FOOD FOR BRITAIN

Press, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 25273, 27 August 1947, Page 5

FOOD FOR BRITAIN

Sir, —We take exception to the statement by “Elbow Grease” that those “nasty store labourers won't work on Saturdays because they are locked out by the merchant.” First, our storemen are not “nasty.’ They comprise a good type of intelligent men. assisted in the wheat season by university students. Second, our men are not locked out on Saturdays. Actually, during the last grain season we worked 11 hours daily during the first five days of the week, eight hours Saturday, and four hours Sunday, when the rush was on. Our men did this willingly. They realise, as we do, that prompt unloading means a quicker turn-round of railway trucks which in turn allows the wheatgrower to get his wheat promptly. The 40-hour week during the grain season does not operate as far as o,ur staff is concerned.—Yours, etc., D. H. BROWN AND SON, LTD. August 26. 1947.

Sir, —While willing to help Britain with more food, I do not agree with “Britisn Bride,” who seems to favour drastic rationing here. She says she can manage quire well with the housekeeping, and that she is never short of butter. I expect “British Bride” is a young and healthy woman and probably can eat three good meals a day. In that case, less butter would not affect her. But to elderly people (I am 67) on a low diet, less butter would be a hardship and mean loss of health to many of the old people. My diet is mostly bread and butter, toast, a little bacon (perhaps an egg), and, of course, a cup of t ea - For health reasons. I think we should not have drastic butter rationing here.— Yours, etc., FLQRANCE GOODE. August 26, 1947.