Evening star., 1943-05-30
French Conferees Ask
Mass Emigration 10
Solve Food Problem
Chairman AIphond Offers
Two Other Busic Measures
For Postwar Economy
BY the Associated Press.

' oS tilC aonOSidtSu IICSS.
HOT SPRINGS. Va, May 29.-Re-
distribution of populations through
organized emigration was proposed
today by the French delegation to
the United Nations Food Confer
ence as one of three vital measures
necessary to achieve a sound world
economy after the war.
The other two basic measures OF
postwar reconstruction were de-
scribed by Delegation Chairman
Herve Alphand as:
l. A policy Of full employment in
the great industrial nations.
2. A credit policy planned to fos-
ter reconstruction of ruined econo-
mics and the development OF back
ward regions.
Remedies" Held Inadequate.
M. Alphand said four other rene
dies" which had already been pro-
posed by various delegations at this
conference had elements of value
for a postwar economy. but were
mot adequate
Lowering Of tariff barriers, for
instance, has been advocated and
is in fact an objective which we
should strive for
But" NJ Alphand emphasized.
this result cannot be attained i'm
mediately.'
Many European countries, he ex-
planned, will have to maintain con-
troll of their foreign trade and ex-
| change during the transition period
of reconstruction after the war.
Can any one imagine" he asked,
that these countries, after having
been subjected to systematic de-
struction and pillage by Germany.
will be able to compete in world
markets without first going through
long period of convalescence,
against the competition of those
productive resources which have es-
| capped direct seizure by the enemy?"
AS for the ever-normal granary
or system of internationally-held
buffer stocks, we do not believe in
the efficacy of buffer stocks as a
means of permanently solving the
problems of distribution The
value of buffer stocks is limited to
their use as stabilizer of the eco
nomic cycle, Alphand said.
Hits Santa Claus Policy.
He likewise rejected any perma-
nent system of free distribution of
food to needy populations as gen
eralization of the policy of Santa
Claus"
Neither taxpayers nor producers
in rich country he declared, will
consent to make charity a perma-
nent element of their economy. and
! I am sure that for both political and
moral reasons the beneficiary coun-
tries themselves will much prefer to
be placed in q position where they
can pay for their imports rather
than receive charity"
A fourth remedy heretofore pro-
| posed-proclamation of general
policy of expanded production after
the War-also was described by M.
! Alphand as inadequate.
Full employment adequate credit
and organized emigration are the
basic elements of sound postwar
reconstruction, Alphand emphasized.
Full employment" he said, is the
keystone of future world economic
| policy On its success or failure will
depend the fate of future world or
! ganization."
Adequate Credit Vital.
Adequate credit will be vital dur
ing the intermediate period of re-
construction. during which the lack
of balance between imports and ex-
ports in economically ruined ma
tions will be greatest"
! Organized emigration will be i'm
! perative to relieve pressure in coun-
tries where the population out
weighs the available natural re-
! sources
u fully realize" Alphard said,
the political and social implications
of such a project, but I think that
! the methodical organization of emf
grafton is one Of the quickest ways
I 10 IdlSc lllc Sldlludlu VI IlNlilS Ol
great numbers of human beings
Denies Era of Pessimism."
Meanwhile, Undersecretary of Ag-
riculture Paul H. Appleby declared
the United Nations, instead of pre-
! pairing for an era of pessimism"
such as followed the World War, are
seeking in the conference here to
show that the world can and
should and must be adequately fed
every one, everywhere
That" he said, lis very elemen-
tary idea. but if we can move toward
its achievement, even slowly, we
shall have done something never
done before in history
Mr.. Appleby. in radio broadcast,
said conference discussions had
shown widespread conviction that
the world could be freed from want
through international llaboration
He is vice chairman of the United
| States delegation