The midland journal., 1946-05-03
PROGRAM FOR FAMINE RE1dEF

Secretary or Agriculture Cllnt0n +.
Anderson has announced six actions
designed to speed up and increase
shipment of food grains urgently
! needed to avert famine abroad.
"These measures" he said, are taken
after consultation with the Govern
ments of Canada and the United
Kingdom, in which it was indicated
that they would work with this ma
tion toward the two common objec-
tives of increasing total relief ship
ments of grain promptly and giving
priority to areas abroad most urgent
ly in need of special aid"
The six measures follow:
l. Millers are required to reduce
their production of -four for domestic
consumption to 7515 of the quantity
distributed domestically in the cor
responding months of 1945, under an
amendment to War Food Order 144
issued recently by the Department of
Agriculture In addition to making
more wheat available for export, the
order is designed to bring about more
equitable distribution of wheat
among millers. Wheat milled in ex-
cess of that permitted for domestic
distribution is to be made available
for famine relief shipment This or
der became effective at 1901 a. NJ.
Monday, April %, and will cover the
period through June 80, 1916.
2. Under the amendment to War
Food Order 144, and effective ON the
same date, food manufacturers are
required to limit the use of wheat in
the manufacture of products for do
nestle human consumption to 75%
of the quantity used in the cores
ponding months of 1945.
| 8. Effective May / millers and food
manufacturers are limited to 21 days
inventory of wheat. After that date
no miller or food manufacturer may
use wheat unless quantities of wheat
or -four equivalent in excess of this
amount are offered to the Commodity
Credit Corporation for export.
4. The Department of Agriculture
is offering bonus of 80 cents bu
shell on wheat delivered under TIE
certificate plan by May 25. TO be eli
gible for this bonus producer must
select date for payment between the
date of delivery and June Is, 1916.
The wheat certificate plan, for nor
NAL operation without consideration
of the bonus provision, permits i'm
mediate delivery of wheat by the pro-
ducer with the privilege of selecting
any date for payment between the
date of deliveyr and March 81, 1947.
5. The Department of Agriculture
will also buy SO million bushels of
corn from producers, according to
Mr.. Blandford, for which tley will
be paid a bonus of 80 cents a bushel
above the market price on the date of
delivery for corn sold to the Commo-
dity Credit Corporation. Corn will
be purchased through normal trade
channels, with the local elevator act
ting as purchasing agent for the CCC.
6. The Department of Agriculture
is offering to buy an unlimited
amount of oatmeal from millers in
the United States to make available
additional food for relief purposes
Whole oats also will be purchased
for relief shipment.
''These measures Secretary An
derson said, "have been taken only
out of dire necessity to meet urgent
relief needs. We are faced with sit
uation in which every additional bu-
shell of grain that can be saved in this
country will save additional lives
abroad.
'These measures are not substi-
tute for voluntary conservation eff
forts. They will help to reach our OBJ
jectives but there will be continued
need for every bit of saving that can
be accomplished by every person in
this country, especially savings of
cereal grains and grain products. We
expect to accomplish two results with
tke wheat and corn bonus payments
to make more grain available for
food purposes Immediately and to en-
courage the farmers in the surplus
corn producing states to market more
corn and stop feeding livestock to
heavy weights.
"The program for the purchase of
oatmeal and whole oats will help to
increase food supplies for the hungry
nations abroad, This country has a
record supply of oats, Nations receiv-
ing relief supplies will use more oat-
meal and oats in order to stretch the
wheat supply"
Removal of wartime motoring re-
strictions in the latter part of last
year gave tremendous impetus to the
demand for travel information and
assistance. More than $4,000 indi-