UKRAINIANS LIKELY TO GET BIG SHOCK

Chronicle (Levin), 27 September 1946, Page 5

UKRAINIANS LIKELY TO GET BIG SHOCK

Received Tlmrsday, 7 p.m. LONDON, Sept. 26. The Ukraine next year is likely to need outside aid as mueli as this year, said Mr. Paul White, leader of the Fnrra mission in Fkraine, in a statement issued at Kiev and reported by the Times' Moseow correspomient. lle added that Ukranians were likely to be severely shocked when they diseovered Fnrra assistanee was being terininated. Steel workers and mine workers in ihe Donetz basin regarded Fnrra supplies as a reward for their war effort, The, Fkraine showed abundant evidence. of the serious etl'ect of Ihe d rough t. Some farms had produced only a quarter of Ihe normal grain yield and many had lost the entire vegetable erop. Reuter's correspondent touring Fkraine with the Fnrra sponsored partv, says the workers are more than 5U per eeiit. dependent on Fnrra for supplies, especially food. Decisive aetion would be necessary to save the Fkrainians from tlie thrent of nmlnutrition. The Fkrainians appurently are unaware that there is no alternative to Fnrra. Most took the view that "someone will provide. " The character of Unrra ship nients was alreadv changing from food to industrial equipment, Imt according to the Times ' 'correspondent, while the Fkraine needs 40,009 traetors, it had received only (5000 from liome sources and 900 from Fnrra.