WORSE FOOD CRISIS AHEAD

Chronicle (Levin), 11 March 1947, Page 5

WORSE FOOD CRISIS AHEAD

Received Monday, 7.0 p.m. LONDON, March 9. When Mr. Strachey returns 'from America he faces the situation that Britain is heading for the worst food crisis since the war ended, says the Daily Mai],. The crisis is expected to reach its lieight in May when there will be an acute searcity of flour, brea.d, meat, potatoes and all kinds of fats. 51 The fresh meat ration will, from March 10, be of inferior quality and according to butchers, is in danger of being redueqd, ^ ■ Bread may be subjected to further adulteration of the basic "wheat, flour, and potatoes may be' ration ed. The National Farmers' Union's figures show that 30 per cent of 2,500,000 hill sheep died in blizzards and it is estimated Britain altogether lost a million sheep. The Farmers XJnion expects that -nearly all wheat sown in the autumn, amounting to nearly half the normal crop, has been lost. Prices of wheat and meat in exporting countries such as Argentine and United States, are still soaring and Britain is findiiig it increasingly difficiilt to afford them. With Britain's dwindling dollar resources the position will be i'eached within a year when it may be impossible to pay for the bare minimum food import requirements unless the value of Britain's exports can he greatly increased.