The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-08
are keeping an eye on this sltu- atlon.
 STREAMLTNED FOODS

hre keePllB LII eye on tniS Situs ation.
 STREAMLINED FOODS
 BccauGc of the acute shipping shortage, food items for shipment to Britain are being selected for high vitamlr and calorie content, also for minimum bulk and weight.
 In general, preference will be given to concentrated and dried foods, rather than bulky canned goods such as fruits, Whicl contain Q considerable amount of water. Tomatoes are an cxcep- ton because the juice they are packed in is high in yitainins.
 One item urgently desired by
 the British Is dehydrated vege-
 table soup, twelve tons of which
 will make 100000 bowls.
 A plan Is under consideration
 to transport some of this con-
 centratcd food In the big bofnb-
 CTS being ferricd across the
 Atlantic, which can easily carry
 Q twclve.t0n load.
 The $400, 100000 that has been allocated for the food .aid program will be used to buy l6,O00,000 cares of canned tomatoes, 10000. 900 cases Of evaporatcd milk, 60000,00 pounds Of lard, 2S0O O0O,- 900 pounds Of cheese, several mil- ion pounds Of Wiltshire cured ham, millions of powdered eggs, and thousands of tons of dehydrated vegetable soup, dried raisins and prufleS.
 While gigantic in itself, the
 program Is only about three per
 cent of the U. $. food bill,
 which in I040 was $l2,OOO, ,OOO,-
 900. However, unless the buy
 ing is done adroitIy, serious
 disl0cation of domestic food
 supplies. with resultant runaway
 prices, could easily develop.
 The two men entrusted with avoiding these pitfalls are Milo Perkins, plain- talking Surplus Marketing Administrator (who will shortly be given another title, Administrator of Food Market ing"), and Leon Henderson, hard- boiled Defense price regulator. Working together and armed with wide powers, they will Dc tough team to buck.
 NOTE - Speculative activity is blamed for the few food prices that so far have gotten out of line, and a crack-down Is in the works.
 HUGHES LAUGHS
 Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes iS by ali odds the most dienified member of the Supreme Court. A paragon Of august re- serve hc can st for hours lis- tening to arguments without once changing expression. It is the younger Justices, Hugo Black and William Douglas; who lead in the Courts occasional smiles.
 But the dignified Chief Justice broke down the other day and treated himself to Q hearty belly laugh.
 Rep. John Toian of California, as "a friend of the court" was arguing Q case involving the con- sttutionality Of the California statue forbidding transportation of q pauper across state line. Just before Tolan appeared, the Court had been listening to e series of weighty arguments on due process" interstate commerce regulations, and other dry legal- isms.
 The genial, white-haired Cali- fornian, who heads committee I Investigating migrant labor con- quickly cleared the musty atmosphere.
 "N0w, I do not intend tO dis- cuss the issue of constitution ality in this case," began To- Ian. "Fact is, don't know anything about Che C0nstitu- tlon." Then, looking straight ct Hughes, he added with a grin, i've been in congress t0 long,"
 Such frankneBs was too much Tor Hughes. Leaning back in his ,hair, ho laughed until he shook. REFORM