MAY BE CHANGES

Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 76, 26 September 1940, Page 12

MAY BE CHANGES

FOOD RATIONING

WARNING BY MINISTER

THE COMING YEAR

(British Official Wireless.)

(Received September 26, 2 p.m.) RUGBY, September 25.

The Minister of Food. Lord Woolton, explaining changes in food rations in a broadcast speech, warned listeners that "during the second'year of the war you must not expect to have all the things to choose from that you have had in the first, year. I am sure that when you realise that quite suddenly we lost all the supply of butter, eggs, bacon, and condensed milk that used to come fromj other sources of supply—Holland and Denmark —you will agree that during this last year we have had everything we could expect." Talking of the second year of the war, Lord Woolton said: "You will have enough to eat, but I shall have to ask you to be prepared for temporary changes from time to time. If you cannot have one thing, we will give you another. We must be flexible. For example, we are now having to bring butter from the Southern Hemisphere instead of Denmark. Supplies begin to arrive about November and our stocks in this country are running down a bit, so I ask you to use a little more margarine until the new stocks of but- ! ter arrive. Our meat stocks, on the other hand, are really very good and, while continuing to be prudent, we can release a bit more, so that for a time, you will be able to have 2s 2d worth on each coupon." Lord Woolton concluded: "There need be no doubts and no question-] ings. The food' services, of this country will see us through and I know that the'women of this country will not be failing in care and consideration in helping them to do it." j