out, and a few pennies were "anted" into the subsidy "kitty." 



This new doctrine of planned economy has its heretics and 

 unbelievers. For some time these unredeemed have had hard 

 going. Outnumbered for nearly a decade, they have been 

 termed the "rugged individualists" and the "economic royal- 

 ists" by the one- to fourteen-caret "liberals." Their spokes- 

 men have been few. 



The authors, being skeptical of many of the new economic 

 doctrines, undertake to be the Devil's Advocates in defense 

 of their own heresy and that of others. 



There is little in the handling of the food problem to in- 

 spire in the jury of 125 millions any sublime faith in the in- 

 fallibility of our Washington chefs. 



The authors wish to acknowledge the suggestions and criti- 

 cisms of W. M. Curtiss, F. A. Harper, J. A. McConnell, H. B. 

 Meek, W. I. Myers, F. L. Platt, G. P. ScoviUe, L. N. Shaw, 

 E. E. Vial, and J. Warren; and the editorial work of M. 

 Scudder. 



F. A. PEARSON 

 DON PAARLBERG 

 Written January to June 30th, 1943. 



