Show I NEWS Ei S RE REVIEW VIEW Urge Food Conservation New Battle Shakes A U CS Waste Less Lips that sincerely frame the words food conservation will not touch such sturdy edibles as meat poultry and eggs quite so often hereafter Charles Luckman head of President President President dent Truman's citizens food committee committee committee com com- opened the widely heralded waste less campaign by calling on the American people to cut their consumption of those three items thereby effecting a conservation of grain for Europe At the same time it was disclosed that stop-gap stop aid for Europe this winter may run as much as million million million mil mil- lion dollars dollars million more that Mr Truman had estimated earlier The appeal for Americans to cut down on the amount of foods requiring requiring requiring II ing grain feeding was couched in a point five-point program which if followed followed followed fol fol- fol- fol lowed w will eliminate the traditional race for the last chop on the platter it it wont won't be there Those five commandments commandments commandments command command- ments were 1 Buy cheaper meat cuts 2 Dont Don't serve too much 3 Dont Don't overcook meat 4 Use leftovers 5 Save wheat in all other possible ways In the future was the possibility that a voluntary program of meatless meatless meatless meat meat- meat meat- less days and a reduction in the size of bread loaves would be put into effect NEW FIGHT Recalls Yalta In the U. U N. N another sc of possible failure and collapse of that organization arose as the U. U S. S and Russia plunged into a new ish The issue Which nation shall succeed succeed suc sue Russian pro-Russian Poland on the security security security se se- se- se council Poland has represented represent represent- ed eastern Europe and the Slav bloc for two years Russia wants the Ukraine which although an integral integral inte inte- gral part of the Soviet Union have havea a separate U. U N. N delegation U. U S S. S contention is that the Ukraine is not nota a sovereign nation therefore does not rate rata a separate status In the background of the affair was the Stalin Roosevelt Yalta agreement which gave the Soviet Union three votes in the United Na Na- Russia proper the Ukraine and White Russia each has one How the USSR came to get three votes probably happened something like this Both the Ukraine and White Russia intensely intense intense- ly nationalistic did not like to lose their identities by being merged with greater Russia The Communist politburo therefore as a sop to their nationalism granted the two territories a sort of nominal independence inde inde- At Yalta then Stalin told Roosevelt Roosevelt Roosevelt Roose Roose- velt that he wanted the Ukraine and White Russia to be represented represented represented in the U. U N. N for internal reasons being an old politician politician politician poli poli- and sympathetic with internal internal inter nal difficulties agreed Thus the stage was set for one of ot the most serious battles yet to develop within the United Nations 7 I Income Disparities I Real UReal income of wage and salary salary salary sal sal- ary earners continues to drop while farmers' farmers income still is rising it has been revealed by a monthly Investors Investors Investors In In- Syndicate survey of purchasing ing power Real uReal income is the relationship relationship relationship re re- re- re of revenue to living costs Wage and salary earners now have only a about out 96 cents of buying power for each dollar a year ago while farmers have about At the same time the biggest cause of the wage earners' earners problem is the sharp rise in hi the price of food The average family now pays more than for the same amount of food that a dollar doUar bought a year ago It also pays for each dollar dollar dol dol- lar on rent to the 1946 dollar for clothing and for miscellaneous ous expenses This continued divergence between between between be be- tween farm and city buying power the survey pointed out indicates that a serious unbalance may threaten the stability of our econ econ- omy A close balance is essential RECOGNITION Playing Safe Not as a gesture of approval but rather as a means of keeping informed informed informed in in- formed of internal developments did the United States grant full diplomatic diplomatic diplo diplo- diplomatic matic recognition to the dominated government of Bul Bul- garia Robert A A. A Lovett U. U S. S acting secretary of state said that the action action action ac ac- ac- ac tion meant neither that this country approved nor condoned certain recent recent recent re re- re- re cent actions of the Bulgarian gov gov- Although he did not say so Lovett obviously referred to Bulgaria's execution execution ex ex- ex- ex r of Nikola leader of the opposition to the Communists I Previously recognition of the BulI Bulgarian Bulgarian Bul Bul- I garian government was withheld on onI I the grounds that the Soviet pro-Soviet regime rei regime re re- re- re i gime had been elected unfairly but now the U. U S S. S felt that it was more important to have an embassy in inthe inthe inthe the country to protect American in interests interests interests in- in there LITTLE HOPE Less Coal 4 4 There is little or no hope springing springing springing spring spring- ing in in the collective breast of official official official cial Washington that the coal shortage shortage short short- age this winter can be averted Current estimates place coal production production pro pro- production as running several million tons a month behind exports and domestic consumption principally because of the coal car shortage This has resulted in winter stockpiles stockpiles stockpiles stock stock- piles depreciating instead of growing growing growing grow grow- ing as they normally would It was hoped at first that some relief relief relief re re- lief would come when winter weather er stops or curtails road-building road and construction thus permitting di diversion diversion diversion di- di version of sand and gravel cars to the coal fields However a railroad spokesman said the diversion of such cars would do nothing but offset offset offset off off- set a normal 10 per cent drop m in railroad efficiency in winter whiter |