BUT NEXT 90 DAYS STILL BIG PROBLEM

Chronicle (Levin), 13 April 1946, Page 5

BUT NEXT 90 DAYS STILL BIG PROBLEM

Received Friday, 11.15 p.m. WAS-txlNGTUN, April 12. The world food situation is improviiig materially, due to the better crop pros j pects at home and auroad, but the hig prohlem is to tide over the next 0'j j days, said President Truman. The re- j cent rains in India, North Africa ana France had hrought prospects of bettei j crops in these areas for several days. , The Department of Agriculture aiSo reported that, in view of the humper | American crop prospects, the domestic j wheat carry-over could be scaled do wn | from 150,000,000 bushels to 96,000,000, | thus freeing at least 50,000,000 bushels • for shipment overseas. The department j added that the United Kingdom was ready to reduce its reserve stocks n | there was an assurance that J uly ana | August would he good. This would per j mit the diversion of some stocks into Unrra conntries. In this more hopeful atmosphere, the | Cohihined Food Board's working corti 1 mittee on wheat began wrestling with cnrrent prohlems. The Italian Prime Minister (Signor de Gasparri) telephoned to Mr. LaGuardia, pleading with Unrra not to allow the Italian bread ration of 200 grammes daily to sinlc lower.