Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-10
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w of Uncle Sans tremendous defense effort. Every
day newspaper headlines radio programs and newsreels
keep the public less informed about the production
Of planes munitions tanks and other etha weapons
this country and the world from the
comfortable chains Of dictatorship
Businessmen farmers white collar workers housewives
people every walk of life want to know each
months grst bombers, fighter planes destroyers and
merchant ships They important figures with
reports which, presumably give the
loss of ship tonnage fighting planes and other implements
Of
there figures extremely important to the
conduct Americas program Of defense,
which make the front page Few people, for ex-
ample find anything exciting in the daily string OF atn-
mec that out of the stockyards and the meat pack
ing industry There is little If color in such dry and
seemingly unimportant statistics
The average citizen just isn't interested in the number
of cattle hogs sheep slaughtered the nations alb
attoirs day by day freight loading figures
Which ton ~ tho movements of such edibes from the graz
ing ranges TO the butcher shop
There are citizens in this country however who
very much with such commonplace information
They whose job it is to that Americaand
extent Englandget enough fresh meat in its diet
These experts not anti-vegetarians They do not
object anybody young old eating his spinach They
interested in the profits Of the packing houses
They are very with the ability of soldiers
sailors and fiersand Of the behind the men
behind the gunso keep strong and healthy during the
present emergency
More than few of these authorities may remember
line which Max Ernest lutte wrote in his book you
Must Eat Meat" which he said, History shows that
intoxicating nations have ever been in the vanguard OF
civilization They given the impetus to advance and
vigorous progress in every phase of human life
That great deal of food for thought in this
statement apparent from certain pieces of Inside
information reached this country from Europe
II has been revealed time again. that the civilian
population Germanyand in England oo-are not eat
ing they used to before the Second World War
broke military observers tell us that the soldiers
sides OF the conflict are getting generous supplies
o fresh meat
This is just another way of saying that what the late
Rudvard Kpling called "a fighting man" has to
have of meat in his rations he Is to be
efficient the grim sport OF Mars
II is now known that the British High Command has
been only little less the loss Of that
went down in torpedoed cargo ships than has been for
weapons Of dropped into the watey depths OF
Davy Jones locker
Committee on Food Nutrition Of the National Research
Council talked Of the members Of the American
Medical about the dangers of manutriton dur
ing extremely important days of the worlds history
1t is not death mostly fear from manutrition nor
severe infrmty said DR. Wilder The milder degrees of
nutonal deficiency although neither fatal or tncapac
tang constitute the nub Of the problem of manutrition
They wreck courage undermine the will to do. 80 that
men cant work as they the undernourished
unable 20 hold jobs when they find them They become
uncmpoyable"
Or Wilder went to say that the only way for "a
people exposed time Of stress to have
energy and TO get enough of the proper things
TO eatand listing Of the proper foods this expert
made prominent mention Of fresh meat.
Some years ago series Of extremely interesting and
revealing made group Of athletes at Glas
Cow University in Scotland the boys fed
straight vegetable diet and put through strenuous phys
cal activities
They got along all right time but the tests seemed
TO prove that III possible for doing unusually
vigorous work 20 live a diet Of vegetables alone When
meat added the the athletes could faster
lump higher and further and perform sundry athletic
uaneuvers better.
The scientists who conducted the experiments went
deeply into the subject TO the conclusion that
what kept the athletes up was sufficient supply Of what
they CALI amino Meat isn't the that
has these IL is rich in them
In little booklet called Meat for Americas Millions"
the Santa Re Railroad has dtamatzed the role that
plays IN the American Scene We live" says this
timely volume and most OF eat In simplest
form universal presence Of meat old and stead
fast and as impcrshablc civilization itself"