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Show ENGLAND FACES FOOD "SHORTAGE Startling Admission Made by Member of British Cabinet. London. Francis Dyke Acland, financial fin-ancial secretary of the treasury, speaking in the house of commons on the agricultural situation, made a somewhat disturbing statement. It was imperative, Mr. Acland said, that farmers should drop their prejudice gainst the employment of female labor. la-bor. A breakdown in home supplies was only avoidable if the labor situation sit-uation did not grow worse. The danger point of greatly decreased de-creased production alread has been reached and even as things were going, go-ing, it was now feared that England could not hope to maintain her production pro-duction on last year's level. If more men were swept into the army from the farms, she could only escape famine fam-ine by diverting to importation of foodstuffs ships which are so urgently needed for the transport of munitions. |