MEAT FAMINE IN AMERICA

Chronicle (Levin), 28 September 1946, Page 5

MEAT FAMINE IN AMERICA

Received Friday, 7.. '50 p.m. WA.SH1NGTOX, Sept. 2(5. President Trumtui, disagreeing with some of his Party leaders, lias declared emphatieallv that the price ceilingsj on nieat sliould not be raised oi' scrappeu. He contended that there was ao neetl for u special session of Congress to remedy the shortage whieh was not due to ju'ice control but to the extraordiii; ary hirge slaughter in July and August when price controls were temporanly lifted. He is confident there will be a greater quantitv of the better quality nieat in the near t'uture. While the nieat famine affects the wliole nation, it effects New York niost severely. It is reported that onlv five car loads of lamb and mutton and three car loads of veal reached the city on Wednesday night. for legitimale deslinations. The niajority of butehers are closed. The Dejiartnient of Alarkets reports that for the lirst timo in its history poultry receipts exceed nieat. Poultry, whieh is not under price eontrol, ranges from a dollar to 125 cents a pound. The bbu-k market is reported eurtailed iruder vigilaut O.P.A. surveillanee but some authorities claim one-third of the iiiT'at reaehing Ihe city is selling at blaekniarket prn-es.