Evening star., 1947-10-29
New Measures Seen
For Saving Food 10
Send 10 Europe

Send 10 Europe
~ An official prediction that the
flood conservation program at
/. home seemed likely to produce
: by January /, the l00,0OO,000
!. bushels of grain wanted for the
+. immediate needs of Europe was
/. linked today with the possibility
/. that other savings measures
would be invoked to feed the
hungry abroad.
At the same time there were these
other developments:
I The curb on liquor production
. struck a snag in Kentucky when a
State court ordered a distillery to
continue operations in line with a
: contractual arrangement.
Taft Hits Marshall Plan.
Senator Taft, Republican, of Ohio
asserted the Marshall plan for
> foreign economic aid "in its present
-form is beyond all reason
Senator Buck, Republican, of Del
aware. a member of the Senate
Banking Committee which will
ahandle President Truman's pros
-pective price checking program,
.said the return of wartime food
srationing on limited scale might
-be feasible" to aid Europe. He re-
-jected, however, the idea of re-
turning to any form of price con-
troll.
The optimistic view of the grain
saving program was taken by
Charles Luckman, head of President
Truman's food drive. who told
New York news conference that 1t
was going so well that it's my be-
lief We will be able to accomplish !
.our objectives by the first of the
year"
:. Denies Interpretation.
!. Mr.. Luckman held the conference
latter speaking in New York and
1.-THE Associated Press at first re-
.ported he had predicted the end of
.meatless Tuesdays and eggless and
..poultryless Thursdays, once the 10o,-
1000, ,000- bushel saving of grain had
been realized
: A spokesman for Mr.. Luckman
said, however, that he had not
meant to give this impression, and
after flying back to Washington,
the food chief issued this state
sment:
= IF the Citizens Food Committee
.ds to help the hungry people of Eu-
rope during the coming winter, 1t !
must complete its task of grain con-
.servstion by January /. With the
continued cooperation of all people,
.of industry and of agriculture, we
.should be able to reach our goals by
january l.
. ut is, of course, entirely possible
that the world food situation may
require further conservation meas
lures after that time. If so, l am
: confident the Congress and the
administration will find a solution"
. Distillery Ordered to Resume.
, The liquor holiday which started
Saturday night encountered trouble
in Louisville when Circuit Judge
w. Scott Miller held that the Luck
man Committee has no authority |
to halt liquor production. He Or
dered the Heaven Hill Distilleries
of Bardstown. KY, to resume oper-
ations and fulfill contract to sup
, ply 179 barrels of current produc-
! ton whisky daily to the Heaven
Hill Co. OF Los Angeles, sales
concern.
The company had gone to court to
force compliance with the contract
on the ground the Citizens Food
sCommittee is nothing more than
"a voluntary association without
sanction of power" to stop whisky
production. It's petition said it was
being forced to break contracts
with customers because of the fail
ure of the distillery to live up to |
its pact
Millard Cox, attorney for the
Kentucky Distillers Association, said
he believed that other distilleries
In the same position would have
to make deliveries or be sued.
On the contrary, Chairman Luck !
Fisher. said that more than SO per
cent OF the Nations distilleries had
closed down and that he did not
expect the Kentucky ruling to have
any great effect
Favors Some Form of Rationing.
In raising the possibility Of a
return to some form of rationing,
the Associated Press quoted Senator
Buck as saying Il think rationing
Of certain consumer goods might be
helpful if we are going to be able
to help Europe. I have in mind
such products as are in demand for
export, among them some kinds of /
meat, as we'll as butter, lard and
shortening"
The Delaware Republican said,
too. that some sort of producer
rationing should be set up for
wheat, steel and perhaps lumber.
LAS see it," Senator Buck added,
we've got a choice of only two
things. Either we must curtail our
shipments abroad of food and other
things, or we must find way of
Gdhlll6 tllC pa 4lOllI ~ lNSo az
home by system of fair diStribu-
ton of commodities in demand
abroad" /
Another Republican lawmaker,
Chairman Allen of the House Rules
Committee, told a reporter that he
doubts II the special session of Con-
gress starting November II will get
much done about high prices and
that many members of Congress
feel that requests for additional for
eign aid funds must be accompanied
by proof that Europeans are work.
ing to help themselves.
The first clear clues to Mr.. Tru- /
mans anti-infiation program are
expected this week end, with White
House release of a special report by
the Presidents Council of Economic
Advisers, headed by DR.. Edwin G.
Nourse. The report will seek to