The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-02

ton program in Latin America. Argentina, not having broken with the Axis, is not a Good Neighbor, and will not be used. Nor will wheat and corn, two staples of which the United States has a normal surplus, be en- couraged. However, other inl- portant crops will be pushed in Brazil, Mexico, Ecuador, Peru and Chile.
 These crops include: soy beans, peas, dried eggs, rice and dairy products. The greatest need is foods rich in prOteins.
 Behind this revolutionary step against the Presidents own best, political interests are some con- fidential figures or foreign food demands which are anything but encouraging. These show that next year, the U. s. A. will have to send 10 to IS per cent of its food supplies to other United Na- tions.
 ALLIES NEED MEAT
 We will have to increase ship ments of meat to our allies by six or seven times next year. Normally we import cheese from Europe. But next year we will have to send over 450000,000 lbs. of cheese to Allied armies and civilians.
 We have also been requested to export 20 times as much con- densed and evapOrated milk as before the war, plus 8 billion pounds of lard, compared to an average annual shipment of 165,OOO,O0O pounds.
 To supply both ourselves and allies we must produce at least 700,000,000 additional pounds of cheese next year, as well as 300,- 100000 extra pounds of dry beans and peas, plus about 500 billion pounds of edible oils.
 That is why the Office of Econ- omic Warfare is enlisted Sam Ze- murray, of the United Fruit Co.,, to advise on making contracts with Latin American farmers for deficit foods. The CEW will supply technical advice, farm ma chinery, fertilizer, insecticides, etc. A separate farm program will be undertakin in North Africa to supply food to our troops there.
 Political advisers figure that the President will run into the biggest legislative storm on Capitol Hill since his Supreme Court fight. But despite this he plans to so ahead.
 NOTE: The country hardest hit for food Is Russia, which, hav- ing lost its richest grain-grow- ing areas in the Ukraine, is now producing only 40 per cent of its normal food. The people of Rus- sia will be on the verge of star vation this winter, even with U. S. food imports.
 SEN. LEES WRONG WORD
 In case you don't know the difference between a horse and a mems wash room, ask Josh Lee ex-senator fromf Oklahoma, who learned the hard way on his recent trip to Latin America.
 Lee, inspecting Chilean airlines for the Civil Aeronautics Board. tactfully asked his hosts for the mems room. The Chileans inc mediately went into a huddle. Af- ter much discussion they put him in an automobile. drove to some stables on the outskirts of the city. There Lee was shown the fines race horses of that country jumpers which competed in Madison Square Garden.
 But this was not what the dis. tinguished visitor from Oklahoma desired. He became insistent, finally learned that instead Of saying 'eabellegos" lgentlemenl, he said "caballos" lhorsesl.
 CANADA GETS GAS
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