CLOTHES RATIONING ENDS
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Decision Releases 10,000 For fflore Produetive Worfe
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Eeceived Tuesday, 10.35 a.m: LONDON, March 14. - The President of the Board of Trade, Mr. Harold Wilson, announced in the House of Commons that clothes rationing would be abolished from tomorrow. Coupons would no longer be required for the purchase of any kind of clothing or textiles. Mr. Wilson, amid .cheers, said he was satisfied that dernand and supply were in reasonable balance. "In accoi-d-ance with the policy I am pursuing of the general relaxation of controls, I have decided to take the iinal step." ? Supplies to the home market would not be increased at the expense of exports, nor would the requirements of dollar raw materials be changed as a result of the decision, he continued. Close control on prices would be maintained as long
as was necess'ary. Mr. Wilson estimated that the abolition of rationing would release for more produetive work at least 10,000 people who had been administering rationing and handling coupons for manufacturers and distributors. Clothing had' been rationed in Britain since 1941.
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Chronicle (Levin), 15 March 1949, Page 5
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