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S Farmer Will Beat Communism I otI American Food Can Gan Halt Chaos Threatening Europe hJ A r i By BAUKHAGE News Analyst and I Commentator WASHINGTON The American farmer is going to lick ick communism That's what your worried capital is saying today Ameri Ameri- American can representatives abroad and at home are submitting one report after another which register gains in the Soviet battle to build a Communistic world out of chaos The reports come in from Prague from Belgrade from Sofia from Budapest showing how each day the iron grip of the Russian-dominated Russian secret police is gradually choking off orr democracy in the little countries Reports from Rome tell us of a planned coup of the Moscow-directed Moscow Communistic Com Com- Communistic Communistic party in Italy to overthrow the government there The open record of the meetings of the United Nations reveals the consistent attempt of the Russian delegation to block the efforts of the struggling still-free still governments in Greece and France o Some American political leaders still look askance at the huge pro pro- program program pro pro-I gram of aid to to y western we t rn Europe J envisioned in the a a f 1 Marshall plan Part of the coun coup country l. l t s try seems unsympathetic unsympathetic pathetic or at indifferent x least bt t toward the effort to win the cold war against Russia with pure- pure purely purely ly economic weapons because it means sacrifices sacrifices sacrifices on on the part of the American Baukhage citizen Some of of- officials officials I fi in the administration sup sup- supporters supporters porters of the Marshall plan in con con- congress congress gress and a few diplomats at home and abroad are frightened by this attitude Until recently this correspondent correspond nt has been pretty much distressed too But I feel better after alter talking with certain officials whose names seldom appear in the news These men are not cabinet officers they are not diplomats they are not the I leaders in congress whose faces ap ap- appear appear ap- ap appear pear in the news pictures and whose adumbrations are quoted in the daily dispatches They are just the themen themen men who do the work for which Uncle Sam pays the wage They are paid for knowing about American farms and American farmers Their con con- consensus consensus consensus is embodied in the first firt line of this dispatch The Amer Amer- American AmerIcan American ican farmer is going to lick com com- I believe the farmer will do it not because he knows it will pay him in dollars now but because he is going to be convinced before very long that it will pay America The Amer Amer- American Amerlean American ican lean farmer will do it by pro pro- providing providing providing viding the food necessary to halt in Europe just as he roved moved the verity of the slogan Food will win the war The history of Europe since the war is that every very government falls when the bread ration is reduced The men who know tell me that whatever the total amount in goods I or dollars demanded by the Mar Mar- Marshall Marshall Marshall shall plan it is safe to say that two-thirds two of it will be for food food food- either the food commodities them them- themselves themselves themselves selves or the dollars with which to buy bur them American dollars are growing very scarce in Europe but there are three things which the Euro Euro- European European European purchaser hesitates to quit buying grain buying grain coal and fats You will notice that France when it reduced its imports as all European countries are do do- doing doing doing ing as their dollars decline tried to hold on to her grain coal and edible fats as long as possible Even if the Marshall plan were not put into effect in time to to pro pro- provide provide provide vide extra dollars for their grain- grain purchases there ther will be a lag of some months before the farmer is touched in his pocketbook By that time if nothing is done done the Euro Euro- European European European countries starve Free World Is 18 at Exports to Europe already have been cut down That will affect first employment of people in this coun coun- country country country try in such export industries as ra radio ra- ra radio dio electrical appliances and like gadgets which can be spared It is quite possible that there may be a sufficient increase meanwhile in em em- employment employment in construction or other domestic industries which will ab ab- absorb absorb ab- ab absorb this unemployment and keep up the purchasing power of the con con- consumer consumer consumer sumer sufficiently to maintain pres pres- present present present ent farm prices In any case there probably will be a six months lag before prices are greatly affected Eventually the marginal surplus would be touched if Europe is not stimulated as it was in 1920 Then you recall grain prices dropped al although al- al although though exports were still heavy However the demand at that time was not great enough to absorb the entire American output It is this marginal surplus which decides the prices at home When the de de- demand demand demand mand for the first bushel over and above the domestic surplus ends it affects the whole price structure Before such a situation arises it is firmly believed that the realistic side of the picture pi t will be brought home forcibly to America The average citi citi- citizen citizen zen as well as the farmer and the exporter and others directly dependent on international trade as a whole will realize that what is at stake is something far greater than the dollar dollar- Americas America's stake in the preservation tion of a free world world world-a a world which will perish if Europe is underfed Russia has only about sixth one-sixth of the amount of wheat which the Unit Unit- United United United ed States is able to spare accord accord- according according according ing to current estimates The Unit Unit- United United United ed Nations food and agriculture or- or organization or or- organization organization estimated it as 70 mil mil- n million il- il illion lion bushels against our million bushels as stated above Our pur own situation we admit is not too good Nevertheless we are in a much better position on a competitive com com- competitive competitive basis than Russia There appears little doubt in the minds of the men most familiar with the facts that when the full force of this situation and what it means is real real- realized real realized r l- l in this country Europe can be saved for democracy and the American farmer will have at least two-thirds two of the credit due him S e e 1 r r M t ta a 4 e r Fr t Please kid dont don't EVER go collective on me What do the Russians think of collective farming communized communized communized agriculture under the Sovi Sovi- Soviets Soviets Soviets ets Well I asked a friend of f mine Paul Ward of the Balti Balti- Baltimore Baltimore Baltimore more Sun who got this story from a Russian a good Communist Communist Communist whom he met in Moscow After Alter a few vodkas the used to tell stories This was was one Stalin and Roosevelt were driving through the countryside A cow got into the road in front of them and wouldn't move The driver tried to shoo it away but it wouldn't budge Finally Stalin got out went up to the cow and whispered into its car ear The cow gave one frightened look jumped over the fence and disappeared in the distance What did you say to the cow to make it do that Roosevelt asked Stalin smiled Dont tell any any- anybody anybody body but I said to her If you dont don't get out of here but quick qui k kIll Ill I'll put you on a collective farm Jw p S. 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