RELIEVING FOOD FAMINE

Chronicle (Levin), 20 May 1946, Page 5

RELIEVING FOOD FAMINE

ENEBGETIC MEASURES Receiyed Snnday 7.0 p.m. WASHINGTO'N, May 18. A joint British-American commupique issued after Mr. Morrison lel't for Ottawa following food talks in Wa'stiington, stated Britain had agreed to reduce her grain requirements by 200,000 tons. The two Governments agreed on even more energetic measures to ohtain coniplete removal of the world famine threat. The phans must be hased on the assumption that tne threat would last at least through tne summer harvest of 1947. The risk ai famine could he reduced hecause other sources of food supply could be found in addition to those at present in sight. The two Governments were resolyed to do everything in their power to ohtain those additional supplies.

Britain and America had reaffirmed the helief that common measures should be taken in all zones in Germany regarding the collection of indigenous foodstuifs, the establishment of common j rationing standards and the adoption of a common hasis for calculating import requirements. British and Americau commanders had heen ordered to conier in the British, American and Frencn zones to this end. Regarding Japan the conimunique said the Amerfcan Government had reviewed the iniport programme to ensure that no imports were permitted which would have the eff'ect Qf giving the Japanese priority or pr.eferential treatment. Before leaving for Ottawa, Mr. Mor- 1 rison reported a Brjtish-Anjerican agreemept for the distrihution of ten million tons of cereals among the nation? requiring 13,400,000 tons from now until Septemher.