Behind Food Rationing
Sir Henry French, K.B.E., C.B., who is the real man behind the food rationing in Britain, controls a staff of over 2,000. He was appointed food ration controller during the last war and was responsible for the smooth running of that enormous service. When this war broke out he was second secretary to the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries but he was immediately appointed secretary to the Food ITAinister. Sir Henry is not new to the responsibility of rationing. In 1936 he was seconded to. the director, Food Defences Plan, under the Board ot Trade. He joined the British Civil Service by open competition,
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 2, Issue 35, 23 February 1940, Page 3
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109Behind Food Rationing New Zealand Listener, Volume 2, Issue 35, 23 February 1940, Page 3
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