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Show NEWS REVIEW -nMMMHsnlnMl.lnMIMiBMNMMM Conserve Food: Truman; U.N. Adopts Agenda FOOD PLANS: 4 Conservation It wasn't hard for President Truman Tru-man to figure out: Europe Is in desperate des-perate need of food from the U. S.. but the U. S. will leave itself wide open for even greater price spiralling spiral-ling if It boosts its exports much higher. The answer, he told a special press conference, is food conservation by all Americans. It Is not a matter of eating any less, he said, but of wasting less. In line with that, he announced the setting up of a citizens food committee com-mittee to develop a food conservation conserva-tion program in the nation. Charles Luckman of Cambridge, Mass., president pres-ident of Lever Brothers, was named president Regarding Europe, Mr. Truman said the food and fuel situation there is too critical to allow time for detailed de-tailed study. Thus, apparently in an emergency frame of mind, the President Presi-dent called together congressional leaders to discuss possible steps that could be taken Immediately to aid the starving continent. If possible, he said, he would not call a special session of congress it stop-gap aid for Europe could be pushed through without resorting resort-ing to that step. Americans could start preparing for a heavy barrage of food conservation con-servation propaganda. TOUGH AGENDA: No Dodging United NaUons general assembly proved at least one thing in the first week of its current session it ' isn't going to dodge any issues. After riotous preliminary sessions in which they heard the U. S. and Russia flay each other verbally and U. N. Secretary General Trygve Lie call for an end to feuding, the delegates dele-gates voted doggedly to take on the entire list of tough, almost insoluble problems standing as a barrier to world accord. Among the itema admitted to the agenda were the partition of Palestine, Pales-tine, peace in the Balkans, independence independ-ence of Korea and Marshall's proposal pro-posal to reorganize U. N. machinery to hold a tighter rein on the turbulent turbu-lent peace. ' . " Soviet delegate Andrei Vlshlnsky's resolution calling on member na tions to take criminal action against warmongering propagandists was whole-heartedly admitted to debate, probably because it will provide a chance to mull over the concept of freedom of the press. ABSOLVED: Uirohito Even while Ave high-ranking Japanese Jap-anese army and navy officers were being hanged by the neck in payment pay-ment for their crimes of cannibalism, cannibal-ism, torture and murder of U. S. prisoners, Emperor Hlrohito was being be-ing publicly absolved of any responsibility respon-sibility for the Pacific war by the chief U. S. war crimes prosecutor. Joseph B. Kcnnan told the International Inter-national war crimes tribunal that "The prosecution believes the people in the dock are really responsible for this war. If there hod been anyone any-one else, they would be in the dock too." . HEADLINERS IN CAMDEN, N. J. . . . Joseph Valentino, hailed into court for belaboring be-laboring March McGhee. 22. on the Jaw, explained apologetically to the Judge that he thought Miss McGhee was his wife, got 10 days. IN HOUSTON . . . Lt. Gen. Ira C. Eaker, former deputy commanding general of U. S. air forces, retired, readjusted himself to civilian life by taking a Job as vice president of Hughes Tool company. IN HAMILTON, ONT. . . . Mrs. Marshall Lounsbury, no art authority, author-ity, bought an oil painting at an auction for "a song." later discovered discov-ered it was "Palm Sunday Morning" Morn-ing" by 19th century master Cali-sano, Cali-sano, valued at $20,000. IN PITTSBURGH . . . City Coun-oilman Coun-oilman E. J. Leonard, longtime advocate ad-vocate of sidewalk repair, cited the danger of Increased spills as a result re-sult of a , combination of the new long skirts, high heels and broken pavements, frightened the city council coun-cil into passing a ruling that all walks be repaired immediately. ELEANOR: An Old Note "Dear Sumner This Elsler case aeemt a hard nut to crack. What do you suggest? Sincerely, E. R." That, Sumner. Welles, former un-dersecretary un-dersecretary of state, told the house committee on un-American activities, activi-ties, was a note he received from Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt In 1939 when the then first lady was Interested In obtaining an oven hearing on the passport application of one Hanns Eisler, Austrian refugee from Hitler. Hit-ler. -. The note, an almost forgotten memento me-mento of the prewar era, was hailed resoundingly in newspapers across the land because Hanns Eisler was Mrs. Roosevelt Hanns Eisler accused of being a Communist He is the brother of Gerhart Eisler. No. 1 agent of the Kremlin in the U. S. Eisler and his wife finally were Issued visas in Mexico City to cover their entrance into this country. He has taken out naturalization papers and is a song-writer In Hollywood. In 1926. Eisler told the committee, he had applied for membership in the German Communist party, but had dropped out. A department ol labor report made In 1938 said of him: "The evidence establishes pre. ponderantly that Hanns Eisler is a Communist" Mrs. Roosevelt's attitude toward the affair, was lackadaisical. Tht note to Welles on behalf of Eisler was strictly routine, she said. add. ing that she neither knew Eisler nor remembered the note. |