawsrf-i 05jf If Tt- '' ' ' ROM OUR CONGRESSMAN W. K. GRANGER i FOOD FOR THE WORLD The first peacetime Christmas in seven ears will find much of the world deepply concerned witlt getting enough to eat. The minimum mini-mum recommended by UNRRA fir peoples of the world Is 2.200 calories cal-ories a day for each person. This is an emergency diet, below what nutritionists consider safe, but as much as UNRRA has thought It could provi I during this emergency. emer-gency. Yet there are only three countries coun-tries in the world living above that low standard, and they are the United States where the average citizen consumes 3.500 calories per day, in Denmark where the average aver-age person has 3.000 per day, and in England where they average about 2.700 per day... The people of Prance are getting about 2,000 calories per day while the Russians are only getting 1600 per day, and of course former enemies are faring far-ing even worse Generall:, diets will be shortest short-est in Eastern Europe, more nearly near-ly adquate in Western Europe Farmers Far-mers will fare better than city people. peo-ple. The outlook as winter sets in, is that millions will be hungry in much of Europe and Asia. For lack of energy, many will be una-able una-able to work. For lack" of maintenance mainte-nance diet, many will succumb to disease and starvation. So the hopes of millions In this world aro pinned on. United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration, and in turn the hopes of this organization or-ganization centers on sufficient appropriations ap-propriations Congress has Just approved an appropriation of $550 million to foot the bills for this month of December, nnd now must consider the request for $1 350,000.-000 350,000.-000 to cover estimated needs for 1946. |