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Show SHIPS AND FOOD ' FOR ALLIES AT 1!S CONFERENCE LONDON, Monday, Dec. 9 A survey sur-vey of the shipping and food situation as set forth in the conference centering center-ing around Edward N. Hurley of the American shipping board and Herbert C. Hoover, the American food administrator, admin-istrator, leads Allied food and shipping ship-ping heads to believe there is available avail-able at present enough tonnage to handle the present food needs. Conditions Con-ditions are such, it Is believed also, that It Is not unreasonable to expect that some tonnage might soon be released re-leased to carry American exports other than food. Much tonnage has been released re-leased from carrying munitions. Two series of conferences have been in progress. The first has been under way in London and Paris since the arrival of Messrs. Hurley and Hoover and have dealt primarily with the needs of the Allies with some discussion discus-sion of the food requirements of the Central empires. The other conference, which began today, Is dealing with the questions of supplying food to the peoples freed from the German yoke and releasing the food embargoes against enemy countries. Whatever differences arose were over the method by which relief should be granted. The much discussed discus-sed food program is expected to be outlined at these conferences and will be presented to President Wilson soon after his arrival In Europe. Nothing final is expected without the sanction of the president. The meetings will continue this week and will be confined almost ex-other ex-other American shipping representatives representa-tives will leave for Paris on Tuesday. |