FOOD: Promise Kept

In the first year of world famine relief (ending June 30), the U.S. promised to ship 10,723,860 tons of wheat, and actually shipped 10,750,670 tons.

Including wheat, the U.S. shipped 16,500,000 tons of food of all types to famine areas. Of the nation's supplies for the year, the shipments took these shares: wheat, 40%; rice, 35%; cheese, 20%; fats & oils, 10%; meat, 6%.

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