PAGE SIX UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS MONDAY, OCTOBER 20,1947 Cast Our Bread Upon The Waters By Daniel Bishop. St. Louis Star-Times Our Teeth Can Dig Graves Why have we been asked to eat less meat, poultry, and eggs? Why do we have to feed Europe anyway? Why can't they take care of themselves? On the correct answers to these questions depends the future of Western Europe as we know it. The United States has no choice but to eat less, and send more food to Europe. Here is why: At least 570 million bushels of grain must be sent to Western Europe this winter. Apparently, America can send only 470 million bushels. The American people must eat fewer slices of bread and less corn-consuming meat products to make up the 100 million bushel deficit. The shortage was caused by low American corn crop and drouth-caused crop failures in France and Italy. We shipped 400 million bushels of wheat to Europe both this year and last. But this year we shall be able to ship only 70 million bushels of corn and other coarse grains. Last year we shipped 163 million bushels. Here is where most of the 100 million bushel deficit lies. The European drouth cut in half the annual yield of wheat in France alone. As a result, even with our expected help, Western Europeans will have from 10 to 15 per cent less to eat this winter. Besides saving food here at home, the administration has proposed a loan of 580 million dollars as a stop-gap loan to European nations for food-buying. This will require congressional action. The government is also considering the offering of high-priced foods at cut-rate rates. Foods such as dried fruits, canned vegetables, citrus juices, and dried eggs would be bought at prevailing prices and sold abroad for prices foreign governments could pay. This would alleviate part of the crying need for grain. This, then, is the program of aid which faces the United States. We Public Postcard "Joan of Lorraine" play cast Campus Dear Actors, Yours for clear voices and good memories tonight. Good luck. Sincerely yours, University Daily Kansan. have no other choice. On humanitarian grounds we must not let the people of Europe starve. Politically, we dare not let them get hungry, for hungry men turn to anything new—even Communism. What makes this a personal problem for every American citizen is the fact that only he can save the food to be sent to Europe. No governmental programs or long range Marshall plans can help Europe through the first critical winter months just a few weeks away. This, then, is why Europe can't take care of itself. This is why we must feed them. This is why every American citizen must begin to eat less. Our future, as well as that of Europe, depends on what we don't eat now. Phone KU-25 with your news. Dear Editor Member of the Kansas Press Assn., National Editorial Assn., Inland Daily Press Assn., and the Associated Collegiate Press. Represented by the National Advertising Service, 420 Madison Ave, New York City. The University DAILY KANSAN Student Newspaper of the UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS Dear Editor, Union Statements With malice toward none, I wonder why the Memorial Union does not publish periodic operation statements so that we students may be aware of what happens to our dollars. I think that we have a "right" to know. Editor-In-Chief ... Clarke Thomas Managing Editor ... William T. Smith Asst. Man. Editor ... Marian Minor Asst. Man. Editor ... Allan Cromley Sports Editors ... James Raglin Hill Burger City Editor ... Alan Siewer Business Manager ... Kenneth White Advertising Mgr. ... Elizabeth Schrindling Classified Adv. Mgr. ... Betty Bacon National Adv. Mgr. ... Ruell Reddoch Circulation Mgr. ... Beverly Briley Promotion Mgr. ... Bart Morris Here is what Karl Klooz, University bursar, said in regard to this letter: Mr. Klooz Replies James E. Jolliff, Business junior. "An annual statement of the operating costs of the Union, including the fountain, the cafeteria, and the building itself, is made as a part of the Annual Statement of Student Organizations. This statement is now in the process of being mimeographed. Copies will be made available to the All Student Council and interested groups. Interested students may contact their ASC representatives." Rainstorms are a normal part of nature's behavior but the Florida Chamber of Commerce may soon be sending out travel folders in waterproof packages. As to where your $5 goes, Mr. Klooz said that now it is going to the contractor who is building the north addition to the Union building. In the future, the Union fees will be used to continue building the north wing and to build a south wing. For GOOD PIE Your favorite berry or cream Come On Down To Jim's Lunch No. 2 8381/2 Mass. 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