London, Nov. 28.
The Government has decided to gisblsn "a new department, to raw up plans for the supply. control and distribution of food for defence purposes. This _important development of the Brit-Ish defence programme was annotnced this morning.
The department will be estab-shed within the Board of Trade and Is to be known as the "Food (erence Plan) Department." IL will work. in_ ce-operation with the Bosrd for the ce-ordination of defence. It is empowered to cons tinue ana complete the formation of plans for the supply, contro and distribution of food and feed ing stull for defence purposes.
"he director of the department will be Br, H. L. French, of the Ministry of " Agriculture and Fishery. The department will not be concerned, with home prod: lon, responsibility for which is a matier for the agricultural not hamper Austro-German [operation "However," he reltersted, Swe shall follow the programme begun' by Chancellor "Engelbert Dollfuss without changing a dot. That policy is well Known both Austria and Germany."
The duty of every Austrian, he concluded, was to achieve the uimsst, within. the Patriotic Front, Political quarters here pointed out that Chancellor Schuschnigg treated Communism and National Soci fon an equal footing, expressing opinion that he probably wished to Fefute allegations according to which only Communism was being com-Datled in Austrla.—Havas,
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