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vi&ion!~f Meals SectIOn of tb& Eduoa.tion Coria~
mlttee.....d ' l"IjlhouJ\! like to tha~ Mr, Marsh
for the vfYr"!l e x&l1ejl(;_pa.mphle t ·beha«5 pro<luoed
on the "or~ of tho. ~il<:h_ It
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second dlst rtbution to be. ''9lade thl.

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of heAlYIunder
to
mQthers and children at reduced p~lcee

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fact in the near future. I In the ·w.eek ending
Nov.ember . 1~ OrO less tha.n 3 ,376 portions were
sold, the receipt6 totalhng Jf38 ISs;, 2d. The
average number BOld daily is ~~5. On M~nday,
the qUletest'day, only 400 a.r~ sold, {>~t In the
last ohree day. of ;the week 85Il l§ til<' level.
The P.&"'phlet, waich ronta.i.n&
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lent illustratio~, Jan be obtained PC6t free
for .:.q. from the .office. of the' Reading Education

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" a choict I selection of 'SILVERWARE,

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some Ii'wpa women were epoken
thdugJi t::.ey· were cJogs. bavlng 8}X)keri', tht: CHX.:.tRMAN men ·
oq tbe 'previous Friday Broil RUlIÂ¥tr,
blmself intervIewcd the ~)'or and In-,
to too tmootJng, not
a. tP6aker but a8
crowd The Mayor asked lilt to ay that
to do all he could
prevent the
keep the peaCe I There would bd anothet'
in the Mayol;"a pa.rlour o nJ Tuesday We
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to rop~t you,l added )fr. ~Ight ' l and
for
.sake and ~eur eo,,", sakes don't let ull
down but
UI, ~nd we will raise our voice,
ID ~ protelt against the conditions prevailing.
I Mr BEN RUSS.ELL maintained tbat there was
8Uffl.cl !,,? ~ food in tho country tor tbe present, and
tll&t 1i~6 troub~le was due"'-1;d tack
'o/ganizatlon.
Natlonil ratloohl was the only eolutton to the diffi·
cu lty. In the
antlmc tbe) ~ mlUt trr and do
IIOm6thmg loeaUy j They bad .lju"g ~lIt~ to the Local
.control COIIllDlttee tb.at thcre should be ,some
of pooling the necf,esanel!l of Ufe, but tound
Loc.l Food' Control CommIttee hod' not the
power" What ii,a'I ' the , gOO<t of a food
committee witJ)out control? n they demanded or.ganlzation trom Ithe authorities ' they
must submit to that organization The> would not
to any shop they liked
to &evenll
~~,e ~.\'ru",'~ lor.food flit the
,a n tndlJln !ty
". ol>le :,.,lh money had the !1dvant~ge
notl milc h. If they did riot.
up
mak ~ lOme cffort the oondltlOns would' ge t
HE: pone9tly belMved that- *lme of the people \\ It II plenty of money we re loyally carrylng out
food economy, but manJ were nqi;. Though tb6 vol·
country.
,unti ry ~ )'Stemt :WH prpached all ov~r
tM)' could ' not;: even trust thero.eelves to carry out
t.he
Involved, - K"'member of tb~r ' own
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In a queue with SIbs. or ~ 11>8,
He represented... u secret/if),. the
COJl)tnittee, and they were
qoeues must stop 'Illie food
a . poMIble , go nJl rodlld. and com;'I1,,,.,.
and sbat'& alike. Tbe cO-OPcratlve
been' ignored by t~e ' Oovernment.1
the co-operative ator~ bad ha d greJltei" dimthan many shopktepere, bu~ he kne w the
rea60D .of th:'lt was sbortag\) at their a wn BOurces.
But tho.): mUlt make the Government wake u p to
the fact tbat the co-operatlye I movement presenfed
one of the Jin!8't methOd. of distdhuUon of
country In thc world. The O.ovl.!rnment did
aVail themselves ·of tho opportunity becaule
did not wa.nt to diGturh the bUls or 8OC1Ct~
was t o da)"
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opening of the
kitcben to t~e p'rcsen~
an B.ver!$e profit of
£11SS.thos 1leeD mad{l ea.ch w.eek. :SOCIal worke~have wrcbn.sed a. nuplber of tJ.c}te.ts
and dlStrlbuted them . to 'poor lpeople ,, ~,oMing
asslstanoe. aoo these ~ttknd with ~Ir
plates and r6ceive cooked food to th'e1 fr ee
of lthe tlcket8 p~ntOO.
Such ' is tlJp 6UC:0e68
of the fint kitohen tb&h It 1$ hoped that the
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woman aaked fqr I]largarin& :\be girl 4ltqqlil ner llead.
The lIiomsn ·r.p1!ated. the · QueStion whetber they bAd
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land tb~ K!rl rejoi ned ,. (Ian: t )"00
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GICl,~:;:ware, MarbleU{arti!Stopework,
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mut the flag or each ~or all
't'e re they golng to ,", ork and
(ood ? ("No! " ) 1
4MI~ aLACKit'LL mo"ed tbe lo",o.,jog ro!oluUor
That this maM meetmg of
mg is or opinlort that notblng
Bystl!:n ot rationmg wlli ensure
tloll toO the rich an~ poor nhke of
foodstufts, Jand condemns the Government
half-hearted \WD.y in which the,)' have dh lt with
the pfoftteel'iJ;lg earned on by a section Jt the expense o( th~ natIOn, and calls for drnat (c pUDllh
mept in all calJel:l Further, l\jc arC'
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that more power Ihould b'e given to the
locnl Food Control Comrnltteea to deal ,",It tl tntrlll}gements and enablo them to enforce wiLli tbe
(.."o-{)pcra.tlon of ~he municipal Rutho tics, the
( ,poohn!; MDd dIitr4bution or supplies.
In ~h e courI() '.of a telling little. apeech,
'Blacki'"
paM ,.1\ tribute tq their ",ondbrful 'Nor,kln mothers.
I'((W ot-them r~Il8et to whAt heights of
roism and
selt~sllcrlflce tboae ... ·motben -ro&e.
~hb IH'Otetrt.ed
against the workm, women havinl( to pu liP with
the blmRmt)(~ S und hardl!lhtll9 ~rlcb :\ Itre&ent
wt}re their lot ',l'he moth~rs of p l}r ,$OIdl s had to
do not ,only tlie ; duties' ?f a mothctrbut 1he dutlel
of n nurae Rnd cook, they also had ;() mend. wash,
clean lUld m~ke £ l do the work " t '£2 I
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nfter that the y had to go and /ltnd
a Jood
qUl1ue ~hree or tour hours. to enable.
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the neeeMMry food for th e m~ and
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Mr., HICKEY sal6- that a lsrge number of
dlVldual$ !hn d aent 'to them If rom ·the big tradets In
LOndon at regula.r .intervals 6. 8 or 10. 1'b~. or tea.
while the wivea of the working men had to neglect
their \Io,mea and chHdren and hunt the :lIhops tor

lib. or d,~ OIS., and Johen go home without it.

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is iO:PQssibltl whe~"\,,im is in ' command. Everything ' is poJis e~ up in' double

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