Milford chronicle., 1942-03-13
Farmers Told
To Produce
More Food
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Senator Tunnel told the group
that the necessity of the growing
of farm crops is just as great as
the necessity of the manufacture
of bombs, tanks. airplanes, naval
ships and all other military equip
ment."
"The Delaware farmer is asked
to produce per cent more milk, to
produce 10 per cent more eggs, to
grow 2S per cent more hogs, to
maintain approximately its present
position with reference to corn and
wheat, to grow 81 per cent more
soy beans. 33 per cent more barley.
IL per cent more rye. l per cent
more hay. 3 per cent more Irish
potatoes, 80 per cent more sweet
potatoes. and 20 per cent more in
its farm gardens" Senator Tunnel
said.
why is the production of farm
crops necessary for defense or VIC
tory? The chances are that China
and Russia will have greater need
for military equipment than for
food products; however, Great Bri-
tain and the conquered countries of
Europe, those that are under the
domination of Adolp Hitler, are in
great need of food products today
Starvation is prevalent in the con-
quered portions of Europe. Lack of
the necessary food is lessening the
effect of the military and naval
forces of Great Britain. Before the
beginning of the present World |
War, Great Britain was able to OBJ
tain its food products to a great ex-
tent either from its colonies or from |
other European nations. Today |
there is no nation in Europe with
which Great Britain can freely
trade, either by purchase or ex-
change of products.
"The United States has agreed
to furnish Great Britain with one
fifth of its food necessities during
the present year. Without this food,
Great Britain can not continue to
exist; without Great Britain our
Eastern Front would not be at the
English Channel, but entirely along
the Atlantic Coast. Without these
food products the navy of Great
Britain would soon be in the hands
of the German government; and the
United States would be thoroughly
out-numbered in all branches of the
naval service by the Axis powers.
Food Needed For Soldiers
Again; and what is more impor-
tant, without millions of boys who
are being taken from the farms and
factories of America, the produc-
ton of both food and articles will
be lessened and food for defense or
victory is necessary in order to
feed our own nation. 1t is said that
it would require a potato patch 80
miles wide and 100 miles long to
furnish the white potatoes neces-
sary for our Army for one year.
We have large quantities of wheat
and corn in storage. European ma
tions are in such dire need of corn
and wheat as they are of dairy
products, meats, oils, fats and an |
increase in production of soy beans /
is necessary in order to defend the /
nations with whom we are allied.
after the present war shall sub
SIDE, we shall have a starving Eu-
rope ready to absorb all agricul-
tural products we can produce so
that the slogan, Food for De-
fense," or Food for Victory is
not an empty one, but one that is
descriptive of the necessities of
the democratic world"
Attacks Critics of L. y.
In asking for support of the pro-
gram, Senator Tunnel said Men
and women who express doubt as
to their government from political
motives are of more danger to the
future of this land. of this govern .
ment, than either MussOlini or Hit /
Ter. They say we must have free |
dom of the press. Yes! We must
have freedom of the press. But
there must be a suppression of
thinly yelled disloyalty wherever
it appears. We are told that the
great governments of the past; the
government of Assyria, Greece,
Rome, and all those of the Great
World powers fell because of 1
weakening from within. Each per- {
son, who in this hour of peril who
voices suspicion of the integrity of !
the officers of the United States. {
expresses doubt of the loyalty of its
leaders, is speaking the language !
of the Hitler and Mussolini or /
Mikado, and all those who seek to !
cause the name of the United States ,
of America to be memory only. q
Il am one of those who believe a
that America will survive. That
Democracy is an eternal principle f
which can never be eradicated from !
the earth. 1 believe that victory in I
this great contest is essential to q
the continuation of self-government '
anywhere in the world" |