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...extra grain made available would reach the people who need it most. Before that can happen, there must be a fundamental change in the theory and practice of food aid programs, both in the United States and in other rich countries. And judging by Secretary of Agriculture Earl L. Butz's performance at the World Food Conference in Rome two weeks ago, that change may be a long...
...Butz spent most of his time defending the existing United States food policy, boasting that no other country could rival this one in its generosity to hungry nations. He thus dashed the feeble hopes raised by Henry Kissinger, who, in his keynote address, made a startling departure from past U.S. policy by suggesting that food should be distributed according to need rather than market demand and by proposing that an international agreement be reached on each nation's responsibilities for maintaining food reserves. Butz followed Kissinger's vague remarks by lecturing the delegates on the virtues of the free enterprise...
...conference is not "an aid-pledging forum" but a meeting to consider policy planning. After a week's silence, President Ford, citing inflation as an obstacle, turned down the delegation's request for an immediate 1 million ton increase in U.S. emergency food aid. Agriculture Secretary Earl Butz, who headed the American delegation, accused the three Senators of acting for "partisan political gain," while arguing that the U.S. was already shipping more grain to needy countries than it did last year...
...relatively free press in the U.S. reports international meetings such as Bucharest and Rome in such a defensive way that the average American cannot understand how American overconsumption and Mr. Butz's preoccupation with the profits of agrobusiness look to the rest of the world...
...bankruptcy. (Consumers have hardly noticed much drop in meat prices, but farmers suspect middlemen of raising their profit margins unjustifiably.) The farmers want relief in the form of emergency loans or reduced meat imports to kick up prices further. Some even call for the resignation of Agriculture Secretary Earl Butz, who they feel does not support their interests...