Show european war reduces farm export market federal government plans to cushion effect on agriculture washington plans to overcome the unfavorable effect of the war upon american agriculture are being drawn up by the federal government through tho the office of foreign agricultural relations while the war has been hurting the farmers agricultural department experts believe that when peace Is resumed the aftereffects after effects will be far worse they are convinced that farm prices will continue to suffer f er unless the war lasts more than three years when increased foreign buying will begin to bolster the market complete governmental control of th the e econom economies fes of belligerents has marked the present conflict the wars in europe and in the orient have assumed an economic character through the widespread use of blockade and counter blockade blockade closes markets allied naval blockade closed central Eu ropes markets to american goods german occupation of poland norway denmark holland belgium and france and the entrance of italy into the war barred american products from almost the whole of europe some of these nations had been among this count rys best farm markets agricultural exports were also seriously affected when the allies pooled their economic and financial resources and centralized purchases through a government commission this effect was increased when england shifted as much of her food purchases to her dominions as was possible she took this step to save her foreign exchange for the purchase of war necessities british imports of cotton and wheat this count rys two principal export crops has dwindled greatly secretary of agriculture henry A wallace estimates that exports of american agricultural products in the fiscal year which began july I 1 will be at least 30 per cent below last year this will mark an 80 per cent decrease below the level attained in the first world war En glands market continuation of the war through 1942 may force great britain to purchase a larger proportion of her agricultural supplies from the united states the agricultural department warns however that bathis by this time the belligerents would i b be approaching pro aching financial eshu exhaustion s tion american agricultural products would be needed but nobody could pay for them it appears likely that both belligerents lige rents and neutrals will find it advisable or necessary to continue many of the economic controls established during the war the department part ment added american trade can be reconstructed ted after the war only so far as a way is found to finance the transactions foreign countries can purchase american products only by exchange of goods or through the shipment of gold to this country the department points 0 out u t that use of gold will be difficult b because because the united states has hai most of the worlds supply australia to speed plane production training of pilots CANBERRA AUSTRALIA A program for making australia one of the front rank world air powers by march 1943 has been announced by prime minister robert G menzies it involves an increase ot of 11 times the present program for training pilots observers gunners and air craftsmen and an increase of seven times in the present program tor for the production of aircraft this would give australia by the time the program is in full operation in march 1943 a total aviation personnel pers ormel of and an air force of about 2000 planes with the program and production then in full operation era tion prime minister menzies believes that australia can increase the air force each year until it ranks with the most powerful air nations in the world large gain this year fear under the program as launched australia will have trained men consisting of crews pilots and ground personnel by june 1941 by june 1942 an additional will have been trained and by march 1943 when the entire program will be in full operation an additional will have been trained giving australia an aviation personnel of which will be maintained thereafter for carrying out the program there will bi be installed as rapidly rapidly as possible three initial ground training schools 10 elementary fayh flying training schools tour four air observers schools four bombing and gunnery schools four wireless operators schools and two air navigation schools menzies announced that this rapid Inc increase rinse in aviation coupled with the rapid growth that is taking place to in the military and naval program is intended to make australia capable of defending itself |