The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-06-29

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Greatest difficulty In securi
but their inability to pass
In peacetlme, the armed services
get most OF their recruits from
lower-bracket families. Because OF
economic conditions II Is now the
lower-bracket families, with the
most children, which lack suf-
ficient nourishment, fresh cir and
exercise.
This has been o particularly
serious drawback 10 recruiting In
the larger cities. During one re-
cent drive To bring the Marine
Corps up to full strength, recruits
Ing officers left the cities and
combed the smaller towns In farm
Ing communities. There they
found o much huskier type OF re-
cruit, but many were rejected be-
cause Of poor teeth.
In the cities, the biggest draw
backs are bad eyesight and UNDER
weight.
WAR DooMS CROP CONTROL
Henry Wallace's program OF crop
curtailment and soil conservation
Is about to face Its toughest year.
Reason Is the certain food short
age In Europe and the demand
that American farmers use their
surpluses TO feed war-torn Eu-
rope.
There are two causes for the
food shortage.
ONE Is the fact that many coun-
tries have been too busy fighting
TO plant sufficient crops, and their
fields have been fought over.
SECOND Is lack OF sufficient
merchant shipping. -Four coun-
tries-Norway, Holland, Denmark,
and Belgium -- have o total OF
100000 gross tons Of merchant
vessels which are immobilized, 80
far as supplying the home ports Is
concerned. Either they are bottled
up at homo, or they are In foreign
ports, unable TO reach home.
Other than the British, these
are the greatest merchant fleets
In the world. Europe normally
depends upon their movements
In order 70 eat.
Vessels which O year ago were
carrying U. s.. fodder to Denmark
to feed Danish cattle, today are
diverted to other trade or riding
at anchor. Meantime the cattle
are eating UP the existing sup
piles OF fodder. When these are
gone, the cattle will have TO be
killed.
And the killing will be done by
the Germans, who will consume the
cattle.
U. 8. PAYS FOOD BILL
This Is Just one simplified illus
tration. No such construction was
known the early days OF the World
War, because the United States,
still neutral, insisted on maintains
Ing its shipping TO the neutral
countries Of Europe. But now Its
shipping Is barred by the nett
trality act from belligerent ports
ana Comput HoHeB.
All OF this is sure 10 bring heavy
demands on the u. q. farmer, also
on Congress 10 appropriate relief
money TO help Europe's starving
populations. And this, In turn, Is
sure TO upset crop control. For II
was high food prices during the
World War which increased acre.
age and also sent many farmers
heavily into debt TO buy new land.
NOTE - After the Spanish
civil war, Franco exported Spanish
wheat In part to pay for German
arms. simultaneously American
relief agencies tried TO feed SPANS
women and children. Probably o
lot Of food will lbe shipped from
France to Germany ag reparations
In the same way.
LINDBERGH FOR PRESIDENT
Colonel Charles Lindbergh has
been secretly propositioned by GER.
tain isolationist elements 10 run
for President on o third party
"peace" ticket.
The platform Of the movement
would follow the general "appease.
menw line OF the flyers RADIO
speeches-build up national de-
lenses, no aid to the Allies, armed
supremacy In the Western Hemi-
sphere and rigid isolationism In
every other part OF the world.
30 far Lindbergh has given no
indication that he Is willing 10
head the slate. On the other
hand, he did not say he would not
do 80. He courseled waiting 10
see what the Democrats and Re-
publicans did ct their conventions
regarding both candidates and
platform declarations.
SILENT COLONEL
In his very mysterious confer
ference with congressional isola-
tionists, preceding his last broad.
cast, Lirldbergh gave no hints Of
harboring any political plans. In
fact, he carefully backed away
when II was suggested he wade
into Roosevelt personally.
Senator Bennett Clark, chubby
MiBsourian, arranged the meeting
chiefly 10 sell the nyeg this Idea.