Evening star., 1947-10-07
Plans for Savinq
Food Get First
Test Here Today
Many Eating Places
Won't curtoiI Menus
Until Next Week

The Nationwide food conserva-
ton program faced its first test in
Washington today-the first of the
voluntary "meatless days" asked by
President Truman-with indications
that compliance is likely to be spotty,
to say the least.
While both the national and local
restaurant associations have ap-
proved the program and hotel own
ers have generally indicated they
will 90 along with the plan, many
Of the public eating places won't put
the meatless, eggiess and poultryless
days in effect Until next week.
Robert j. Wilson, executive secre-
tary of the Washington Restaurant
Association, pointed out that foods
on hand would have to be used ac-
cording to menus worked out last
week while the fancier eating places
can't switch away from meat be-
cause they have had menus printed
up many days tn advance.
Meeting Postponed.
The association indefinitely post
poned its meeting scheduled for to-
day with the District Commissioners
to discuss a long range local food
saving campaign. Mr.. Wilson said
the delay was necessary to work in
the new meatless, eggless and poul-
tryless days. Restaurants already
are beginning to cut down on the
use Of bread and butter, however,
although patrons. are asking for both
foods.
The Hotel Association of Wash
ington will have directors meet
ing this afternoon to consider the
hotels part in the conservation
drive. -
Two groups planned meetings to
talk about the food and price situ-
alton.
The League Of Women Shoppers
local chapter was to meet at the
YWCA for luncheon discussion to-
day and the&sAmerican Veterans
Committee will meet at 8 pm. to-
morrow at the Interior Department
auditorium to hear speakers discuss
the subjects. Both groups are on
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program is inadequate.
Fish to be Served Days.
United Air Lines announced,
meanwhile, that fish will be served
for meat not Only on Tuesdays but
also on Thursdays and Fridays on
its planes. Light sandwich snacks
on those days also, will contain no
meat. -
Chef Alphonse Maitre, head of
United's kitchen in. Washington, said
tuna fish will be. The chief meat sub
stitute with scrapple and fried mush
supplanting eggs for breakfasts on
eggless days.
Almost without exception, Mary
lands public institutions and hos
pitals have indicated their inten-
ton to cooperate with President
Truman's call toE food ronserRation
measures.
Some institutions said it would
take few days to put food-saving
plans in effect: at others today is the
first "meatless Tuesday"
Women Asked to Cooperate.
Mrs. Roy D. Whitlock, president of
the Maryland Federation of Wom-
ems Clubs, asked the States 10000
women affiliated with her organiza-
ton to observe meatless Tuesdays
and eggless and poultryless Thurs
days.
Hospitals, while stating they would
observe the spirit of the Presidents
request, said it would be carried
out in cases where the welfare of
the patient was not endangered
The Johns Hopkins Hospital at
Baltimore estimated about 1900
pounds Of meat would be saved
weekly by dropping it from the Tues
day menu and that days egg saw
ings would be about 200 dozen there