Lord Rhondda has moved another step towards the compulsory rationing
of foodstuffs. He announced on Thursday week that the Food Committees for London and the Home Counties must be prepared to ration meat, butter, and margarine from February 25th, giving a half-ration of meat to children under six. Ho warned the public that, as the Germans have found, the holder of a ration- ticket will not always be sure of getting his ration. As we have pointed out, the Food Controller has given more thought to the problems of price and distribution than the Government as a whole have given to the even more urgent problem of supply, and for this reason we shall have to go short of meat for some time to come. But compulsory rationing will, at any rate, dissipate the belief of many townspeople that others are getting more than their fair share of the available stocks. Lord Rhondda is preparing to apply a rationing scheme to the whole country, district by district.
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