The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-07-10
Food For Foreigners
Discussed By Jeter

trading their food altogether
boarding was serious and the Ger
mans then went out on the farms
and attempted to requisition al
food supplies or to give worthless
paper money for it.
Milton said that by the time ou1
soldiers came, no one could buy
anything with any kind of money,
Only barter was in vogue. Men
would work for something but not
tor money. Winning north Africa
and the confidence of the people
was mainly a battle of supplies.
once these had been established,
hoarding ceased, production of
crops began, and the surplus being
produced is going to Italy and to
ether sections as they are being
liberated.
The Allies have found that the
Germans are still well fed, Thew
do not have a full supply of fats
and proteins but they have plenty
OF bread, potatoes and other car
bohydrates. The satellite countries
rank next in having food, while
the occupied countries are in ter
rible straits. Reports indicate that
most of the children in Belgium
have tubercular spots on their
| u n 6 S and that the people of
Greece. and other countries, are
dying of exposure and disease
brought on largely through made
quate clothing and lack of
strength to resist the inroads of
disease germs.
When Hitler is run out of these
occupied areas. it is felt that Eu-
rope can provide from four-fifths
to seven eighths of it's food sup
pl based on an average of only
1000 calories a day per person.
This means that we must ship to
them nine million tons of food in
the first year. Sixty per cent of
this will, of course be bread
81 dlIlo, IuOSl1y wheat.
We need all of our meat and SUD-
plying this food will be the tough
problem. 1t is expected that per-
maps one half of the neds will
be met from shipments from this
country and the other half from
the Argentine. Perhaps some food
Will go from Canada. However, all
of the "A nations associated in the
uNRA are expected to help in sta
billing this food supply and all of
them look upon it as the gravest
problem confronting the Allies as
the world is liberated.
They have this viewpoint for the
simple reason that if foreign gov
ernments g "a Il set up dictator
ships because of hunger and want
and disease then there will con-
tinue to be no foreign trade for
those American farmers who pro-
cuce crops for export. Certainly
no dictator will ever permit Amer
lean cotton, North Carolina tobac-
co, or western wheat to come into
his country if he can make the
slave labor of that country pro-
duce it at home.
1t is perhaps wise, therefore,
that we continue to produce food
tc the limit of our ability and to
grow as much surplus as weather
and labor will permit.
Over here, we have been eating
about an average of 3,100 calories
Ct food day, even under war
time restrictions, and our soldiers
get an average of 1000 calories.
We are the best fed, best clothed,
and richest nation on earth. This
was accomplished by an enlight-
ened, freedom loving people.
Whatever we can do to bring about
improved conditions in those coun-
tries for which we are sacrificing
so much today, will help to con-
tinue our. position as it it. Most
of us know that and are willing
to help as we can.