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. FRANK JENKINS
IrVhn momont this la written
there much "h00lln
llcnt 10 fnr todny
I nklnawa which could be
llllcuiit. It looked yesterday
If iho Jni hero uro about at
V . f ,.f ihelr rone. (In the
V n( orKim'zuci resistance, that
.9'.,.".. irt nllvn wll at III
"m be dua out of their
u . . .
BKYO ""ll0 wmt lo ,lave
Klvcn Okinawa up for lout,
rii muiiibllnil today about tho
I ".ininnri having been "con-
led Into an Impregnable fort-
Endcrground warfaro so d it
tnt from anything used In
fcpo Hint It will mark a new
f vr ...llltnru U fnrv M
act) m ;;' ; -
JlSTOItY tolls u In no un
lcertnin language that If tho
L taw reached tho "im-
Lnnhlo fortress" stage
in
BIHlw.i. ---- -- - -- .
Ir thinking tncy are ui kuuu
S'."1, .1.. nl .flrlnn
annealed to the minds of
u,h nro findlna themselves
TIM IN THE OPEN. AL-
YS Ihc security that seems
' kw tl.n ,,fnllli"
ie prwmsi-u ,
...i in ho n delusion.
ho British fortress Island of
to ll Is true, stood out
.ii nil f.rrnris to uikc ii ui
Mediterranean pnnso m mm
but It "Kin v noiu uui o
inmrss It was the in-
iii.hlf nrlllsh navy, fighting
tTIIE OPEN to keep tho sup-
i lines luncwuiiinK. ui ouw
llROPE Is literally speckled
twllh monuments to 'the
.t. fortress" hallucination.
IJ.L.rf mAfllA.if.l Ana
lly iwiuhh-i iiii
on HS inuccenaiuio uuk "
When Its garrison couia no
icr sally out to smite Its
lies In tho open, tne castic
b Homans. in their young
find virile days when no tribe
nation could stand against
set no store by fortress
Hi. The Roman legion, tne
t efficient military unit the
rid hod yet seen, was trained
fight In tho open. It was
rtcred In CAMPS, not in
led Kiir.ison cities. Not until
lesions began to RELY ON
LLS did tho decline of Rome
f ...
clear is the lesson of history
Ion this point that wo have
0 to recognize tho apepar
it of the fortress delusion as
FIRST CRACK IN MORALE
1 una s Imncnd Inn defeat.
was when Hitler got tho
(TRESS OF EUROPE notion
he began to slip. He slipped
ii then on.
the Japs are indeed reduced
it extremity when they must
vie themselves with talk of
fccrtlng their homeland Into
J'lmprcgnablo fortress," they
tin a Dr.ci way.
1 ..
IIS Is clearly RUSSIAN JIT-
ffERS doy in the news.
pn Francisco is worrying
what the Russians may or
noi ao in the way of tne
issue that has arisen to
:UG mir nffnrta in hnlM
fid Seeurltv nrannlvntlnn
pore is talk In London that
amed control -commission,
ling Its first meeting In Ber
broke un ABRUPTLY.
Jlgomcry Is said to have
in dock lo England "for im
Janl consultations ns to the
v oi uormany."
hukov, in Berlin, seems to
sprung uio now familiar
'hat he has to get instruc
irom Moscow.)
...
PRE are hints of a screw
pose In Austria. Richard K.
. speaking for the British
n nffir-n .mra "nlUnl
Jjry missions arrived In
pntlnued on Pago" Two)
Herald aitti Itte
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Bieesiillll NEW WARFARE
PLAN BOASTED
June 6. 1945
Max. (June 5) 54 Min. 41
Precipitation last 24 hours .25
Stream year to data 13.06
Normal 11.21 Last year 8.45
Forecast: Showers tonight and Thursday.
KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JUNE S. 1945
Number 10484
Service Wives In Bond Contest
Vlf a. I'll I'
Merrill is staging a unique 7th War Loan feature In a bond
contest in which three service wives are participating. Bond
buyers will receive votes they will cast for one of the above
participants Mrs. Marjorie Hodges, left; Mrs. Melissa Blake,
center, and Mrs. Mildred Poe,
Service Men's Wives From
Merrill In Queen Contest
MERRILL Three women,
an wives oi service men,
are being sponsored by local or
ganizauons as candidates In a
queen contest that will highlight
inc merriu community bond ral
ly scheduled for Saturday eve
ning, June 23 in the community
hall.
Each candidate entered will
receive a 25 bond and the win
nlng candidate will be Drcscnt
cd with on additional bond of
tho same denomination.
Two of the candidates, Mar
jorie Hartlcrodc Hodges and Me
lissa Hartlcrode Blake, are sis
ters and both are natives of
Klamath county. The third can
didate, Mrs. Mildred Poe, 32, has
been a resident of Oregon for
nine years and of Merrill for the
last three years. Sho is the
mother of two children, a daugh
ter Carold, 8 and a son, William
Dayton. 2 months old.
Her husband Pfc William L.
Poe, 35, former manager of the
Merrill Safeway store has been
s
WASHINGTON, June 6 (IP)
An army transport plane carry
ing 18 Wacs and a crew of three
has been missing for a week on
a 788-mllo flight In Africa, the
war department announce today.
Tho plane left Accra, British
West Africa on a flight to Rob
erts field In Liberia on May 30
and was Inst reported over Tako-
radl, British West Africa, about
150 miles west of Accra.
Tim Wncs. members of a group
assigned to the army transport
command base at Accra since
(Continued on page two)
In the service for one year and
Is now serving with tho army
signal corps at Fort Richardson,
Alaska. He has been in Alaska
for seven months.
Rebekah Member
He Is a member of the Merrill
IOOF lodge and of the Ewamia
Encampment, Klamath Falls.
Mrs. Poe is a Rebekah and is
sponsored by that lodge.
Marioric Hodges. 24. in n no.
tlve of Merrill and daughter of
mr. ana Mrs. Max Hartlerode.
She was a member of tho royal
court during the annual Merrill
Potato festival in 1937. She is
employed by Castlcman's Drug
store and is being sponsored by
the Merrill Service club and the
Merriu nremcn.
Her husband, Pvt. Paschall
Hodges, holder of the Purple
neun ana a unit citation Is 26,
Overseas for 10 months, he nar.
ticipated in three major battles
including the Invasion of Rome
with a US army infantry unit
and while in Italy suffered a foot
wound now being corrected In
McCaw general hospital, Walla
Walla. He submitted to another
operation last week. He Is the
son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Hodges, Merrill and has two
brothers in the service, James
in the Philippines and Pierce at
Camp Farragut.
He was co-owner of Hodges
store here with his brother
Pierce prior to going into the
service.
Also Mother
Melissa Blake 20. has a small
daughter Kay who is five. Kay's
aaaay, rvi. Albert maice wun
the US infantry in the Philip
pines since last April 1, is the
son of Mr, ana Mrs. I . A. Blake,
Klamath Falls. He trained at
Camp Roberts and before going
into the service was employed
by the Shell Uil company at Mer
rill.
Mrs. Blake, a beauty operator,
is being sDonsored by the Merrill
Women of the Moose, chapter
wo. in.
SWEDES A D
ED
ALLIES IN ID
REPORTS DAN
E
Arms, Munitions Sent
Through German
Blockade
issionaries Beheaded By Japanese Army
Officer In Valley Of Hope, Philippines
RICH ARn nrnrtuAT t
tJILO, Panay, June 5 (De-
, wnmrs, (jhnrma Covell,
l?"d8 tied behind her-, plead
Ei ui i JaPancse captain,
."' innaoc, as no prcpar.
V will kill us all?" she
,e are christian mlsslonar-
J,mPrturablo officer, sur-
pothlng. ' r.
ven times that doy at that
"Btannhn's - n,i,ni. An
E Americans were behead-
Ai , lve others. Three
nnerienn bys were killed
Panose bayonets. ,
Evidenra, Dii.b.J
, viia crime,
I f!!7?,ry ?f the 'tragedy.
te"rreAtBt Hopevalei:
K ey of Hone" Dec. 20.
En Is been released. It
H.J8ethor from ac-
nn i? lng tllat of Paterho
"n!,2 ;,wh,? witnessed the j
Mrs. Covell make her fruitless
plea. Then he turned his head
as Watanabe's sword feel. Enano
could not bear to look upon tho
death of Mrs. coven, wno was
his teacher at the college.
Captain Responsible
Enano said Captain Watanabe
was solely responsible for the
slaughter.
A Japanese force of 500 left
tho township of Libacao in Capiz
province Uec. in, ima. un mc
way to Iloilo, Lt. Robert King
of the U. S. army and two un
identified engineers, later to be
numbered among those behead
ed, were seized.
A Filipino, threatened with
death, disclosed the location of
an American mission hideout in
the "Valley of Hope.
During Sunday services, 250
Japanese soldiers surrounaca
tho camp. Watanabe and a pick
ed group of his men seized the
10 Americans.
seiiea
Tku mora? Dr. Francis H.
Rose, field representative of the
nnntlnt Fnrelen Mls-
slonary society and professor of
zoology at Central Philippine
college; his wife, a professor of
mathematics and foreign lan-
PhlHormer student of the llsh professor; his wife, and Miss
""'ippino college, heard I Dorothy Dowoll, principal of the
Baptist missionary training
school at the college.
Slgne Erickson, professor of
religious education at the mis
sionary training school; Dr. Fred
erick Meyers, director of Im
manucl hospital at Capiz; Mrs.
Meyers; vJane Addams, head
nurse; the Rev. Erie Rounds, di
rector of rural education for the
convention of Baptist churches
on Panay; his wifa and eight
year old son, Douglas; Marie w.
Clardy, U. S. army engineer of
Arizona: his wife and their two
sons, Johnny and Terry,
Later Killed
The following afternoon, the
16 were led forth to die. Mrs.
Covell was first.
The heads of the three chil
dren still were attached to the
bodies when Enano probed the
ruins after the Japanese depart
ed. Engracio C. Alora, general sec
retary of the oonvention of Phil
ippine Baptist churches, buried
the bones in a common grave
l. the foot of the pulpit In the
mission but fortunately did not
mark the grave. Later the Jap
anese came back to the mission,
chopped the communion table in
to fire wood and cooked a meal
over the grave, unaware of it.
Alora and a Mr. and Mrs. Ur-
bano Nequiii, who lived near the
scene, verified Enano's story,
By JOHN A. PARRIS JR.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 6 P)
A Danish delegate to the United
Nations conference said today
Sweden violated her own pro-
ciaimea neutrality by manu
facturing arms and ammunition
with the approval of the allies
and shipping them through the
German blockade to Denmark's
underground army,
A story of Swedish shins
meeting Danish fishing boats in
tne aarx nours oeiore dawn oil
the Swedish coast with cases of
automatic pistols and ammuni
tion was told by 43-year-old
Erlck Husfeldt, one of Den
mark's most prominent under
ground leaders.
Aided Alliei
More than 3000 automatic pis
tols and ammunition and thou
sands of hand grenades, were
shipped by the Swedes to help
the allies in arming Denmark's
underground army of 43,000
patriots, said Husfeldt, profes
sor of surgery at the University
of Copenhagen. .
It was all done under an
agreement between Britain,
America and Sweden, he ex
plained. ' ,
Permit Given
Husfeldt : explained that
Sweden, being a . neutral coun
try, nad to nave permission from
the allies to manufacture arms
and ammunition for export. An
agreement was worked out be
tween the allies and Sweden for
her to manufacture arms with
the explicit understanding that
they go to Denmark.
The Swedes explained to the
Germans and anbody else who
asked where the arms were be
ing shipped that they were go
(Contlnued on Page Two)
A $26,000 item for improve
ments at Fremont Junior high
school building, up for a vote
at the June IB city elementary
school district election, received
the endorsement of chamber of
commerce directors Wednesday
after a long discussion.
City Superintendent Arnold
Gralapp and E. S. Robinson,
chairman of the school board,
answered many questions in ex
plaining the purpose of the item
in the new budget.
They said that it will provide
for two much-needed classrooms,
an addition to manual training,
and showers and dressing rooms
for boys' and girls' physical edu
cation activities. It was pointed
out that there is acute pressure
for additional space at Fremont,
since it has become the plant for
junior high school work here
and sun is functioning as an
elementary school for a central
section of the city.
Board members asked the
school officials why the $26,000
was not taken out of a special
$20,000 a year 5-year levy voted
last year. They replied that the
$100,000 to be raised by that
levy will be needed for various
improvements, renovations, and
additions at. the seven schools.
Two Important , improvements
to be 'made include heating in
stallations at some of the schools,
and a general lighting program
t replace an Inadequate system
throughout the plants.
The $26,000 item will appear
separately on the June 18 ballot.
After hearing the explanation,
tne board endorsed lt . unani
mously.
Hugh Fuller
Hurt In Action
A short note from Lt. Hugh
Fuller, written May 6 was re
ceived by his parents. Mr. and
Mrs. Walter Fuller . 2252 Vine
Tuesday, informing them he is
in a hospital in Belgium.
Lt. Fuller has been wounded
again, this time suffering a
broken shoulder and broken ribs,
the note said. This is the third
time he has been wounded. He
has been with Patton's army
cn the front line since Septem
ber 1,1945. - .
No word had been received
from Fuller since before V-E day
until the note was received yes-
teroav.
Allied Control
Council Meet
Ends Abruptly
By TOM OCHILTREE
Associated Press Staff Writer
Anxiety was created in London today by a report that the
first meeting of the delegates to the allied control council in
Berlin had "ended abruptly."
The delegates, representing the United States, Britain, Soviet
Russia and France, signed a declaration announcing the assump
tion of supreme authority in Germany. 'They failed, however,
to settle the details concerning the organisation of the council
itself in how it will govern Germany, but agreed that further
meetings should be held toon. ,
Fresh concern also arose in London over the situation In
Austria. Richard K. Law, speaking for . the British foreign
office, told commons that although allied military missions
arrived in Vienna last Sunday for preliminary discussions, "it
might be some time before a control commission for Austria
is set up."'
Chancellor of the Exchequer Sir John Anderson said there
was "no chance" that the next Big Three parley would be held
in London, leaving the impression that a site for a meeting of
President Truman, Prime Min
ister Churchill and Premier
Marshal Stalin already had been
selected.
Meanwhile, the Moscow radio
broadcast a Tass agency report
disclosing that the Russian zone
of occupation in Germany would
include a large area now in
American or British hands.
The broadcast described maps
published in. Moscow news
papers. The boundaries as out
lined by these maps would
leave Hamburg to the western
allies, but would follow the
Elbe river from a point just
about west of Berlin and then
would swing west across the
river and south.
"Important" Talks
The London Star . said Field
Marshal Montgomery was fly
(Coniinued on Page Two)
AS ADOLF HITLER'S
By JOSEPH W. GRIGG. Jr.
Representing the Combined
American Press
BERLIN. June 6 iP)A high
Russian military source said to
day a body found in Benin nad
been ldentniea witn iair certain'
ty as that of Adolf Hitler.
The body, smoke-blackened
and charred, was one of four dis
covered in the ruins of the great
underground fortress beneath
the new reichschancellory after
the fall of Berlin. These four
bodies, any one of which answer
ed Drettv well- -to-Hitler's des
cription, were removed and care
fully examined by Kussian army
physicians.'
Badly Burned
All were badly burned from
the flame-throwers with which
the red army soldiers finally
cleared out the underground
command post where Hitler-and
his leading nazis made their last
ditch stand.
After careful examination of
teeth and other characteristics
the Russians singled out one
body which they believe almost
certainly is tnat oi tne nazi
fuehrer.
Little Doubt
Asked why no official an
nouncement of the discovery has
been made yet by Moscow, this
Russian source said that as long
as any element of uncertainty
exists the Russians do not wish
to state definitely that Hitler's
ody has been found, tne source
added, however, that there seem
ed little doubt that this actually
is the corpse of Hitler.
Examination of the body show
ed that the man almost certain
ly died of poisoning.
Whether this was self-admin
istered there is no sure means
of knowing. .
Jap Balloon Seen
In Michigan
DETROIT, June 6 (VP) The
armv disclosed today that a Jap
anese balloon has fallen in Mich
igan within the past lew montns.
The information, released by
the sixth service command, was
restricted to that statement only.
Neither the date nor the place
where the balloon referred to
or any other balloons, might
have fallen, were disclosed.
Capt. Donald S. Leonard, state
civilian defense director, said no
bombs were attached to the bal
loon which came into Michigan.
. . He said he was prevented by
censorship from disclosing the
exact location where the balloon
fell or when it was found. He
said the information was releas
ed only because it had been an
nounced in New York earlier to
day and censor had approved
publication of the Information.
Brazil Declares
War On Japan
RIO DE JANEIRO, June 6 UP)
Brazil declared war on Japan to
day. '
Brazil broke diplomatic rela
tions with Germany. Italy, and
Japan on Jan. 28, 1942, and de
clared war on Germany and
Italy Aug. 22 of the same year.
A Brazilian expeditionary
force fought in Italy in the latter
phases of the Italian campaign.
REGRETS
The Herald and News regrets
yesterday's misspelling of -the
name of SSgt. Lewis Pohll, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Pohll of
Chiloquin, who was released
from a German prison camp last
week. He was renorted a pris
oner of war on June 24, 4944.
SEATTLE, June 6 VP) A
strike involving 65,000 members
of the Lumber and Sawmill
Workers union (AFL) was threat
ened in Washington, Oregon,
Idaho, Montana and northern
California yesterday as requests
were made of employers for
wage increases, John E. Chris-,
tenson, union president, said.
A lawful strike vote will be
taken on 30-day notice, Chris
tenson, said, and "unless the an
swer is favorable there will be
a strike. The union seeks a 20-cents-an-hour
increase "straight
across the board.
Meanwhile, representatives of
the International Woodworkers
of America (CIO) planned to
meet in Portland Thursday to
consider similar action. .Ap
proximately 55,000 lumber work
ers in the five states would be
affected in the CIO union, which
has asked a 25-cent an hour
raise for all its workers.
Another source of dissatisfac
tion for AFL workers, Christen
son said, was that many mills
now operate only 40 hours a
week, making it impossible for
the workers to get overtime.
"When WLB considers our
wages," he said, "they always
think of us as working a 48-hour
week. Actually most of our men
are getting only 40 hours a week
and that means a 20 per cent
pay cut to them. Meantime
pi.ces are going up all the time."
URGENT TALKS
UNDERWAY TD
AVOID SPLIT
Veto-Vote Issue May
Be Decided By
Weekend
By JOHN M. HIGHTOWER
Associated Press Diplomatic
News Editor
SAN FRANCISCO. June 6 (JPi
Urgent talks seeking to avoid a
permanent big-five split over the
veto-vote issue are reported un
derway today in both Moscow
ana ban . Francisco. Premier
Stalin is said to be reviewing
soviet insistence on the right to
veto even discussion in a world
security council.
President Truman's cersonal
emissary, Harry Hopkins, is
handling the negotiations in the
Russian capital. Secretary of
State Stettinius, as chief United
States delegate to the united na
tions conference, is holding con
ferences on the subject here -with
Soviet Ambassador Andrei Gro-myko.
Hope lor Answer
American officials hope for an
answer, which must come initial
ly from Stalin, by this weekend.
at the very latest. They consider
the issue of such importance
that they are declining to fix any
deadline. Their expressed view
is that if the present split align
ing Russia against the United
States, France, China and Brit
ain continues, small nations will
demand that opposing views be
put to tne. test ot a conterence
vote. . 1 .
In- that event -the 'odds are
about 100 to 1 that the Russian
view would be batted down hard
and the position of the other four
powers upneia. virtually ail the
small nations except those direct
ly in Russia's sphere of influ
ence favor limiting the veto pow
er. .
Move Depends
The next move of the United
States delegation, according to
present indications, will not : be
decided upon by President Tru
man until Stalin has sent Gro-
myko new instructions. These
might either reaffirm Russia's
previous view, first expressed
last Friday to the other powers
here, or modify it.
The soviet position is that in
the 11-member security council,
in which the big five would have
permanent seats, all the big five
would have to agree before the
council could take up a dispute
and begin to discuss it except
that if one of the big five was a
party to the dispute it could not
vote.
BY JAPANESE
Chinese Capture Yank
Air Base At
Liuchow
By LEONARD MILLIMAN
Associated Press War Editor
A new kind of underground
warfare was promised today by
invasion-jittery Japan as an un
explained American news black
out hinted at the possible end
of the campaign on Okinawa,
potential staging base for the as
sault on Nippon.
Four American divisions drove
toward the, climactic battles of
the Philippines, and semi-official
reports from China said
Chinese troops this mornlne can.
tured Liuchow, one-time impor-
Kim u. a. air Dase. -
Fierce Battle -
Only reports on Okinawa
fighting, 325 miles south of
Japan, came today from Janan.
The government-controlled Do-
mei news agency said "fierce
fighting" was underway, with
Japanese entrenched in new po
sitions facing overwhelmingly
superior Yanks.
However. Adm. Chester W.
Nimitz' silence recalled previous
official American news black
outs preceding major develop
ments such as the end of organ
ized resistance. Recent sweep
ing U. S. advances tended to
. continued on Page Two)
ER
By WILLIAM F. ARBOGAST
WASHINGTON. June 6 (P)
The spokesman for a large seg
ment of American education cau
tioned today against 'Regimenta
tion of tne mind he said would
result from a.peactime draft
laWi'V-" -"'"-i-
First of a group of opposition
witnesses expected to be heard
during the next three days. A.
J. Brunbaugh, vice president of
the American council on educa
tion, told the house postwar
military policy committee:
rne opposition of represen
tatives of higher education to
immediate action on conscrip
tion is due primarily to the fear
of what universal military train
ing will do in regimenting tne
minds of our youths."
it is impossible to give only
military training the body can
not be regimented without com
parable regimentation- of the
mind."
For- congress to act now on a
peacetime draft program, Brun
baugh said, is to declare "in ad
vance that we have no faith in
collective security and interna
tional action" and to assert "that
we believe that World War III
is inevitable and that it will
come soon." ; .
Food Contracts Eyed To
Guarantee Farmer Profits
By OVID A. MARTIN
Associated Press Farm Writer
WASHINGTON, June 6 (ff)
Clinton P. Anderson, food boss
designate, may call upon the
army and foreign food claim
ants to join in guaranteeing farm
profits.
A departure from the' present
program, the objective would be
to remove future price fears as
a barrier to all-out food produc
tion. The New Mexico congressman
1st Anniversary Of D-Day
Marked By Holiday For Men
By AUSTIN BEALMEAR
PARIS, June 6 (VP) The first
anniversary of the allied land
ings on the Normany beaches
found the victorious allies en
joying a holiday today in sim
ple observance of the memor
able date.
Just a year ago in the early
morning darkness some 5000
ships poured thousands of fully
equipped men on the beaches of
France. Overhead thousands of
allied planes droned some car
rying airborne troops.
Today on these same beaches
veterans of the invasion the
greatest military achievement
in history honored the mem
ory of those who died as they
battled for a hold in Hitlers
European fortress.
no ceremony
In accord with Gen. Eisen
hower's wishes in designating
June 6 as a holiday for allied
soldiers, formal ceremonies gen
erally were avoided.
Many American troops who
participated in the 11-month
battle of Europe were, prepar
ing to leave for home and dis
charge or the Paciifc and the
war with Janan. Others were
already home or in transit.
But for those still on the con
tinent and in the United King
dom this was a day of quiet
celebration which the supreme
commander said should
"strengthen us spiritually and
physically for the coming
months."
Joint Observance
At famous Omaha beach,
where the 1st and 29th Ameri
can infantry divisions stormed
ashore a year ago this morning,
a simple ceremony was held
jointly by the 5th and 6th en
gineer special brigades, two of
the first units to land.
1 Only a comparatively few of
the members of the brigades of
a year ago were on hand
though. Many have scattered to
other outfits. Many got no far
ther than Omaha beach. The
dead are buried at the Brigade
cemetery at Stwmlaurent, where
a wreath was placed in their
memory.
The American flag was raised
at noon over what is believed
to be the first pillbox captured
by the allies. The pillbox, which
later served as an American
command post, was dedicated as
a monument to those who fell
on D-Day.
who becomes secretary of agri
culture and war food adminis
trator July 1 strongly indicated
at a house food investigating
committee hearing yesterday
that he has such a plan in. mind.
Funds Short
At present WFA is the only
agency with funds directly avail
able to carry out farm price
guarantees, and its funds now
are not sufficient to prevent a
severe break in farm prices
should demands drop abruptly.
Anderson's hint came during
the committee's - inquiry into
ways of encouraging greater
production of eggs and poultry.
Chairman of the group, he ob
served that it would help to
have the army offer a contract
for its 1946 requirements at the
same time it submitted estimates
of needs. . ,
Under such an arrangement
the army would be under writ
ten obligation to buy the food
at promised minimum prices
even though military needs turn
ed out to be smaller than esti
mated. ' -FEA
Affected
The same rule . would apply
to the foreign economic ad
ministration or any other agency
handling estimates of lend-lease
and foreign relief requirements.
Anderson, in his brief com
mittee discourse, likened war
time food production to that ot
munitions. In the case of the
latter, he said, no cost ' was
spared in getting all the pro
duction : military authorities
thought necessary, even if it
meant the construction of huge
plants that might be virtually
valueless after the war.
This same attitude should be
taken, Anderson indicated, in
getting food produced for war
and foreign relief needs.
, Heretofore, WFA official
have hesitated to build up re.
serves beyond requirements fot
which specific cash-on-the-lini
commitments have been made