The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1946-11-15
By ALLEN HADEN

All's quiet on the Potomac i
Washington, The City Bureauful.
Part of the local snores is due Il
the absence of congress- But ever
real estate trading is waiting for tn,
elections of November 5. Some of tn,
traders think prices will go I'D aftel
November 5 and others think they
will go down. Presumably that's the
way some people make money ant
others don't
World Foodboard
At the Copenhagen conference OF
the United Nations Food and Agricul
ture Organization GAO for short), a
plan calling for World Food Board S
organization was approved.
A committee charged with figuring
out just how such World Food Board
could operate will meet in Washing
ton on October g. That committee,
consisting of Is, will take perhaps six
months to draft the organization plan.
The basic idea of the World Food
Board is to bring some order out of
the chaos of world food movements
It is much broader idea than the in
ternational commodity boards such as
the wheat pool because it will consid-
er world supply in connection with
world needs and for the whole range
of agricultural products.
Congress Must OK
Before the World Food Board can
become a reality it must be approved
by congress. And congressional APP
prevail will depend on whether the
board idea is supported by the great
farm organizations. Prospects are not
too bad at this writing according to
reports.
Revolution
Bringing order in this immensely
complex business of getting agricul-
them, is especially important with re-
cord crops during the war likely to be-
come permanent.
This is the effect of what the Bur
eau of Agricultural Economics calls
revolution in farming" and which |
the Bureau says has been accomplish |
ed in about 10 years.
Mechanization did it, plus long hard
hours of work on the part of the
American farmer.
Choice
These record crops we're absorbed
easily. There were 100000 mouths
to feed in the U. S. armed forces and
hungry millions living in war-devast,
ated areas. But with the armed forces
shrinking to peace time size, and war
areas abroad returning to peacetime
food production, what will happen?
One of two alternatives can be
chosen: Choice A. There can be a cry K
of SURPRISES, followed by demands for
price support, or curtailment of pro- '
duction to keep prices up, tight gov t
regulation against which |
there is such outcry now. /
Or Choice B. Farmers can remem- {
Der that 1/3 of the whole worlds
population never eats enough and L
that record crops melt like ice on a I
stove when exposed to that demand 9
But to get the food and fiber to those
who want them requires careful plan
hing and administration, not through n
government regulation, but through fl
cooperative planning of production D
Ind distribution. III
Today two-thirds, yes $3.50 of Ameri- Il
AN farmers belong ITO co-operatives. Il
American farmers know what coop c.
,rative planning and working together *
means. | am therefore confident that Il
hese next few months will see a N
nodern version of Moses and the !
pharaoh u
You remember that Moses was con- te
ulted by the Pharaoh and that plan
ing for the lean years was done W
uring the fat ones The World Food Sc
,oard is the most encouraging sign of nj
International corporations modern "a
loses planning during fat years how CO
D meet the needs of the lean ones. tt
The Will And The Way q
Mr.. and Mrs. J. C. Kemplin, both ~
eterans attending North Texas 90
eachers College, carried their s. .,
lonth old daughter with them to be
lass. Neither of these navy veterans f.
ill allow diapers and bottles to in !,
,rfere with their determination to al
nish their schooling. Congratulations. in
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