Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-06-18
Revision Of 0PA
Imperi|s Relief,
Acheson Fears
End of Meat Controls
Would Divert Grain
From Famine Export

From Famine Export
Official fear that provisions of
the pending OPA bill would Grip
pie this country's famine relief
program were expressed today by
Acting Secretary of State Ache
son.
Mr.. Acheson told a news confer
ence that the State Department is
particularly concerned about pro-
visions which might make it i'm
possible for the Government to re-
tain grain 1t has on hand for ex-
port or to get additional amounts
He referred to the proposed re-
moval of price ceilings on meat,
poultry and dairy products, and to
Senate amendment which would
direct release of Government grain
supplies purchased for export if
deemed necessary to relieve any live
stick and poultry feed shortages.
Anderson Sees Less Food.
Earlier, Secretary of Agriculture
Anderson presented a tentative out
line of American food supplies for
the next IL months, showing that
consumers may expect a Simmer
diet than during the past year. Less
meat, poultry, eggs, wheat products,
dried fruit and dry peas are in
prospect, he said, but there will be
more canned fruit and fruit juices
and canned vegetables. Food fats
and oils are expected to continue
below demand.
Mr.. Anderson insisted, however,
that on an overall basis, civilian per
capita consumption will continue "at
a high level, considerably above
prewar."
Mr.. Acheson said the State De-
partment's concern over the OPA
bill had been expressed to Con-
gress, but he refused to specify as
to just when or how this was done.
Would Cripple Program.
He said the effect of taking price
ceilings off meat, poultry and dairy
products obviously would be to put
economic pressure on farmers to
feed their grain to livestock and
poultry rather than to sell it to
make food for humans.
The effect of the Senate amend
ment, he added, would be to create
additional pressure for the release
of grain accumulated by the Agri-
culture Department for export.
For the next SIX months Secretary
Anderson forecast very short sup
ply of butter and about the same
amounts of cheese, canned milk and
dried milk as were available in the
same period last year. Butter sup
plies may fall to point where they
will be less than one-half the de-
mand.
Hoover Due Back Tomorrow.
He predicted that meat supplies
would fall even lower, perhaps an
other per cent below current pro-
duction. This is attributed to the
short supply of feed grain.
Mr.. AnderSon's report was pre-
pared as basis for discussion at
conference of State and Federal
agriculture officials in Chicago this
week to work out plans for Govern
nlent buying from the new crop
for military and export needs.
Meanwhile, Herbert Hoover was
expected to arrive back in this
country tomorrow, concluding on
schedule food survey for President
Truman of Latin American nations.
The former President also is re-
ported concerned over the effect GER
tain provisions in price control ex-
tension legislation now before Con-
greess on the famine relief pro-
gram.
Food Council Meeting Thursday.
A State Department spokesman
said that Assistant Secretary of
State Clayton discussed this situa-
ton in the course of a telephone
conversation with Mr.. Hoover last
week when the latter was in Rio de
oAiSho. IL was Illdt NIL.
Hoover had communicated with the
department on Brazilian food
problems.
Mr.. Hoover arrives on the eve
of a meeting of nations here for
the formation of the international
emergency food council, which will
take the place of the combined
food board composed of the United
States, Canada and Great Britain.
The new body will take over the
job of co-ordinating for the next
10 months food shipments from pro-
Queer countries to nations in need
Of supplies.
An Agriculture Department off,
cial said that only 5 of the 10
countries invited to Thursdays
meeting had replied to date. They
are the Netherlands, India, Cuba,
New Zealand and Australia. Coun-
tries still to be heard from include
Russia, Argentina and Norway, he
said.
The United States, he said, is
hopeful Of a full turnout by Thurs
day afternoon when the group meets
in the Serial Security pi1ildipo