Evening star., 1943-06-02
Food Farley Ready
To Make Declaration
Of Policy, Adjourn
Setting Up Permanent
Agriculture Group Due
For Recommendation
(Tert of declaration OF food and
agriculture on Page B-15.)

(Tert of declaration OF food and
agriculture on Page B-15.)
BY the Associated Press.
HOT SPRINGS, Va, June q
Appointment of a commission to
draw plans for a permanent
world agricultural authority is
expected to be the chief recon-
mendation emerging from the
food conference of A nations,
scheduled to hold it's final session
here tomorrow.
Mentioned among delegates as
most likely to be the United States
member of the commission is Un-
dersecretary of Agriculture Paul H.
Appleby. Each of the nations rep
resented here would have a mem
ber and the commission would start
work in Washington not later than
July Is On plans for an organization
to guide world agriculture into
postwar era of abundant production
and distribution.
Mr.. Appleby, vice chairman of the
United States delegation, long has
been officially identified with Ameri-
can agriculture, first as an assistant
to Vice President Wallace when the
latter was Secretary of Agriculture
and later as undersecretary.
Jones Doesn't Want Post.
Judge Marvin Jones, conference
chairman and head of the United
States delegation, was mentioned
also, but friends said he would pre-
fer to continue as judge of the
United States Court of Claims and
assistant to the director of eco
nomic stabilization.
The United States member on the
interim commission undoubtedly
would be in line for membership on
the permanent international au-
thority, should one be created. The
work of the conference moved
toward climax with approval, by
the combined sections of the parley
of United Nations declaration of
policy on food and agriculture which
expressed belief that the goal of
freedom from want of food, suitable
and adequate for the health and
strength of all peoples can be
achieved"
The declaration stated, however,
that the first task is to win the
war and free millions from tyranny
and from hunger" After that has
been done, the declaration said the
various nations, working individ-
ually and comparatively must take
steps to expand the whole world
economy-industry as we'll as agri-
culture.
The declaration emphasizes that
"the primary responsibility lies with
each nation for seeing that its own
people have the food needed for
health and life" but adds that leach
nation can fully achieve its goal
only if all work together
Most of Work Completed.
Accompanying the declaration is
a resolution recommending that the
participating governments embody
in a formal declaration ito their
own people and to one another" a
pledge to collaborate in raising the
standards of nutrition and living
standards of their peoples.
The declaration asserted that
there must be an expansion "of the
whole world economy to provide the
purchasing power sufficient to main
tain an adequate diet for all"
With full employment in all
countries, enlarged industrial pro-
duction, the absence of exploitation,
the increasing flow of trade within
and between countries, the orderly
management of domestic and inter-
national investment and currencies,
and sustained internal and inter-
national economic equilibrium, the
food which is produced can be made
available to all people" the declara-
ton said
With most of the work of the
conference completed, a number of
delegates and advisers arranged to
leave today. Tentative plans call
for final plenary session tomor-
row, at which the declaration OF
policy and the resolutions approved
by the combined sections will be
presented for formal ratification.