Prime Minister to Minister of Food, 21 March 1941


"I hope the term 'Communal Feeding Centres' is not going to be adopted.  It is an odious expression, suggestive of Communism and the workhouse.  I suggest you call them 'British Restaurants.'  Everybody associates the word 'restaurant' with a good meal, and they may as well have the name if they cannot get anything else."