The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-04-11

Lehman Rationing
Plan Unpopular in
Washington

~ $1,000 .
Former UNRRA Chief Herbert
Lehmans demand for Redistribution
OF rationing meets with an extreme
ly cool reception in Warrington
particularly with President Tru'
mans famine emergency commit
tee.
Lehman, who requests rationing
10 provide more food for the hungry
peoples Of Europe, was blunt In his
demand. But prominent famine
committee members are saying:
Perhaps Lehman was misinter-
preted Perhaps he did not mean
strict consumer rationing but a
voluntary or trade ratloning pro-
gram"
In any event, Lehman's position
strikes a cold response among COM
mittee members. Most OF them
are food experts and they simply
cannot see rationing in the months
ahead. They say that II is too
involved a program TO put into &C
ton quickly and the food for
Europe and Asia must be secured
quickly.
Instead Of rationing, the commit.
tee is relying on the American peo'
pie 10 ration themselves on wheat
products. fats and oils-to cut down
on the home supply TO make more
available for export
A.rv ,-n11 fhfo will uynrE and
whether It will get the 225 million
bushels OF wheat by July is the
number one question in the Agri.
culture Experimentation Secre-
tary Clinton Anderson on down the
line.
Best bet: There will not be food
rationing by July /. But the door
is open for rationing Of export
items later this year, or perhaps
in 1947, II necessary.
READERS NEED NOT BE SUR.
PRISED that Washington common
tators saw international political
implications in early reports on
postponement OF the Bakini aton
atom bomb tests.
II is a fact that the UNO Secur.
fly Council meeting In New York
played a part in President rru-
mans decision.
But this was only because II was
anticipated that some OF the coun-
ell members would wish TO attend
as their country's delegates to the
group Of foreign observers. And
they were on the eve Of the council
meeting, which is OF worldwide I'M
portance.
The original draft Of the post
ponement announced that this was
true. It was referred TO the State
Department and promptly squelch-
ed.
The moving reason for the de-
partment's action was that, with
the Iranian-Russian dispute top
drawer for consideration, the state
ment might lead to nisinterpreta-
ton.
II is planned that the members
OF UNO atomic energy commission
constitute the foreign observers
at Bakini.
These will include representa-.
tives OF the Big Five and OF Aus
tralia, Brazil. Canada, Egypt, Mex.
leo. the Netherlands and Poland.
IN THE FEVERISH TASK Of
supplying food for Europe's starv-
ing millions, an avowed enemy OF
democracy appears TO hold the
trump card.
Argentina's President-elect Juan
Peron, who was linked in the Unit
ed States Blue Book with active
Nazi organizations, can furnish
huge quantities OF virtually every
type OF food that Europe needs.
Argentina's wheat, corn and
meat may well shift the scales be-
tween political anarchy and a
healthy atmosphere Of friendliness
toward the democracies among
Europe's devastated nations.
While Argentina's Peron regime
is still distasteful to the United
States, the Buenos Aires govern
ment may force this nation TO make
concessions which Washington had
hoped to avoid.