Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-15
WORLD WHEAT CUT
IS HELD POSSIBLE
MCKeIvie Tells Farm Board
Good Results May Come
From London Farley.
By the Associated Press.

| By the Associated Press.
A Shrinkage Of an overstuffed world
wheat basket was seen today by Samuel
r. McKelvte as a possible result Of the
recent London international wheat con-
ference.
The grain member Of the Farm Board,
one Of the United States delegates, told
his colleagues in report that ALI in all
the conference may be regarded as hav-
ing been worth while"
McKelvie retires today after q two
year service. He plans 70 return TO his
Nebraska farm.
Acreage to Be Cut.
In discussing the problem Of over
production Of wheat, he said: Each
country will have to approach the ques-
ton in its own way. This is facilitated
and expedited by conversations that
lay bare the underlying facts. Acreage
reduction is coming about In Australia
Argentina and Canada through sheer
necessity. 1t will be hastened by a real
izatton that there Is no legerdemain by
which such abnormal quantities of
wheat can be disposed Of at profit to
the grower. 1t is apparent that Russia
Is not so happy with her situation, and
some Of the Balkan states are looking
to other crops than wheat. These are
encouraging signs"
McKelvie asserted that exporting ma
tionS at the London meeting favoring a
quota plan for controlling SURPRISES
would have been we'll content with
recognition of that principle.
Having gotten that" he said, "the
next steps would have come along in
logical form"
He added that few, If any, of the
representatives had authority to pledge
their governments to such an agree
Russia Favors Pool.
The United States delegates, he said,
asked for definite information on how
the proposed export pool would operate,
the quotas, and who would control 1t.
No effort was made to give the
answer" McKelvie said. In fact one
prominent delegate said that II this In
formation were insisted upon we had
as well adjourn" Russia, he said,
favored such pool. He told the dele
gates OF efforts here to reduce produce
tioris and how American growers had
been out Of the export market for
months.
I'VE had no intention of abandoning
tAle WOIlu market, DuL we hoped TO get
back to a pre-war export basis he said
he informed the conference. "All of
this had been done in the interest of
our own growers and we asked no
sympathy or commentator for it. We
did hope other countries would do like
wise. Meanwhile, they were iii a poor
position TO ask our approval OF q policy
that was unsound in principle and
wholly unavoidable, except as it might
come about through the organization
and cooperation of growers themselves.
Governments could not hope to do it."
Has Good Possibilities" .
McKelvie said the proposal to develop
clearing house Of world wheat infor-
nation has very good Possibilities"
"Russia's approval of this proposal, !"
he added, should mean that important
information needed from that country
will not become available, and II it is,
one Of the most highly speculative ele-
ments in the market viii have been re-
moved"
In regard to the Russian criticism Of
the United States at the close, Nickel
vie said: I'VE made no reply. being
content to feel that the failure Of Rus
STA to get the commitments she wanted
did not signify the failure of the con-
ference Rather the reverse was true.
We had no favors to ask and could be
unprejudiced in our views"