GER1ANS DEMAND FOOD
Press Assn.
Ten-Day Ultimatum Issaed By Trade Unions
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Received Tuesday, 11 a.m. . . . * HERFORD, May 12. The leaders of all trade unionS in Dusseldorf, after a stormy meeting, told the British occupation authorities that failing a defmite assdrkrice on the food situation within teii days, they would resign dhd could not be responsible for the consequences. They added that the' German political party leaders ahd German administrative authorities riiight follOW stiit. TWo thousand Diisseldoff municipal employCes have isstied a statemeht gaying that they colild not ensure regular water, gas $hd electricity supplies after today, beCause 30 per cent. of them were ill through lack of food, The monthly nutritional • survey issued in Berlin says that the Germans throughout the American zone lost between 16 and 24 ounees in weight during March. ■ It is reported by the German News Service in the American zone that Generals Clay and Robertson have sent a joint telegram to Washington about the food situation in Germany.
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Chronicle (Levin), 13 May 1947, Page 5
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166GER1ANS DEMAND FOOD Chronicle (Levin), 13 May 1947, Page 5
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