Evening star., 1947-10-11
Curbs on Food
Will Continue,
.Luckman Says
Conservation Plans
Won't Be Changed
Despite Protests

Meatless Tuesdays and eggless-
poultryless Thursdays will continue
to be major phase of the food
conservation drive despite grumbleS
and protests.
Charles Lucknan. chairman Of
the Citizens Food Committee, made
this clear late yesterday when he
said there is no chance of change
in the program.
The Washington Restaurant As
sociation's Board of Directors met
for two hours yesterday afternoon
and decided to wait and see whether
the National Restaurant Associa-
tons industry Advisory Committee,
which meets Monday with Mr.. Luck
man, is able to persuade the con-
servation chief to modify his request
for an-out compliance with the
Tuesday, Thursday phase of the
program. But every indication was
that Mr.. Luckman would not bulge
Compliance Urged.
Washington restaurants were ad-
vised by the association to comply
"as far as possible" with the food
conservation program lin general"
In other words, each restaurant
owner should make up his own mind
whether he wants to follow the
Tuesday Thursday part of the pro-
gram.
The local association will have
another directors meeting on Mon
day night following the national
groups discussions with Mr.. Luck
man. Several similar local groups
in San Francisco, Chicago and
Texas-already have refused to
carry out the Tuesday, Thursday
program on the grounds that it
won't effect real saving and that
it's up to the customer to say
whether he will comply with the
national voluntary food saving
drive.
If Mr. Luckman refuses to bulge
from his 100 per cent compliance
stand, the national restaurant group
will either have to back down or
openly defy Mr.. Luckman and the
President.
Choice Called Customers.
Many restaurants in Washington
and elsewhere in the Nation fol-
lowed the view expressed by the
Chicago Restaurant Association.
which stated that compliance with
the program was a matter of choice
with their customers. Others, how
ever, observed the meatless, eggless
and poultryless days, leaving the
items off of their menus.
Sharaf's restaurants, Boston
chain, announced a reduction of S
cents from each order if bread and
butter is not requested with a plate
which ordinarily includes it, the
Associated Press reported.
The Wisconsin Restaurant As
sociation offered its own food-saving
program as substitute for the
Tuesday-Thursday idea. 1t calls for
reduction of meat, egg and poul-
try items on menus each day in the
week and general improvement in
food handling methods by the res
taurants. The membership will re-
ceive the program Tuesday, the AS
sociated Press reported.
Army Menues Revised.
The Military District of Wash
ington announced that although
Army food menus are worked out
100 days in advance they are being
revised to eliminate meat on Tues
days and eggs and poultry on Thurs
days as we'll as to effect other saw
ings. Mess and commissary officers
at each post or installation are max
ing the changes.
Meanwhile, the Nations house
wives found little change in most
food prices at retail markets from
their high levels of the last several
months. Although observance of
the voluntary meatless and poultry
less days for the first time this week
did not receive full support, millions
of homemakers apparently have
joined in the Presidents food-saving
program. Mr.. Truman has said the
responsibility for the success of the
campaign rests very largely with
the American housewife.