Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-06-29
Whats
New?
With The 18th
Reqt. in
Germany
HUNGRY PEOPLE
By
EdWdrd Duck

You'd like porterhouse
steak with french fries, would
you? SO would I. But neither
Of us can have one, for near
ly identical reasons.
Are you kicking? I'm not,
and I'll tell you why. The day
is coming when we'll have
porterhouse and a lot more,
not tomorrow, nor next week,
nor even next month, but soon.
Here in Europe we have
seen people who don't even
dream of such luxuries as
steaks, chops, fried potatoes,
pie or Ice cream. They will
settle for whatever will sustain
life in their bodies until Eu-
rope is on its feet again.
Things like automobile tires
and gasoline are the least of
their worries.
L am not writing about
these things because believe
that the people back home
don't feel their responsibility
in the war or toward the mil
lions of starving people In
Europe and other parts of the
world, Too many people have
accused you of that already
and its the bunk.
BE GENEROUS
l write about these things
because want people at home
to tell their congressman and
the powers-that-be to take
generous attitude on the ques-
ton of feeding Europe's starv-
ing millions. Somehow, I feel
that bitter dispute will arise
in some quarters because of
the necessity of shipping food
stuffs out of the United States
to Europe where scrawny,
bony hands are this day reach
ing out for it.
People are people regardless
where they live. Their loved
ones are just as dear to them
as ours are to us. Their bodies
require nourishment and un-
less they get 1t, disease, sick
ness and death of starvation
will become more prevalent in
the coming days than before
We Day.
IL you could see the little
ch ] dren in France-mere
babies-begging for something
to eat IL would make a
lasting impression on you. If
you could have seen the thin
little kids sitting on the front
steps crying with hunger in
Alsace, you too would feel like
you wanted to do something
about it,
In II & e n a u and Stras-
bourgh, after the Germans had
made their battle-ground and
peoples homes their sniper's
posts, they scooped up the
food and vino and left the
families with bare cupboards
If their homes were not de-
stroyed by the battle which
had taken place.
THIN DIET
A loaf of bread and dish of
watery onion-potato mixture
was the daily diet of those for
tunate to have anything at all.
There seemed to be plenty of
money, but no place TO spend
1t. One pack of American
cigarettes or bar of toilet
soap sold for three dollars in
A m ri c a n money-on the
black market +. +. there was no
other.
Liberated people and pris-
oners of war looked upon the
American soldiers with what
almost amounts to reverence.
He is their champion who has
come thousands of miles from
a great land, the incest place
in the world, to set them free.
And America Is great
land, but what troubles me is
that as a nation, we do not
seem to return the same warm
feeling toward these people
as they do to us. We 60 about
our business with Europe-is-
so-far-away attitude despite
the fact that the continent was
not so far away that ii did not
involve us in two wars.
1t is a universal truth that
no nation or group Of nations
can enjoy prosperity for any
length of time unless all ma
tions enjoy 1t. Cooperation be-
tween nations and a genuine
feeling of brotherhood will
make this war the last one for
a long time.
Winning the peace Is the i'm
portant thing, and peace can
not be won by allowing the
people of other nations to die
of hunger. Something must
be done for the people of
Europe. Let us give these
people the food necessary to
maintain them until they can
help themselves, it won't take
long. After that, we can en-
JOY our steaks and chops and