OFF TO AMERICA AGAIN

Chronicle (Levin), 4 March 1946, Page 5

OFF TO AMERICA AGAIN

• BRITISH FOOD MINISTER INDIAN FAMINE PROBLEM ! Received Monday, 10.30 a.m. LONDON, March 3. The departure of the British ! Mmister of Food, Sir Ben Smith, for Washington, which was to have taken piace this week-end, has been delayed by bad weather until toj.norrow. Tiie Minister, on behalf of 1 the British Government, will i strongly support the claim for ! special consideration which will be uddressed to the Board by the In- ; dian delegates. i How to — dx.xx.in the fat ration at 3even ounceo a week is causing thp Minister increasing concern, says the i Times. Among ways and means the ! Minister is considenng is a process I v.Thereby the Germans, before tne war and increasingly during the war, con ; /erfced mineral oils into fatty acids suit : ible for the manufacture of soap. The ' Minister asked the Control Office for i Germany and Austria for a report on ; the process and details of the position,..; condition and capacity of the factories. ! ; used for this purpose, i The lack of wheat also continues to | j cause anxiety, and while many tearooms j and restaurants have helped consider- i | at-ly, unless there is a better generai j : rppeal to serve bread only when asked j ! lor, he "ma;y have to consider prcliibit- ! Ing the serving of bread with main j I meals. | The Press Association says the j 'Indian famine developments in the | ipast twenty-four hours have made ! Ihis mission even more important. i Tt is now probable that' the gap be1 tween the world wheat supply and demand wiil be fifty .per cent. "•reater than the 5,000,000 tons pre|viously estimated.