Dear Sir,

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 11, Issue 53, 14 July 1947, Page 4

Dear Sir,

Letters to the Editor must be clearly written on one side of the paper only and where a nom-de -plume is used the name of the writer must be included for reference purposes. The Editor reserves the right to abridge, amend or withhold any letter or letters. QUESTIONS ABOUT FOOD FOR BRITAIN Sir, —I think in the interests of the people of this country and the British people at Home in particular, the following questions should be answered, and our Member for Bay of Plenty, Mr W. Sullivan, should be pleased to take this matter up. (a) Is it a fact that increased food exports from New Zealand would not necessarily benefit the British people? (b) Does the Emergency Food Council control the allocation of all food exported from New Zealand? (c) Is New Zealand a member of the Emergency Food Council? (d) If so, when and by what a

process did she become a member? (e) If New Zealand is not a member of this Food Council, in what way is she bound by the council’s decisions? (f) Who are the personnel of the Emergency World, Food Council, and how were they elected?

These questions were submitted to the Prime Minister Mr Chifley, by the member for Corangamite, Mr A. McDonald, M.H.R., on April 30, and- according .to “Hansard” Mr Chifley answered (a) and (b) in the affirmative, but held up the issue on the other counts. As admitted by Governmeht speakers during the debate on Food for Britain, in the Federal House on April 18 all contracts between that country (Australia) and Great Britain are subject to the control of the International Food Council. “If Australia contracts, to send more meat and butter to Great Britain, the Food Council will allocate less meat and butter from elsewhere.” Why does not the British Government protest against its food policies being controlled from Washington? The answer is that the Government of Great Britain is a Socialist Government with many pro-communist members. Food control is the weapon to break down the British barrier of freedom, by the Inters national Socialist. It was 1 Professor Harold Laski former chairman of the Labour Party who said that International Socialism and International Communism were two distinct roads to the same objective! Yours etc., W. BRADSHAW.