Rationed Britain got good news about its food supply last week. Last month bushy-browed, eagle-beaked Minister of Food Frederick James Marquis, Baron Woolton, promised that rationing would be relaxed. Last week he explained his promise: U.S. food is pouring into Britain. U.S. Lend-Lease supplies now provide Britain with five or six per cent of her total foodstuffs, a full 25% of her animal proteins. Greater quantities are expected.
Besides rationing, wartime Britain has also been worried about its scandalous, booming black market in foodstuffs sold above the controlled prices. Already the Ministry of...
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