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Show SHORTAGE OF FOOD THREATENSTROUBLE British Labor Conference at Nottingham Utters Note of Alarm. NOTTINGHAM, England, Jan. 25. A resolution for the abolition of the house of lords, and against any form of second chamber, was reported today to the labor conference, in annual session hero. Representatives of the railway men told the conference that the railway employees em-ployees had reached the breaking point and that the union would back them if they declined to work on account of lack of food. The responsibility, they said, would be due to mismanagement on the part of the government. The conference unanimously adopted a resolution for the conscription of wealth for the payment of the war costs. A Bristol delegate asserted that the "American meat trust" controls thf allies' eupply and fixes the prices, which procedure pro-cedure left the market bare at home and forced the people to buy meat from the trust. John Robert Clymes. parliamentary secretary to the food control department, declared t hat the food troubles were due to a general shortage and that Raron Rhondda, the food controller, could not work miracles or Invent food. Mr. C'lynieg denied that his department was a I t he mercy of a meat t rust or tha t rationing had been delayed through political po-litical influence. Mr. Bromlee, secretary of the Society of Firemen and Engineers, discus-sing the food question, said: "We- have stood a lot of eft ;-oap about Ihe glory uf Jrhiland and the winning win-ning of the war long enough. There is now a feeling of univst such as has not been known in this country before. If it is allowed to continue there will be serious seri-ous danger to the country. If the government gov-ernment is to co ut inue sit t ing on the safety valve, they must expect something to happen." William Crawford Anderson. labor member of parliament for Sheffield, asserted as-serted tha t thf consumers had been driven to the conclusion that the real food controller whs capitalism. Famine, lie said, was sw eeping across Kurope. In addition to the danger arising from the food situation, he added. thre was an untoward inciu t-tria.l situation looming on the horizon. A great indust rial explosion. Mr. Anderson An-derson continued, might be dancerous from the standpoint of s-ecunng a democratic demo-cratic peoples peace, and unless the government gov-ernment dea It wisely with food and profiteers there would be. a national disaster. |