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                             PRES NDiATION TO 0E MiLDE ,Y
            w. K.CK EDMONDSON, ASSISTANT DIRFCTOR, !,L'LRNATICNL DIVISION
                           U.S. GENERAL ACCOUNT711% OFFICE
                         AT ISA CONVENTION IN ST. LOUIS ON
                                  MLARCH 16, 1,7/

CZ-)                 US. FOOD F(PORTS: SPPLYTNG THE WCRLD'S
                                    FOOD NEEDS



           Three years ago. in the wake of substantial ierican rgrain salcs

      and poor harvescs- almost everywhere, global hunger id tood distzibution

      became a major concern of governments and inaividuals all over the world.

      This great concern culminated at the World Food Conference in Rorte, in

      November 1974. Since then, consciousness of this p-oblem ha5 declined

      and attention has moved to other issues and probler~s.

           Buuj this izsu is no less important ncwo A fey, month:s ago th2

      House of keprcsertari',es passed its Right-to-Feed esolut-ion,  hc'

      has the virtue and .,efc intent of pulling gCVEr.mn,! attention

      back into focus in a aumber of constructive ways   It reaffirims the

      camitients that Congress has made in a variety of statutes to feed

      America's own hungr  citizens and it stresses the imporcance of taking

      hunger and food distribution into account in the formulation of U.S.

      foreign policy. Overall, it is expected that the Resolution will aid

      the Congress in improving US. actions to help the world's hungry feed

      themselves.

           This ver the Conz'r.ss is also concerned with the need for a

       f2.!exble ag:icultural policy, The 1973 Agricultural and Consumer

       Protection Act--the farm act--will expirc at the evd oi 1977' And a

       .a jor advantage of todifyirg and renewing this l.gistatie, is that it

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