Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-04
Here S Why u. S. Faces
Such a Food Disaster

THE food shortage in the United States resulting from
i bureaucratic mishandlng of the farm manpower
problem rapidly assuming the proportions of national
disaster
Mr. LOUIS Bromficd famous author and New Deal
Democrat emphasized the extent and mmnence of this
disaster in recent Town Hall address in New York City
The American people" said Mr. Bromfield will,
one way another be fighting for butter. pork beef
dairy products, eggs and many other commodities.
There are already many metropolitan and industrial
where for days and weeks few of these things
are available today The situation will grow worse
rather than better
GJ THINK fair say that nothing practical whatever
/ has been done to help the farmer TO produce more
. this scandal and by next autumn II will he one OF the
greatest scandals in American history affects the whole
future history of ourselves and of the world.
Its repercussions will destroyed the future of the
Democratic Party for years the future of liberalism even
the future possibility of decent peace.
And throughout the world, millions of people will
scken and die and generations of children will grow up
snted and sick because frivolous and incompetent
bureaucracy in the richest country in the world did not
do its job"
Mr.. Bromfeld does not speak with excessive alarm
about this ominous situation, many other informed
authorities attest.
The war food goal for America has been set eight
per cent above 1912 production and thirty per cent above
normal production.
DUT the Senate appropriations committee has just
- received the stunning report from 80 cent of the
nearly 5000 county farm agents of the country that farm
food production this year will be from 10 to 81 per cent
LESS than last year.
Mr. Guy Kinsley. regional food rationng representa-
tive of the Office of Price Administration told the Hat
field committee of the California legislature
There is no such thing as a civilian meat quota.
The armed forces and endease going to get what
they need and what left will be the civilian
quota.
Regardless of what the population basis is civilians
will he lucky to get pound of meat week in the
future Whoever figures there will be two and Onehaf
pounds available for each civilian is crazy"
WHY does the United States which has abundant and
w virtually inexhaustble food resources confront
such disaster?
Why the American nation producing less food when
1t should be producing more?
Farmers know the answers to these questions
Hundreds of thousands of skilled farmers have been
indicted into the armed forces have been attracted
by higher wages industries in utter disregard of
the fact that agriculture itself the most vital and
tal of all industries.
Farm machinery is virtually unobtainabe.
Acreage is reduced. Planting is curtaied Care and
cultivation neglected Harvesting is impossible in
many cases.
ND IN the livestock dairying industries. lack of
a skilled farm help has caused the wasefu decimation,
Of herds and thus shortage of dairy products and
exhaustion of meat
Somebody is crazy all right, but it is not the civilian
who supposed to feel lucky to get pound of meat
a week in the future
is the bureaucratic cars of America who crazy.
Civilian economy will collapse with insufficient food
and production will collapse, and the armed forces
will suffer and the ideaistc endlease commitments
will ultimately be untitled.
Bureaucracy has had many failures. 1t has in fact
had few if any But of all its failures, its
reduction of both civilian and armed Americans toward
starvation levels the most unnecessary and stupid the
most unpatriotic and criminal.