Stomach Decides Politics

Chronicle (Levin), 19 January 1948, Page 5

Stomach Decides Politics

Received Sumhiv, i.IO p.m. LOXDON, Jan. 18. The oecupying power which c;m f'eed ihe dennan* be*t will win tho light iicl w '(•{•!) Demoorne v and ( 'onnminisin in denlnil Kunipo, said the lender of the dennan Social Democrats, I)r Scliu macher, aeeording to ihe As.sociated J'ress Berlin i-orrnspondent. Wluit was tho good, Dr Kehumacher said, of *emliug policenien ont arniod with a piore of papcr in the British /one to eolloet food from peasant* for dist rilnit ion Tho poliro liud to be arrricd to ^el resuits. Keading to tlu* Control Authoril'v's • leelarut ion that no food would be Hapori el to meet tho IHihr workers' distal isfartion with their rations, the food ndniinist rators of the dennan pro > iiii-es, meoiing at Dpsseldorf, agroeu to take emer^eney internal action to reliove the distres* in the industrial areas in the British zone. The Tinui*' Berlin eorrespondent says ihe administrator* outs'xle ihe Knhr will eease the distribution of i'at* in their areas and divert 17,000 torts oi fats to areas of shortage, rhe correKpondent eoinments that this is the lirst tiine the other dennan provinees have shown willingnep* to ••ontril'nr.te to the relief of the indnstrial districts. The British authorities, fae ing the Kulir strikes, have stated that the dermans must solve the food proldom theinselves hv improving the tlist ii bitlion arra ngejnents.