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Show lfi BARNES 1 WHEAIGONTROL Avoided Bloodshed in Streets of Industrial Centers, Says j Herbert Hoover . -NEW YORK, April 28. More than !l,100 business men from all sections ofi i tho country and distinguished representatives repre-sentatives of foreign governments last night attended n testimonial dinner here in honor of Julius H. Barnes, United States wheat director and president pres-ident of the United States Grain corporation, cor-poration, who soon will retire from public service. Herbert Hoover, paid a high tribute to Mr. Barnes, saying that the sacrifice sacri-fice of his business to servo his .country .coun-try is one' of "the brightest spots in tho history of American patriotism." Among the guests were Baron CamJIle Romano Avezzana, ambassador from Italy; Prince Casimlr Ltlboomirski minister from Poland, and Armas Herman Her-man Saastamoinen, minister from imanu. . "The fixing of ?2.2G as the price for wheat by the government has been criticised," said Mr. Hoover, "but the farmer could have gotton $5 a bushel i the open market had continued. Had, the fanner accepted any such price) , lie would have seen the streets of our industrial centers run with blood. It I ; would have meant the loss of the . war.' Mr. Hoover declared no man can i charge there lias been "an atom of speculation or profiteering" in bread ! stuffs due to the grain corporation's control of wheat. |