U.S. Relief For Europe

Northern Advocate, 8 January 1948, Page 4

U.S. Relief For Europe

WASHINGTON, Wed.—Britain will still rely on New Zealand, Australia, Canada and Argentina tor many of ner basic foods even when the longterm European recovery programme is elective.

This was made clear when the State Department gave details of the vast, nuantities of American food, tobacco, raw materials and machinery to be shipped to Britain and other countries participating in the 16-Nation Paris Conference if and when the European recovery programme is approved by Congress. The allocations show that over the four and a quarter years the United Stales plans to provide Britain with the following:— Tobacco, $493,(XX),000 worth.Petroleum. 24,000,000 tons.

Mining machinery, $75,000,000 worth. Electrical gear. $141,000.00,, worth. Steelmaking equipment. $34,000,000 worth. Dried eggs, 100,000 tons. Iron and steel, 2.000.000 tons. Timber, $245,000,000 worth.

STATE DEPARTMENT WARNING In addition there will be substantial qualities of dairy products, coarse grains, fats, oils, meats, dried fruit, rice and other goods.

The lengthy document also gave details of materials it was proposed to ship to participating European countries.

Commenting on the proposal allocations, the State Department issued a stern warning that even one year’s drought in the Great Plains area of the United States would cause an insurmountable hazard to meeting the food allocations.

The department revealed a considerable planing-down of the amounts sought by the 16 nations at the Paris Conference and emphasised that participating countries should not base their own production plans on the assumption that specific allocations will be available.