Mr. Dalton said he believed large food stocks should be acquired and promised to German occupied areas of Europe as soon as they are free of German domination. He suggested that the promise of coffee to every French family might have considerable propaganda value.
As an example of the effectiveness of the Ministry of Economic Warfare's policy of causing shortages of vital materials in Europe, Mr. Dalton exhibited a piece of wire cable taken from a German plane shot down over central London.
"Normally," he said, "this would be made of rubber containing copper wire. The shortage of rubber in Gprmany da evident from the tact t inside this thinnest coating of rubber, the wire is held within a glass bead contraption.
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