Evening star., 1947-11-20
Luckman Is Leaving
Food d-Saving Post, But
Drive Will Go On

The White House is expected
possibly today, to announce the
retirement of Charles Luckmar
from his post as chairman OF
the Citizens Food Committee
although the food conservation
drive will continue.
Mr.. Luckman will return to his
$500, ,000-a-year job as head of Lever
Bros. and his committee will become
an advisory" group, turning ovel
direction of the food drive to other
Government agencies. Meatless
Tuesday, eggless Thursday and the
save-a-slice-of- f-bread-a-day. pro-
gram will go on.
Mr.. Luckman conferred>with Pres
ident Truman yesterday and is
understood to have asked to be re-
lieved of his unpaid post. He talked
also with Secretary of Agriculture
Anderson, whose department is ex-
pected to take over the food saving
drive.
New Setup Worked Out.
Under a setup reported to have
been worked out, the Food Commit
tee will continue in an advisory ca
pacity but its administrative func-
tions will be transferred to The Agri-
culture and other departments.
overall direction of the save-food
campaign now will be in the hands
Of the Cabinet Food Committee,
which includes Secretary of State
Marshall, Secretary of Commerce
Hartman and Secretary Anderson.
Mr.. Luckman's committee has OBJ
tanned commitments from the dis
tilling, baking, brewing and other
industries and launched feed and
food-saving plans designed to con-
serve 100000,000 bushels of grain
The problem now, officials said,
is carrying out these programs by
keeping the various industries and
the consuming public in step with
the announced goals.
Some of the committees activi-
ties have stirred controversy. The
chickenless Thursdays it sponsored
were abandoned after wave of
protests from poultry growers.
Shorter Liquor Holiday Sought.
The distillers, it was reported to-
day, are seeking to cut in half the
6O-day shutdown now in force. They
are asking that the shutdown to
which they voluntarily agreed end
on November Is and after that date
distilleries operate at Is per cent
of capacity for the next 80 days.
A spokesman for Mr.. Luckman
said, however, that there is little
chance he would agree to such a
change
Although $500,OOO was made avail
able for the Food Committees use,
a large part of it probably will re-
main unspent Only five employees
are being paid from the fund. About
Is others, including Mr.. Luckman
and his top assistants, have been
volunteering their services and
around so persons comprising the
stenographic and other Office force
are on loan from other Government
agencies.
Anderson Explains.
Meanwhile, Secretary Anderson
reported that food acquired under
the price support program and still
held by his department represents
only about one-tenth of l per cent
of this years total food output.
Mr.. Anderson, in answering crit
icism that his department is
boarding" huge stocks OF food in
the face of current high prices,
said that it would be difficult to put
the food held on the market.
Included in the current holdings
are 90,000,000 pounds of dried and
frozen eggs of which a third has
been offered for sale abroad as part
of the foreign supply program. The
remaining 60,000,000 pounds, in
large containers, are being offered
to the domestic trade this fall, he
said. None are shell eggs.