LONG-TERM NUTRITION PROGRAM
Seven hundred specialists
went to Washington on May 26th to
attend the National'Nutrition Con
ference for Defense, the first
meeting of its kind over hold'on
a nation-wide sce.le. Doctors, den*
tists, lawyers, home economists,
social workers, government ex
ecutives, reprosontativcs of in
dustry end of labor, mapped out
re commended; ions for a food pro
gram designed to make America
strong, ' .
Paul V. McNutt,' Federal Se
curity Administrator, said to tho
700 at tho opening meeting: "With
your help, v/c propose to come out
of this conference with the objec
tives of a national nutrition pol
io:/ clearly and vigorously set
forth, Every Government agency is
ready to act. Now give us the
platform for action.
At this same meeting, Dr.
Russell K. Wilder called the roll
of those who must mobilize to
3olvc our national problem of mal
nutrition. This army for better
nutrition must rouse the Public,
ho said, to active cultivation of
good food habits and must help low
income groups to secure adequate
diets•
Trio conrorencc caviaca into
nine sections to study the diver
s se planss of nut ri ti on . Pract
ical recommend a tions emo from
each wroup.
Henry C. Shaman, Professor
of Nutrition at Col 'mbia Univer
sity, emphasized the unique con
tribution nutrition can make to
human welfare: ”Better growth and
development, higher attainment*in
stamina and working efficiency,
and a longer lease of healthier
and more useful life, may all
bo realised in the same indivi
duals through the fuller use of
the newest knowledge of nutrition.
Starting with ordinary or typical
American dietaries of all economic
levels, the chief direction for
nutritional improvement is to in
crease the proportion of calories
taken in the form of the protective
foods, fruits, vegetables, and milk
in its various forms." Professor
Sherman also stated that "the
same changes which so clearly im
prove the biological value of the
ordinary American dietary vfill
make for increased psychological
of f icicncy.,r
Vice-President Wallace, See-'
rotary V/icleard, Secretary Perkins,
Consumer Advisor Elliott, First
Lady, Mra.Roosevelt and ethers ad
dressed the conference. All as
sorted the. t the evil of malnutri
tion unearthed in recent surveys,
was an , ncniy more subtle and more
treacherous than any other pro
claimed daily news'headlines.
Thomas Pn~ran, Surgeon Gen
eral of the United States Fublic
Health Service, summed up the
achievements of the conference:
“The science of nutrition is about
as young as the science of avia
tion. , The difference is that far
less of the nutritional knowledge
is put to work.
11 This conference has given us
enough basic facts to stimulate
national thinking and speed
united action. Blueprints for
national action have been drawn.
But the30 blueprints will have
meaning only if each one of our
130 million population can and
"ill translate the specifications
into a wiser selection of his daily
diet.
POOH FI3H
Herr Hitler and Signor Muss
olini sat fishing together on one
side of the lake, and Mr.' Church
ill on the other. But while the
British Prime Minister caught
fish after fish, the two dictators
could not oven raise a hits.
"How do you do it, binston?"
they shouted across the water.
''There don't seen to be any fish
on our side."
"The fish are there all
right," replied Churchill, but
they.daren't open their mouths."
.Rub lard or vaseline on all
hardv/are on doors and windows be
fore, pai nting walls. Any paint
spillod on these part3 can be
wiped away with the grease.