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CIVILIAN FOOTWEAR. Memo. by the President of the Board of Trade.

11 May 1943

civilians and the Services has yet been made. There will, in addition, be a further deficit each quarter in offal, the amount of which is not yet known. The production of wooden-soled footwear is being pushed on as fast as possible, but cannot be counted on to yield more than the equivalent of 800 tons of bend leather in the third and 1,000 tons in the fourth quarter. 6. In view of this most critical situation and of the vital need to keep the people shod, especially the children and the war workers, I ask my colleagues to agree to the following measures:(a) The continuance of the highest possible priority for shipments of hides and leather, which fortunately form only a very small fraction of our total imports, and the diversion to the Plate route of sufficient shipping to lift all available supplies; (b) urgent representations to the Americans for a larger share of the total supply of hides, particularly having regard to their substantially higher civilian ration; (c) the requisitioning for our own civilians of finished leather from the U.
india retail clothing consumer goods exports leather imports rationing rubber supply textiles timber food supplies food shortages board of trade overseas trade civil consumption nationwide shipping shortages lord president's committee
Civil Defence Region
Nationwide
Collection ID
CAB71
Document Reference
CAB 71/12/110
Document Types
Memorandum
File Reference
CAB 71/12
Former Department Reference
LP(43) 108
Identifier
10.1080/wtss.cab71.000012.110
Keywords
Civil Consumption Clothing Exports Food Shortages Food Supplies Imports Leather Overseas Trade Rubber Shipping Shortages Textiles Timber
Language
English
Locations Discussed
India
Organizations Discussed
Board of Trade Lord President's Committee
Pages
2
Published in
United Kingdom
Series
Papers Nos. 1(43) - 119(43)
Themes
Rationing Supply Retail Consumer Goods

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