Forum, Nov. 25, 1974

Eat, Drink and Be Somber

To the Editors:

All of us need to know and ponder the facts you present in such depth in your special section on the world food crisis [Nov. 11]. But I take issue with the crucial part entitled "What to Do: Costly Choices." You say, "The so-called less-developed countries will have to resist the temptation to blame the world's ills on the former colonial powers and the U.S." It is equally true that the U.S. and the former colonial powers will have to take much more seriously what the...

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