POST-WAR FOOD PROBLEM

Otago Daily Times, Issue 25798, 20 March 1945, Page 4

POST-WAR FOOD PROBLEM

UNDERSTANDING REQUIRED

(Rec. 0.30 a.m.) MELBOURNE, Mar. 19. “The approaching peace will require its victories on the food front. It is certain that Australia and New Zealand will do their- utmost to ensure that those victories will be no less renowned than those of the war,” said Mr Bankes Amery, the. leader, of the British Food Mission, in an address to-day. As the result of a recent brief visit to Britain he was glad to. be able to report that the people of Britain were amazingly cheerful considering the conditions they were still undergoing. “After peace is declared in Europe it will take a lot of explanation to make the people understand why there should not be much more food for those who have suffered most. Yet there have been suggestions that some of the major rations may even be reduced. A solution of the post-war food problems will require great understanding and goodwill between the nations. It is inconceivable that statesmanship will be unequal to the task.

“To-day Britain’s meat ration of 14d a week is again endangered. Nearly all stocks of food are down almost to a minimum, some of the difficulty being due to supplies which Britain has already sent to feed civilians in the rear of the fighting line in Europe.”