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serve, animals on the hoof. Harvests have been abundant, 

 and the destruction by war has been minor. The nation's 

 farms have not been overrun by invading and defending 

 armies. 



At the other extreme is Greece, with a low standard of 

 living, poor soil, inadequate rainfall, and scant food reserves, 

 depending to a considerable extent upon imports. Greece has 

 been overrun by the invader, imports have virtually ceased, 

 and the conquering foe has lived off the country as much as 

 he was able. Starvation adjusted the Greek population to the 

 dwindling supplies of food. The Germans no doubt comman- 

 deer additional supplies of food as they become available, 

 and starvation continues. 



The United States, like other warring nations, is also in 

 the process of changing the civilian consumption of food. 

 However, our change is not a reduction in amount. It is 

 merely a substitution of the less desired foods for the highly 

 prized ones. Up to the present time this change has not been 

 sufficient to cause malnutrition or disease, let alone starva- 

 tion. The United States is so fortunate in her capacity to 

 produce cereal grains that her population need not fear 

 starvation. 



War Reduces Number of Consumers 



War not only plays havoc with food supplies; it plays 

 havoc with the number of food-consumers. War reduces the 

 number of combatants during the war. War also kills civilians 

 because of more than normal exposure to the elements, more 

 than normal physical exertion, too little heat, too little cloth- 

 ing, too little food, and/or sudden changes in diet to which 

 they find it difficult to adjust themselves. 



War also retards the expansion of population after the war. 

 Some persons are misled by the fact that with the outbreak 

 of war, birth-rates rise. This occurs because of "prosperity" 



