The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-10-02
Delegates To See
Charts, Pictures


and charts the ALL. cOnven-
ton i'm Boston, which opens
Oct. 4, will see a food survey
of the world. On the program
for the day is labor's Confer
ence on Food and Nutrition.
Exhibits prepared by DIR. Mark
Craubard, director of labor
education, War Food Distri-
button, will show how:
|. In Poland the average daily
intake for heavy workers is 9OO
calories a day, where it should
be 1900; but for Jews, it is only
800 calories according to allot-
ment, and actually less. This is
the equivalent of three slices OF
bread a day. Citrus fruits and
fresh vegetables may be bought
by Poles on certain days-unless
they are Jews, in which case they
may not be had at all.
2. In Norway, methOdical con-
sumption of rose hips and dried
grasses has not prevented the swol-
len bellies and sunken chests OF
children produced by starvation. A
Russian scientist discovered there
is 100 times more Vitamin c in one
rose hip (the bud) than in an
orange. Another Russian scientist
discovered the valuable vitamin
content of pine needles.
8. The destruction of 1910 OF
the Russian food supply, to be
shown through map of this coun-
try with Russian names in places
of our cities, to give an idea OF the
extent of the damage by invading
forces as it would be in terms OF
our territory. This is the map hailed
NV a follower of Gerald L. X. Smith,
Detroit fuehrer, as proving the
Russians meant to take over the
us. =,
These and many other exhibits will
be part of Dr. Graubard's showing
for FOOD for Victory. Photos VIII
show what the women of the Soviet
Union are doing on farms to help re
store food supplies. e
The average diet of heavy work
er in the Soviet Union is now only
/ 400 calories a day" he said. That
is. without bonuses. When they get
food, they distribute it, We who talk
about the valiant Red Army and all 1t
is accomplishing don't stop to think
at what terrible sacrifice
The pictures of French children,
of breadlines in Belgium and
France. will be contrasted with
charts showing how in Germany
heavy workers are better of than
they we're i'm 1897, and the average
diet has declined by only 90 Gala
ries a day. The answer? ''They ra-
toned and they robbed" said Grau-
bard. ''The hollow-eyed French
child is the result
Two other sections to the exhibit
will be FOOD for Health showing
the extent of malnutrition in this
country and what has been done about
it. It was Dept. of Agriculture sur
vey in 1896 showing 349o of the pub
lie not we'll fed which gave rise to
the third of a nation phrase OF
Roosevelts. In Food to Build the
Peace" the theme will be Food tor
everybody everywhere" and a peo-
ple's program to see that food is dis
tributed and used properly.
The Union Label Trades Dept.
of the ALL. is sponsoring the
food conference. Speakers will be
Pres. William Green, Sec.-Treas.
George Meany, Vice-Pres. Matthew
Vol, Deputy Administrators Roy r.
Hendrickson, of the War Food Dis
tribution. Undersecretary Paul III.
AppIeby of the Dept. of Agricul-
ture, DIR. Craubard, General Man.
ager Chester Bowles of O.P.A.,
Pres. James Patton of the Natl.
Farmers Union, Sec. Charles W.
Holman of the Natl. Cooperative
Milk Producers Federation and
Mrs. Herman I'll. Lowe, president of
the American Federation of WO-
mems Auxiliaries of Labor. Sec.-
Treas. /. Nj. Ornburn of the Union
Label Trades Dept. will act as
chairman.