London, June 20.
An assurance that stocks of food from the country were adequate and that the supply of essential foodstuffs was ensured for weeks and weeks, was given by Lord Woolton, Minister of Food, in a speech in the House of Lords yesterday Iron rations for use in a great emergency, he said, were disposed in secret places up and down the country and round large centres of popul tion, and other rations had been prepared for use in the event of full evacuation.
Lord Woolton mentioned that the Food Ministry had a turnover of £600,000,000 a year and a staff of 23,000, including many heads of busi nesses who had accepted comparatively minor positions for war work, The Ministry had 17 divisions and 1,500 sub-divisions.
Food manufacturers in Great Britain he revealed, were prepared to produce food without any preft—for some portions of their production—if these could be di tributed to the poorest section of t community, without undue charges—
Reuter.
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