To the Editor of the Crimson:

Your editorial "Ham and Cheese" is of interest to those who have studied the Hull treaties. Without delving into either the material benefits or the diplomatic importance of the so-called reciprocal trade agreements program, which possibly have not led to a more peaceful world, would it not be pertinent to examine the possible accomplishments in fields more analogous to post-war commitments?

If the international wheat trade agreement is any criterion, then there is reason to fear that the Washington bureaucrats are toying with international commitments so altruistic and visionary in scope that they do not dare to lay their plans before the people for approval.

The editors of the Crimson can serve their college and their colleagues well by analyzing the international wheat trade agreement between Argentina. Australia, Canada, United Kingdom and the United States. This agreement, which has received little publicity in the press, is published in the State Department Bulletin of July 4, 1942.

We helped Japan before this war by furnishing scrap iron and oil and, also, Germany by supplying raw cotton, copper and oil from our surpluses. We are now helping the entire civilized world through lend-lease. We have just celebrated "I Am an American Day." Isn't it about time we exercised a bit of intelligent self-interest in America? William H. Cliff '08.