It is September, 1947 and even though World War II is over there is a
major emergency taking place in Europe: Hunger. George Marshall, the U.S. Secretary of State
and former Army Chief, is trying to solve this crisis. He has proposed a
plan to rebuild Europe from the war but first there has to be enough
food for the population.
Marshall is on the Cabinet Committee on World Food Programs, a special
unit created by President Harry Truman to deal with hunger and food
issues. Here are some pages from the Committee's report from September, 1947 which was presented to Truman.
These are pages from the U.S. Military reports on
hunger in Austria after World War II
Cincinnati area newspaper articles about the Friendship Train of 1947
Plymouth, MA Newspaper article about the Silent Guest program of 1947
Cincinnati Enquirer newspaper article on Food aid during the Korean War
Reports about CARE's Feeding Programs
in the Eisenhower and Kennedy administrations:
