Evening star., 1947-10-26

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White House advisers were re-
ported last night to be working
on blueprints for rigid Federal
controls over grain and other
world-shortage foods, while a
predominantly Republican sub
committee of the House Armed
Services Committee, fresh from
a tour of Europe, declared that
continued aid should be i'm
mediately furnished"
An informed official, who with
held use of his name, told an Asso-
ciated Press reporter of the develop
ing controls plan.
simultaneously. it was learned
that a closed session of the foreign
aid committee headed by Secre-
tarv of Commerce Hartman heard
Chester Davis, wartime food admin
istrator, demand food allocations at
the producer and distributor levels.
BY regulating the flow of wheat,
corn and other foods into the hands
of industry and exporters, the ad-
ministration might hope to curtail
total demand and thus indirectly
depress prices while simultane-
ously earmarking quantities for Eu-
rope.
Steelman Calls Conference.
In the wake of President Tru-
mans plea for prompt and cou-
rageous action by Congress to
combat imitation and provide an
estimated S1.072 100000 program of
foreign aid this winter, there were
these developments:
More than 90 business. labor
and Government leaders-including
a high proportion of advertising
men-were invited to an "off-the-
record" meeting at the White House
tomorrow by Presidential Assistant
John R. Steelman. The plan was
said to be to swap ideas on foreign
aid and discuss the economic effects
of the Marshall plan.
2-The Hartman Committee.
working on the long-range Marshall
plan. was reported to be arriving
at the conclusion that it cannot
make any appreciable net cut in
the $22. 100000 request delivered
by 16 European countries.
Secretary Hartman, at the close
of the committee session, announced
that the group has decided that
some of the requests of the Euro
pean nations should be modified.
some upward and some downward :"
In some cases the requests will
have to be reduced to accord with
the availability in the United States
Of the commodities requested" his
statement said.
Wheat Price Drops.
g. Three-d dollar wheat fell off the
board of the Chicago grain ex-
change, in further apparent re-
sponse to the Presidents special
session call and the threat of Gov
ernment control Wheat for De-
cember delivery dropped to $297A-
II at the close.
The nine-member House Armed
Services group, headed by Repre-
sentative Short, Republican, of Mis-
souri,. asserted in its report that un-
stable world conditions demand that
the United States maintain strong
armed forces. Despite its urging of
quick foreign aid, however, the sub
committee >Warned that American
resources "are not inexhaustible."
Ina more detailed report than it
gave on its return to Washington q
week ago from tour of u European
and Near East countries, the group
urged economic aid to stimulate
production as means of resisting
Communism.
Joining with Mr.. Short in the
report we're Representatives Bates
of Massachusetts, Garfield of New
Jersey, Smith of Maine. Leroy
johnson of California, Bishop OF
Illinois and Gavin of Pennsylvania
Republicans, and Representatives
Sasscer of Maryland and Fogartv OF
Rhode Island, Democrats.
Communism thrives on chaos
misery, hunger and discontent,'' the
group said. While Italy gives every
promise of preventing the spread OF
Communism, it added, the totali-