EAT LESS HABIT IN U.S. EMPHASISED
Eeceived Friday, 7 p.m. WASHINGTON, Dec. 4. Cabinet todav aiihouhced rtn intferisilierttion of tlxe United States' voluntrtry food savings programme to meet the "desperate needs" abroad and avert - ' orave inflationary dangers" at honxg; More drastic meusures ineluding pricd control on meat and even rationing, may be necessary before next spring, Cabinet reeonunends an intensifying of the shutdown in the distilling industry and extending the couservation programme in the brewing industry. Cabinet, however, places greatest stfess on "eat less habits" by individualS; Tlie present indicatioh is that there will be sufficient food produeed ih 1948 to niaintain food consunxption with & level 14 per tent, above the prewaf average. But tlxe total food supplies in 1948 will be about 4 per cent. below 1947. Witliin that narrow margin lie great inflationary dangers. If some consiimerS seek more than their fair shar| the price of fodd, already high, could be bid up beyond the reach of inillions of Ameriean families.
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Chronicle (Levin), 6 December 1947, Page 4
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