The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1943-03-04
COMMENT ON WORLD
EVENTS


starting point toward the worldwide
planning that will be required in the
postwar reconstruction period is pro-
posed by Sir John Boyd Orr, famous
British authority on nutrition, in an
article featuring the current issue OF
the International l. bor Review,
monthly publications of the Interna-
,tional Labor Office at Montreal.
"The only way to ensure postwar
united action" Sir John says, "is to
get agreement now on plan express
ed in concrete terms about which there
can be no ambiguity-not even any
pretense of misunderstanding The
plan must deal with something of
equal interest to all nations. 1t must
deal with something so essential for
the welfare of all people that every
government, whatever it's political phil
osophy may be, will agree to cooperate
on worldwide basis.
1T must be so simple in it's broad
outlines that it will be understood by
the common people. 1t must be a prac-
tical plan which we have the physical
means to carry to completion. 1t must
be one which can be applied in its
| initial stages in the free countries dur
ing the war and in the occupied coun-
tries as soon as they are liberated, so
that there will be no need to wait for
peace conference for decision. The
development of the plan must arise
| from war plan and proceed auto
matically, unless some nation or group
of nations decides to withdraw from
| cooperation"
A food plan based on human needs,
Sir John declares, meets all these con-
ditiOnS.
The article points out that standard
| food requirements for health are now
| known, and it says that estimates can
| be made for any country of the amount
of commonly used foOdstuffs which
would be needed to bring the diet of
the whole population up to the health
standard. A food plan, Sir John says,
could therefore be worked out in con-
crete terms of estimated amounts of
the common foods, land we could plan
for definite and limited objective"
Sir John contends that since nutri-
tional requirements are the same for
the people of all races food plan
based on human needs would be equal
ly applicable to all nations. Moreover
he says, a plan to provide food on the
basis of need is practicable since "the
food the people need can be produced
if governments show anything like the
same resolution and energy in pro-
viding for the primary needs of the
people in peace as they have shown in
providing food and armaments in
war"
Citing as evidence the recent Can
adaU United States agricultural prOduc-
ton agreement, the article argues that
under the stress of war the United
Nations have already gone a long way
towards policy of adjusting the pro-
duction and distribution of food to
meet the nutritiOnal needs of the
people" What now must be done, it
says, is to extend this policy.
To do this, Sir John urges the estab-
liShment of national organizations and,
in addition, an international organiza-
ton ito enable the nations to cooperate
with each other in regulating food pro-
duction and to develop their industries
and trade on world basis for their
mutual advantage"
| \ X X
Unless we hand out funds for war
bonds, even our stout-hearted and steel
nerved men on airships, warShipS and
land battleships won't be able to dish
it out to the Axis marauders.