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engineers with licenses — or former servicemen with appro¬ priate sea experience. Urge men with licenses and former servicemen who can qualify to apply at once by letter or collect wire to the Merchant Marine, Washington 25, D. C., giving addresses and qualifications. (Fact Sheet No. 21.)
Famine Emergency
(Repeat from last week)
Famine is raging in Europe and Asia. War has left chaos in its wake ; in addition, a burning spreading drought of world-wide dimensions has wrecked previous estimates of food requirements and has brought already famished peoples to the very brink of death. Between now and July 1st, 500,000,000 children, women and men — and in this order — face starvation. A critical food situation in war-torn areas was anticipated many months ago, but conditions have now reached a state of crisis. In many areas the grain crop was only 50% of what had been anticipated. North Africa, which has exported grain to Europe since the days of Rome, has had the worst crop failure in 85 years. In much of Europe alone city dwellers will get less than 1,500 calories a day in the months ahead. Many will get less than 1,000 calories a day; some less than 600 unless we help. United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration considers 2,000 to 2,500 calories daily a minimum for safety. The present Ameri¬ can consumption per person is estimated at 3,360 calories per day.
Unless foreign governments and UNRRA can buy mini¬ mum amounts of wheat, fats, and oils in the world market immediately to tide them over until the next harvest, famine, plague and death will desolate half the world. The “have” countries, including the United States, are the only ones that can halt death by starvation this Spring. Even certain “importing” countries are already helping to the limit of their ability. Estimated world wheat needs for the first half of 1946 amount to twenty million tons. Of this total, the United States and other exporting countries, through regulations already in effect, will make available eleven million tons. Our share of the remaining deficit of nine million tons can be made up only if Ameri¬ cans voluntarily reduce their consumption of wheat prod¬ ucts drastically during the months of April, May and June.
Urge everyone to SAVE AND SHARE — to make the maximum amount of needed food available for the relief of starving millions by —
Reducing their consumption of all wheat and rice products and fats and oils. . . . Eating more of the plentiful foods. . . . Eliminating all food waste and turning in all used fats. . . . Producing and preserving all food possible through home gardening and canning. (Fact Sheet No. 20.)
Help Keep Our Economy Stable
In his recent report on the first 100 days of reconversion, President Truman concluded: “Inflationary pressures are still great, and danger signals pointing to a further build¬ ing up through the winter and spring are the rise of real estate, wholesale and raw materials prices. We must continue to hold the line. We cannot permit inflation.” The greatest inflationary pressures we face today are those stemming from the unprecedented demand for and the short supply of (1) housing, (2) clothing, and (3) durable goods. Although rent control regulations still exist in most areas the demand for housing is so great that people are tempted to ignore rent ceiling in their eagerness to provide shelter for themselves and their families. During the next few months the clothing supply will be the tightest since before the war, a situation that is being further complicated by thousands of newly dis¬ charged veterans who are unable to find even a minimum of civilian clothing in the stores. The durable goods pic¬ ture is a trifle brighter— more refrigerators, automobiles, washing machines, vacuum cleaners, radios, etc., are on the way. Here again, however, the demand and pur¬ chasing power still exceed the supply and an inflationary black market is the potential result unless people curb their desires to own the first of everything that appears on the market at any prices. Urge listeners to spend
sensibly and to cooperate with all price and rent control regulations. (Fact Sheet No. 3.)
The Veterans' Assets
The skills, education, and experience which our service¬ men and women acquired in the armed forces — the know¬ how which proved deadly to the enemy in war — can be an invaluable asset to this nation in peace. Modern warfare requires a tremendous range of skills; if a recruit does not have a skill when he enters the armed forces, he ac¬ quires one through training in order to be able to do his part in the highly mechanistic, scientific, and engineering job which modern warfare is. In many instances the work servicemen did in the war — such as in radar and elec¬ tronics — was a projection of what business and industry are undertaking in this postwar period. Many veterans who have already returned to civilian life have discovered that their service experience can mean better jobs and greater responsibilities than they were able to assume before the war. Radio is now asked to help educate the general public, as well as employers, on the assets of the veteran as a citizen and an employee. Speak to employers and indirectly by referring to the fact that thousands of employers who are employing veterans testify to the fact that these men are making good. Avoid invidious compari¬ sons between servicemen and civilians. Explain how most service-acquired skills are directly related to civilian occu¬ pations, citing examples if possible. Point out that the skills, education and experience acquired by men and women in our armed forces will make them better citizens and more valuable employes than they were before.
ELEVENTH ANNUAL FCC REPORT NOW ON SALE
The Federal Communications Commission announces that its Eleventh Annual Report for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1945, is now on sale by the Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office, Washington 25, D. C., at 20 cents a copy.
Requests for copies of this Report should be made di¬ rectly to that agency, together with remittance.
FM Department
Issuing Report No. 800 (FM Broadcast) on Wednesday (3), the Commission announced therein that it has ap¬ proved the basic engineering plans submitted by 9 more applicants for FM stations, thereby enabling them to place orders for transmitters and antennas and to make other engineering arrangements.
This makes a total of 24 applicants with approved en¬ gineering plans. In some cases antenna structures are subject to approval by the Civil Aeronautics Administra¬ tion. Notification of the Commission’s action is being sent to each of these applicants, together with specific requests for further engineering information required by the Com¬ mission.
Previously, these applicants had been given conditional grants subject to further review of engineering details and program plans before further action by the Commis¬ sion.
Following is the list of applications for which approval of basic engineering plans were granted. (Note: Power given is effective radiated power. Antenna height given is height above average terrain.)
J. E. Rodman, Fresno, Cal., rural; channel: 102.3 me (No. 272); 69.5 KW ; antenna: 1936 ft.
KOMA, Inc., Oklahoma City, Okla., rural; channel: 100.1 me (No. 261) ; 243 KW ; antenna: 485 ft.
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APRIL 8, 1946-280