Evening star., 1943-02-03
Letters to the ,Editor
BkHeg Haste In Program
~ Planting and Harvesting.
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UkEes Haste In Program
III Planting and Harvesting.
- the Bditer os The Star:
10 the well-earned title Of Arsenal Of
Democracy" should now be. added the
granary Of freedom"
Al, viewed from any nov discernible
perspective, it admittedly Is going to be
the Job Of this country and Canada-at
least for the duration-to furnish food
for the United Nations. Or, Is ex-Presi-
dent Hoover recently put it, for the
United Nations now and to starving
world after the war Is over.
That the full import Of this tremen-
dous responsibility Is realized by the
administration is. perhaps. best Illus
trated by its recent reversal Of the policy
Of rewards for reduced acreage to the
suggested subsidy for increased produc-
tion-particularly in the field Of the
protein-rich and oil-bearing crops.
The imminent and pressing problem
now 10: How to rehahilitate-in time for
next years planting-the depleted farm
labor which has been drawn Oh by the
munition plants and by the draft into
the armed forces.
Regarding the problem Of restoration
Of labor to the farms, Mr.. Hoover, In
his recent address, suggested the possible
flrloughing Of the boys back from the
Army to the farms-from whence they
came-and. perhaps. the temporary i'm
portation Of Mexican labor during the
peak Of the planting and harvest seasons.
Secretary Wickard also has suggested
q plan. He would raise volunteer land
army Of 3,500,000 men, women and
school children to help in the labor pinch
around the planting and harvest seasons.
(The Secretary Of Agriculture refers to
the saving Of the fruit and tomato crops,
hast year, in some areas, by volunteerO.
Whatever the plan Is to be, the time for
putting 1t into operation Is short
tainly for raising and organizing vol-
unteer army. Planting time viii soon
be on In the Southern States. And sea-
sons, Ike time and tide, wait for no
man." WILBUR H. CLOSE.
Denies Alleged Disloyalty
OF Indian and Burmese Peoples.
TO thu 1ditor Of The Star:
Constantine Browns suggestion In .
recent article that political considera-
tions are holding up Gen. WavelPs
invasion Of Burma Is without foun-
dation.
II Gen. Waven does not pursue his
advance, 1t is solely due to technical
reasons. 80
As Mr. Brown rightly suggests, In order
on the Japanese In the Bay OF Bengal
= necessary and that is not possible at
present owing to heavy demands on the
British heet in other waters.
But the views Of the Indian Congress
party, with its 100000 membership out
Of . population Of nearly 100000. 900
and under the leadership Of . pacifst
who repeatedly has made It clear that
II he had his way he would make peace
with the Japanese. have no effect on
the Indian troops under Gen. Wavell
Indeed. the fact that the Congress party
took q certain line might rather be
expected to stimulate the Indian SOL
diers to take the opposite.
The loyalty of the Indian Army can
be relied on with confidence. Sir Rama
swami Mudaliar. member OF the Indian
cabinet who stands for Indian inde-
pendence Just ~ much - 0andhi but
wants TO win the war drst." IN .
1ecsnt speech Ii I1linas stated that the
INDIAN A1nye0ow sHasmhess Appgo41-;