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Food and Labor Are Nation's Topics
Passage of Housing Bill Spurs
Building Program; Hoover Asks
World to Join in Famine Fig Kt
WORLD FOOD N E E D S AND S U P P L IE S 1 9 4 5 4 6
exportable supplies needed to meet world eooo shortages
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A VAILABLE
FOR i XI
DEFICIT
WHEAT
FAMINE:
H o o v e r R e p o r ts
I HOUSING:
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RICE
B ack fro m his g lo b e-g ird lin g fa m
W elcom ing fin a l passage of the
ine survey, fo rm e r Pres. H e rb e rt veterans'
housing
measure
de
H oover called fo r a d d ition a l vo lu n signed to push construction of 2,-
ta r y food conservation on the p a rt 700,000 new homes by 1947, Housing
oils
o f A m e rica n s and also declared E x p e d ite r Wilson W yatt cheerfully
th a t the co-operation of Russia and excla im e d : ” The . . . pro g ra m now-
South A m e rica n states w ould g re a t can be th ro w n in to fu ll g e a r."
SUGAR
ly assist in tid in g hungry areas over
W orked out by house and senate
the c ritic a l pre-harvest period.
conferees, who labored to d ra w up
Though sta tin g th a t he saw no in
a com m on b ill fro m two d iffe re n t
C»CH srua o i. • ! MILLION SHOBT TONS
stances o f a ctu a l sta rv a tio n on his
pieces o f legislation, the measure
global w h irl. H oover was q u ick to
represented a v ic to ry fo r the ad
add th a t a va ila b le food supplies
m in is tra tio n forces in that it pro
w e re a t a dangerous low in m any
vides subsidies of 400 m illio n dol
co u n trie s and fa m in e w ould re su lt
la rs to increase the production of
i f supplies w ere not replenished.
b u ild in g m a te ria ls. E a rlie r opposed O n D o lla r B a sis
Even
a fte r
trim m in g
re
by the house, the subsidies la te r
H aving used its gre a t m a te ria l re
quests
of
some
countries.
were approved on the strength of sources to balance the scales fo r a l
H oover declared that over 14
a d m in is tra tio n
argum ents
th a t lied m ilita r y v ic to ry o ver the axis,
m illio n tons of food were needed
such paym ents w ould boost the flow
the U. S. now is a cting to e m ploy its
u n til the next harvest, w ith the
of construction supplies w ith o u t in
U nited K ingdom re q u irin g 2,-
trem
endous w ealth fo r the s ta b iliz a
creasing the cost o f new homes.
000,000 tons; France. 1,750,000
tion o f p o litic a l conditions abroad to
In a d dition to the subsidy p ro v is
tons; G erm any, 1,370.000 tons;
ion, the new housing b ill authorizes prom ote free exchange between na
Ita ly , 775,000 tons; Poland. 340,-
the governm ent to increase home tions.
000 tons; Czechoslovakia, 290,-
P o p u la rly known as ’ d o lla r d ip lo
m
ortgage lending by one b illio n d o l
000 tons; B elgium . 300,000 tons;
la rs ; extends p rio ritie s and alloca m a c y ." the a d m in istra tio n 's firs t
Greece, 275,000 tons;
Yugo
tio n pow er to channel m a te ria ls into open application o f the p o licy in the
sla v ia . 250.000 tons; Spain. 240,-
low -cost and m edium -priced re si postw ar period was to Poland and
000 tons; A u stria . 225,000 tons;
dences to D ecem ber 31, 1947; estab China, where C om m unist influence
the In d ia n ocean area, 2,886.-
lishes preference fo r vets in p u r has been strong and shaped to
000 tons and China and Japan,
chasing o r re n tin g new s tru ctu re s; serve R ussia’ s p o litic a l and eco
870,000 tons each.
In asking Russia to share some of gives the housing exp e d ite r broad nom ic interests.
its surplus g ra in and c a llin g upon a u th o rity to order changes in m a te
In the case o f Poland, the U. S.
South A m e rica n countries to step r ia l p ric in g regulations, and em suspended a 90 m illio n d o lla r c re d it
up deliveries, H oover said the U. S. powers him to lim it the export of to the Soviet-sponsored W arsaw
shipm ent of 450 m illio n bushels of lu m b e r as long as scarcities exist in governm ent on charges th a t i t had
w heat d u rin g this crop ye a r is an th is country.
violated its pledge to increase fre e
u n p aralleled achievem ent. In a ll,
dom of m ovem ent w ith in the coun
the U S. is expected to p rovide
try . F irs t, the U. S. said th a t the
4,220,000 tons o f cereals; Canada, O . K . E x te n s io n
governm ent had censored an A m e r
2,300,000; A u s tra lia , 992,000; A rg e n
FOOD M ISSION . . . H e rb e rt
A llowed only hours in w hich to ican re p o rte r's dispatch re g a rd in g
tin a , 2,375,000; Russia, 300.000, plus
M o rriso n . Lord President of the
act to prevent the e x tin ctio n of the a c ritic a l speech m ade by a Peasant
lesser am ounts fro m the U nited
B ritis h
C ouncil.
who
visited
selective service act, the senate ac p a rty leader, and second, i t had
K ingdom , B ra z il, B u rm a and Siam
Washington on a food mission,
cepted s tiff house amendm ents to fa ile d to publish term s of the U. S.
H oover’s
announcement
of
is shown w ith A ctin g S ecretary
the d ra ft c a llin g fo r cessation of c re d it p ro v id in g fo r p o litic a l fre e
w o rld food needs follow ed close
of State Dean Acheson.
inductions o f fathers and teen dom in Poland.
upon the d e p a rtm e n t of a g ric u l
agers.
Taken back by the U. S. action,
tu re ’s p re d ictio n th a t continu
Passage of the m easure extend the Polish embassy in W ashington
ing drouth in the G reat Plains
in g selective service u n til J u ly 1 declared that it could ca te g o ric a lly
states would cut w in te r wheat
Seeking to prevent death-dealing
resulted fro m ra p id -fire congres deny th a t any censorship existed in
production by 88 m illio n bushels
rid
e rp e st among s u rv iv in g ca ttle
Poland,
and
explained
th
a
t
the
sional action in the m id s t o f senate
under the A p ril 1 estim ate. The
and w a te r buffalo herds of China,
delib e ra tio n s o ver a p proval of the te rm s o f the loan had not a rriv e d
crop now is set at 742.887,000
m u lti-b illio n d o lla r B ritis h loan and in W arsaw in tim e to p e rm it th e ir one m illio n doses o f a new type
bushels.
re s tric tiv e la b o r legislation. W ith p u blication up to the tim e of the vaccine »were flown by the U nited
N ations R e lie f and R e h a bilita tio n
the senate pausing in its discussion U. S. c re d it cancellation.
a d m in is tra tio n to Shanghai as a g ift
of these issues to o.k. e xistin g d ra ft
M eanw hile, Gen. George C. M a r
le g isla tio n u n til J u ly 1 to beat the shall was given fu ll control o ver a o f the U. S. and Canada.
Em phasizing the significance of
As a re su lt of the collapse in e xp ira tio n deadline, the house took proposed h a lf b illio n d o lla r loan to the g ift, U N R R A D ire c to r L a G u a r
negotiations fo r In d ia n independ advantage of the tim e elem ent to China in his e fforts to weld the N a dia declared e ve ry w a te r buffalo
ence because o f M oslem demands d ilu te the d ra ft and fo rce its re tio n a lis t and C om m unist forces to o r bullock saved fo r the plow means
fo r a separate state, the B ritis h m itta n c e to the upper cham ber fo r gether in to a ce n tra l governm ent the assurance o f th a t m uch m ore
reconsideration.
and create a unified country.
delegation's statem ent on fu rth e r
food fo r the needy.
steps to be taken fo r re so lvin g the
deadlock was expected to p ro vid e a
basis fo r continuing discussions.
In o rig in a lly m a kin g its o ffe r
fo r Indian independence, the B r it
ish governm ent had declared that
M oslem demands fo r a separate
state should not block plans fo r free-
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DRAFT:
UNRRA:
INDIA:
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WASHINGTON DIGEST
Taft Looms as 1948 GOP Hop«
I? . . o r T r i z i r r z - r ?
By
BAUKHAGE
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Neu-1 A n a ly s t a n d C o m m e n ta to r.
M . A. Jinnah and Nehru
dom. H owever, the insistence o f the
M oslem s under M. A. Jinnah fo r
th e ir own state portended an out
b re a k o f violence i f refused and led
the B ritis h m ission in to fo rm u la t
in g a com prom ise acceptable to
both parties.
A g a in st the M oslem demand fo r a
separate state called P akistan, the
H indus led by Ja w a h a rla l N ehru,
fa ith fu l Ghandi disciple, had held
out fo r a strong ce n tra l au th o r
it y fo r the whole country in foreign
a ffa irs , defense, com m unications
and finance.
LABOR:
Busy President
Coal strikes, r a il strikes and,
demands of la b o r and in d u s try are
h eavy burdens on P resident T ru
m an these days.
I f one thre a te n
in g s trik e is settled, another one
is threatened, o r breaks out. L a
b o r and in d u s try are in an a ll-
out battle, and the P resident is
caught in between them w ith the
g re a t mass o f A m e ric a n people
cla m o rin g fo r action. Congress,
too, is finding the seats on C apitol
H ill ste a d ily g ro w in g w a rm e r. The
OPA and the B ritis h loan w ere no
sm a ll w o rrie s either.
The pressure o f the U nited M ine
W orkers, the A m e ric a n Federation
o f L a b o r and the Congress o f In
d u s tria l O rganization, on the P res
id e n t was m atched by the m anu
fa c tu re rs , m ine operators, ra ilro a d
ow ners and b ig business and in
d u s try in general. L ig h ts burn late
in the W hite House, and d a ily v is
ito rs to the P resident a re g re a te r
th a n e ver before! The people of
the U n ite d States have a busy
P resident. And when a ll the pres
e n t strike s are settled, n egotia
tions fo r new co ntracts w ill begin
again ne xt fa ll.
W NU Service, 1616 E ye S treet, N.W .,
W ashington, D. C.
A long about June of any election
ye a r, when a lo t o f sim ple souls are
th in k in g
about
-
m o o n l ig h t a n d
ro s e s , e le c tr ic
fans, and where
to go fo r a sum
m e r vacation, a
l o t o f lo n g e r -
range p la n n e r s
a r e w o n d e r in g
about next w in
te r’ s coal supply,
h a rve st tim e , and
m a n y o th e r
things a lo t fu r
th e r a w a y th a n
the fly on yo u r
nose. Am ong these are the p o li
ticia n s.
I t ’ s a gre a t tim e to lean bacte in
a c h a ir in the Senate office b u ild in g
o r thereabouts, open another bottle
of W hite Rock, lig h t another see-
gar, and burble on about w h a t’ s go
in g to happen come N ovem ber, and,
s till m ore in trig u in g , to prognosti
cate on p re sid e n tia l possibilities.
I t ’ s fun fo r the newcom ers be
cause it's so easy fo r them to p re
d ic t, in the lig h t o f w h a t’ s happen
Child W ill Be H appy
O ver a Lawn Chair
•
ing rig h t now, ju s t w hat w ill happen
then. It 's s till m ore fun fo r the old
tim e rs because they know th a t the
voters who m a y not love you in the
autum n often seem ve ry palsy in
the s p rin g —and vice versa.
Since there isn’ t m uch use in spec
u la tin g on who the D e m o cra tic pres
id e n tia l nom inee w ill be, i t ’s m ore
in te re stin g to ta lk about R epublican
I possibilities.
Perhaps th a t is why, along about
I the m id d le of M ay, the heavy back
ers ot Bob T a ft began to be heard
fro m . Up u n til then, m ost of the
ta lk in the couloirs was how B ric k e r
was the No. 1 boy, and how Stassen
m u stn ’t even be m entioned above a
w hisper. E ven Stassen’ s own men
decided i t was b e tte r fo r the young
m an fro m Minnesota to keep his
head down so he w ouldn’t a ttra c t
any lig h tn in g u n til he had found out
w hether his fo ru m s were m ore po
tent than the against-em ’ s.
Now i t ’s g e ttin g to be m ore
serious fun to ta lk about T a ft.
T a ft w ants to be P resident. He
has wanted to be P resident be
fore. He is p re tty m uch mas
te r of the Republican organiza
tion, but even i f he w e re n 't,
B ric k e r, his present frie n d and
riv a l, is m ore "b e a ta b le ,” de-
HOOVER A N D T R U M A N . . . P resident T ru m a n devoted attention
to the re p o rt of H e rb e rt H oover, on his findings In a g lo b e-circlin g In
ve stigation of fa m in e conditions. S ecretary of A g ric u ltu re C linton P
Anderson is shown w ith them .
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spite the good im pression he
made on his speaking tour be
fore the last convention .
w hat w ith the le ftis t look in
m any veterans’ eyes.
B ric k e r has a staunch and solid
conservative fo llo w in g . B u t it is a
little too so lid ly conservative. T a ft
could h a rd ly be called a ra d ica l. In
fact, his p o litic a l garden has never
produced even a pale and lonely
pink. On the other hand, his sup
p o rte rs p ru d e n tly can po in t to ’ m any
a co n stru ctive ly lib e ra l m easure
w hich has had his blessing.
O nly the o th e r day, I was ta lk in g
w ith an ard e n t a d m in is tra tio n o f
fic ia l who has been b a ttlin g fo r _
m easure badly battered by conserv
atives of both p o litic a l stripes,
asked him i f he could expect to re
trie v e in the senate a ce rta in p ro
vision in his leg isla tio n , lost in the
house.
“ Oh, ye s ," he answered, "B o b
T a ft w ill go along on th a t."
And T a ft has a good lib e ra l rec
ord on such mass-appeal measures
as housing
The Republicans do n 't have
to deal w ith the old-line bosses
to the extent th a t the Demo
cra ts do and in tw o of the la rg e r
citie s where the R epublican
m achine is v ita l— P hiladelphia
and C i n c i n n a t i — e ve ryth in g
would be ja k e so fa r as T a ft
Is concerned. He, h im se lf, is
kin g p in in his home state organ
ization . , . and M r. Pew, who
m akes the R epublican wheels
go round in P ennsylvania, w ant
ed T a ft In ’40 and ’44. I t is to
be presum ed he’ll feel the same
In ’48.
This doesn’t e lim in a te o th e r b r il
lia n t possibilities, in clu d in g Messrs
Stassen and vandenberg.
M r. Vandenberg has done a lo t
of the m o ld in g him self. This could
w o rk both ways. On the one hand
the energy and devotion w ith w hich
M i. Vandenberg has applied h im
self to foreign a ffa irs, and the pow
e rfu l influence he has exerted, have
g re a tly Increased his silhouette cn
the in te rn a tio n a l horizon. On the
oth e r hand, these a c tivitie s, both in
q u a n tity and q u a lity , have taken
h im fa r afield fro m the usual p o lit
ic a l approach to a Republican p re si
d e n tia l nom ination.
I t m a y be there Is a niche in the
m a kin g th a t w ould need a m an of
his p ro p o rtion to fill but one Demo
c ra t said to me the o ther day:
“ Som etim es i t looks as i f Van would
ra th e r be rig h t than P re sid e n t."
T H E N A V Y ’S Itt'K E A I'S
W ASH IN G TO N.— I f S ecretary of
the N avy Jam es F o rre s ta l wunts to
head o ff the a rm y-n a vy m e rg e r, he
m ig h t do some m e rg in g in his own
departm ent. As it is, some of his
reserve officers are about ready to
believe the a rm y Is rig h t.
Perhaps because the navy is suf
fe riu g fro m a d m ira litis (too m any
a d m ira ls ), F o rre s ta l has set up a
special d u p lica tin g public relations
co-ordinator. T his bureau does e x
a ctly w hat another bureau ulso
does.
C hief d iffe re n ce between
them is that one is on the firs t floor
(deck in the n a v y ), the o th e r on
th<- th ird floor) one is com m anded
by a vice a d m ira l, the o th e r by a
re a r a d m ira l; fin a lly , the re a r ad
m ira l takes a few hours to do a Job
w hile the vice a d m ira l som etim es
takes a few days.
H ith e rto , navy p u b lic re la tio n s
have been handled by e fficie n t
young R ear Adm. " M in " M ille r, one
of the up-and-com ing youngsters in
the navy. ¡1 you need a speaker
fo r a naval ra lly , w ant to stage an
a ir show, o r have a ship v is it yo u r
c ity , M ille r usually has been able
to a rrange it in a few hours.
But now, Vice A dm . A rth u r 8.
Carpender, new ly appointed co
o rd in a to r of p u b lic re la tio n s,
sits In naval splendor w ith a
sta ff of live senior officers, a
la rg e force of ju n io r officers,
and a sm all a rm y of W AVES
and enlisted men.
T H E B A L K Y SWISS
Insiders say th a t S w itzerland, the
little nation w hich posed as the be
nign and frie n d ly neutral, is now
d isp la yin g the same ta ctics as the
Capone gang in hanging on to Nazi
loot.
The secret negotiations now going
on in W ashington to recover Nazi
gold fro m S w itzerland have been
c a re fu lly guarded, but it has leaked
out th a t S w itzerland's p olicy is to
keep a il the gold w hich the G erm ans
stole fro m France, D enm ark, B e l
g iu m and other occupied countries
and sent to S w itzerland fo r safe
keeping.
L ike the Capone gang, the
Swiss won’ t re tu rn this looted
gold to F rance, D enm ark, B el
gium and other countries fro m
w hich it was stolen.
Despite a ll this, some tre a su ry o f
ficials urge a lenient p olicy tow ard
the Swiss.
I t happens th a t they
have $1.500,000,000 o f assets now
frozen in this co u n try in clu d in g
$500,000,000 in gold, and the French
a rc p re p a rin g to clap a lien on these
assets.
Some tre a su ry o fficia ls
however, are opposed.
Not so, however, sage Secre
ta ry of the T re a su ry Fred V in
son, who rem em bers a ll the
Swiss co lla b o ra tio n w ith the
Nazis d u rin g the w a r.
"D o w n in m y s ta te ," draw led
the K entuckian, "w h e n you bet
on the wrong horse, you pay off.
The Swiss
horse.”
bet
on
the
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V E T E R A N S COM E SECOND
Young GOP Rep. Jam es G. F u l
ton o f Pennsylvania, a P acific w ar
vet., did some vigorous protesting
about the way veterans are being
"stood up” on surplus w a r goods
when he called at the W hite House.
"V e te ra n s are Just not g e ttin g
an even break in the present
se tu p ," he told the President.
The P ennsylvania congressm an
also gave T ru m a n some inside
slants on RFC purchases o f aban
doned p ro p e rty w hich would w a r
ra n t congressional scru tin y. He re
ported th a t no e ffo rt is being m ade
to sell a rm y and navy equipm ent
piled h e lte r-ske lter in and around
a Pennsylvania glue fa c to ry p u r
chased by the R FC in M ay. 1945,
fo r use as a surplus p ro p e rty depot.
R ED A R M Y W ITHDRAW S
The in scrutable Russians have a
w ay of re fu sin g to do som ething
when asked, and then going ahead
and doing i t when not asked. F o r
instance, S ecretary o f State James
B yrnes has been h a m m e rin g a t the
Russians to reduce th e ir troops in
the Balkans, A u stria and H ungary.
A m ong other things he has warned
th a t the U nited States won’ t send
food in to these countries w hile tre
mendous Russian arm ies are liv in g
o ff the land, in e ffect ta kin g away
the food we send in.
F oreign C om m issar Vyacheslav
M olotov, however, has turned a
deaf e a r to B yrn e s’ plea. He has
been ju s t as stubborn on th is as
about m ost things.
B u t here is the payoff. U. 8.
representatives In Vienna have
w ired the state d e p a rtm e n t th a t
the Red a rm y has started a
la rg e scale w ith d ra w a l fro m
A u stria . There is no explanation,
and state d e p a rtm e n t o fficia ls
are m ystified as to the reason.
U N D E R T H E DOM E
D e m o cra tic N a tio n al C om m ittee
C h a irm a n Bob Hannegan trie d to
subm it his resignation to P resident
T ru m a n la st week-end, but was
turned down cold. Hannegan’ s w ife
and doctor are both u rg in g h im to
resign. H owever, the P resident told
Hannegan he could not be spared,
at least u n til a fte r the N ovem ber
elections. . . , P re sid e nt T ru m a n
has asked S ecretary o f the In te rio r
Cap K ru g to set up an in te rd e p a rt
m ental co m m itte e to handle o il
problem s.
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you don t c u t o u t any meal«.
Marches, potatoes. meats nr I,utter
you Simply cut them down. It's
easier when you enjoy dciirio'w
(vitamin fortified) AYDS candy
betoie meals Absolutely harmless
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Tear Out this Ad as a Reminder
TO -NIG HT
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L A X A T IV I
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That Namin'?
Backache
M a y W a rn o f D iso rd ered
K id n e y A c tio n
Modern life with Its hurry and worry,
drlJui„"J h* blt.«> ^ P ro p e r eating and
drinking— ita risk ot eipoaure and Infec-
„z
!'y "train
on to th®
work
of the kidneys. “ ^
They
are apt
become
over-taxed and fall to filter exceaa acid
b"oodther l “ pu ritiM ,rom th* lifo-glving
You may suffer nngglng backacha.
Headache, dizziness, getting up nights,
leg palna, swelling— feel constantly
tired, nervous, all worn out. Other aigna
of kidney or bladder disorder are aoma-
tlmea burning, scanty or too frequent
urination.
v . 7 ry R o a n 'i F a il. Doan’i help tbs
kldneya to pe»z off harmful exceaa body
waste. They hava had mors than half a
century of public approval. Ara recom
mended by gratoful users everywhere.
A«* your migh^orl
D oans P ills