The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-31
 Grow Weary Of Chicken
By FREDERICK c. OTHMAN

Washington. July 31-CUP)-The wheat harvesters of the OWI's great American desert won't eat lettuce and tomato sandwiches. That's ofn- cial.
 They also are growing weary oi fried chicken with gravy. That's official, too. and I wouldn't be sur prised if this dispatch gives you something of jolt; that is, unless you are suffering in Grand Island, Neb., from too much chicken.
 Want Red Points
 The mayor of Grand Island joined 27 restaurant owners there in send ing to the senate resolution say ing they'd have to close shop unless they got some red point relief by Aug. 1. That's tomorrow.
 The small business committee of the senate rushed by plane to Grand Island its investigator, Mrs. Cath erine Guyon, to see what was irking the Nebraska restaurateurs. When the pretty, plump. and gray-haired Mrs. Guyon got back she reported her findings to the drooling com- mitteemen.
 The trouble seemed to be that there wasn't anything to eat in Grand Island except chicken, stewed, boiled, roasted and, espe- cially. fried. T he citizens wanted meat.
 Did you tell 'em," enquired Sen. Brien McMahon of Conn.,, that we haven't seen a chicken in Washing ton in six months?"
 "Yes. I told 'em," Mrs. Guyon said, land they were amazed"
 You mean," demanded Sen. Allen J. Ellender of La., that they are kicking because they can't get beef steak?"
 That's right" Mrs. Guyon re- piled. '"They have the steaks, but not the points to buy 'em."
 She added that in Grand Island nobody gets butter, except on his waffles and his pancakes. She said he gets waffles and pancakes, be- cause he gets no meat, except chicken.
 You've led the committee to be- lieve that this town is bursting at the seams with chicken" com- mented Sen. Kenneth Wherry of Neb. But in a few months there won't be any chicken"
 That's right" said Mrs. Guyon. There's just a surplus of chicken now. And I can say that the work ing man of Nebraska is not satis- fled with a tomato and lettuce sand wich."
 No Fat Available
 Mrs. Guyon added that restaur- ant serving fried chicken and noth- ing else had to close because it could get no fat in which to fry it.
 She said she went on to Olympia, Wash, where most of the restaur- ants already had closed because of no food, not even chicken. She talked 'em into reopening, she said so they could put up a better ar- gument with the OpA. The towns leading lunch places, she added. had to get along with egg salad sand- wiches, of which the Olympians soon tired.
 Sen. Wherry called in the OpAs bigwigs to tell why the Nebraskans had to eat chicken. As he put 1t: "Out in the great American desert of the OWI, there's plenty of meat and it's hard to explain why the people can't eat it."
 Max Mccullough, the deputy ad- ministrator for rationing, did his best to explain on the basis Of point values. Finally he made this state- ment:
 Tt is difficult to operate a res- taurant when substitutes are not available. It is also difncuit for the housewife to operate her kitchen"
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