15 AUGUST 1941, Page 13

—What should be the chief aim of a Minister of

Food? Is it provide as much nourishing food for as many people as may be ible? Or is it to ensure that no section of the population more of a food than any other? Eggs are certainly more widely buted by being rationed, but if there are to be fewer of them they are to be eaten in a stale condition, is the country any better off? Possibly the removal of grievances between different sections of the population is the most important consideration in war-time. It would be interesting, however, to know what is the relative -nutritive value between a fresh and a stale egg. Or is this an awkward question which is better not asked at the moment?—