Evening star., 1947-10-14
Conservation
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night again avoided any direct in
dorsement of the plan to take meat
off the menu today
The group again came out for the
food-saving drive, but said that
ultimate compliance is dependent
on the demands and acceptance of
the public Many restaurant own
ers said neither they nor their Gus
toners are sold on the program
and the association last night re-
peated its feeling that meatless
poultryless and eggless days are
ineffective"
Smaller Restaurants Serve Meat.
Many of the smaller restaurants
served meat today Some of them
specializing in meat dishes, as do
the Little Tavern Shops, took the
position that they might as well
close down as stop serving meat.
Other restaurants such as the
Occidental at 14l1 Pennsylvania
avenue NV. printed a new menu
for today, offering seafoods, omelets
and other substitute dishes. Chain
drugstores checked by The Star
offered ham, ham salad, liverwurst
and other meat sandwiches.
Hotels. however, were complying
much more completely.
The Wardman Park offered floun-
der. stuffed crab, creamed chicken
baked spaghetti without meat sauce
and similar dishes for lunch. SINH
lar dishes were offered at the Shore
ham. which also put chicken ravioli
on its menu The grill omitted
steaks and chops for such substi-
tutes as fried turkey outlets.
Smaller Hotels Also Serve Meat.
Both the Mayflower and Statler
offered only seafoods, poultry and
other meatlesS dishes today. The
MayfoWer featured five Chinese
dishes for lunch and meat was miss
ing from the famous buffet display
in the lobby.
Smaller hotels. however, were not
all complying. George Emory, res
taurant manager for both the Com
modore and Continental in the
Union Station area, said they could
not stop serving meat as long as
restaurants in the region are Serv-
ing it.
The Gateway Restaurant at the
station, however, took meat off the
menu today, attaching a note to
each menu informing the public
about meatless Tuesday. Govern
ment cafeterias observed meatleSs
Tuesday as they did last week.
Market Counters Checked.
The Star checked meat and bread
counters at two of the city's major
markets. the Arcade at Fourteenth
and PaSk road NV, and the New
Center at Fifth and L streets NV.
These are some of the reactions of
customers and salespeople:
A. B. Williamson. manager of
Pointers meat stall at Arcade:
"Our business fell so per cent last
Tuesday. Prices cause lot of nom
buying too. Business yesterday was
about the same as Monday of last
week. Some boarding houses which
served meat last Tuesday are cut
ting it out this Tuesday. There has
been considerable cooperation with
the food drive
Ed Browning, manager of Carl
Goodman's meat stall at Arcade:
Business is off generally, but I
think it's because of high prices.
We ordered the same amount for this
Monday and Tuesday as we did last
week. Id guess in an off-hand
opinion that about 10 per cent of
the people are complying with the
program and so per cent are not
E. S. Marks. owner of E. S. Marks
meat stall at Arcade:
Last Tuesday was a bad day,
showing a definite drop in business
over previous weeks. But it's too
early to judge if the drop is due
to the Presidents plea. Tuesday is
a poor day to choose as the meatless
day because people buy fowl usually,
for Sunday. On Monday they have
the leftovers plus chilli or something
like that. Wednesdays often are
Catholic fast days.
Even without a Wednesday fast
day, people are ready to eat meat
on Tuesdays. Wednesday would be
a much better meatless day. think
the people are confused and don't
know the purpose of the program
Hopes to Knock Down Prices.
Mrs. M. Y. Jones, 1419 Monroe
street NV, shopping at Arcade:
I'm complying with the Presi-
dents program not only because the
purpose behind it is a necessary