Evening star., 1945-10-26
Devastating l|i Hunger
And Privafion Facing
Europe, Bevin Says
Ry the Associateo Press.

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Secretary Bevin declared in q
House of Commons debate today
that hunger and privation in
Europe may bring "a further
prolific human loss more devas-
tating than the gun or the
atomic bomb"
Warning of the danger of ''ter-
rible epidemic" this winter in Eu-
rope, Mr.. Bevln commented that i!
the United States Congress failec
to grant the additional ST 900 900 OO(
fund for the United Nations Relief
and Rehabilitation Administration
"UNRRA will be broke and the situ-
alton we will have to face in a. few
weeks time will be disastrous.
He said, however, he could moi
discuss UNRRA further because the
appropriation was the subject of de-
bate in Congress.
Mr.. Bevin said conditions ir
Europe resulted from a policy i'm
posed by Hitler. When the Nazi.
discovered they could not win the
war, Mr.. Bevin said they decided tt
leave Europe in state of complete
anarchy"
I'VE had studied the situation fol
months and when we saw what hao
happened. we had to alter all oul
plans and redevise the system" Mr.
Bevin continued.
No Organization" in Germany.
He described the Germany left by
Hitler as a country with no organ
tzation at all"
He said Great Britain alone could
do very little" to relieve conditions
in Europe.
Although everything was being
done to feed the people in the Brit
tsh occupation zone, Mr.. Bevin said
1t had to be balanced against the
resistance of our people to the cut
ting Of their supplies"
He said grain was being burned
IN the Argentine because of the lack
of oil and that it would be common
sense to send oil to Argentina in re-
turn for tie grain, but there again
politics intervenes."
More wheat must be supplied if
a disaster is to be avoided this year."
the Foreign Secretary added.
QUEBEC, Oct. 26 [Pl-Edwin R.
Henson, director of UNRRAs agri-
cultural rehabilitation department,
said yesterday at press conference
that he did not believe the relief
administration or governments will
be able to get enough food into some
interior sections of Europe to pre-
vent starvation" this winter.
Sir Arthur Salter, Independent
MP who advised the Churchill gov
ernment on European reconstruc-
ton, urged the Attlee government
to make "a strong and urgent ap-
peal to the United States and
Canada to join with Great Britain
in alleviating hunger and distress in
Europe.
He said shortages of food, coal and
clothing would not be the prime
factor if millions died, but that the
chief blame would be on defects in
administration and organization.
There is enough food and cloth
ing and COAL" Sir Salter asserted,
but it is matter of getting it to
the proper places"
He said the British government
should appeal to our "trans-Atlan-
tic Allies" to give priority over allo-
cation to the home civilian popula-
tions for food and clothing in excess
of prewar average consumption.
Salter added he did not suggest
that the British reduce their stand
ard rations or stocks. ~
Calls for Russian Help.
Laborite Michael Foot said Rus
sia should associate itself with
Great Britain in making represen-
tations to Poland, Czechoslovakia
and Hungary about the deportations
of Germans which he said was
"wanton and deliberate creation of
a new sore when all Europe is cry
ing out from her wounds"
Mr.. Bevin said 100000 or 49,
100000 persons were moving at
once" in Eastern Europe and that
100000 of these were displaced
persons, labor slaves and prisoners
of war.
mo one knows how many Ger
mans have gone to work in Russia, :"
he said. q
The Foreign Secretary said coal
production in the Ruhr had in
creased from 100000 tons in June
to nearly 100000 tons in Septem-
ber, but that no coal was available
in Germany for domestic cooking or
heating.
1T is all needed for schools, in
stitutions and industries" he ex-
ale innn