AHEAD OF 1914-18
MUNITIONS SUPPLY
THREEFOLD OBJECTIVE
(Received September 22, 1.10 p.m.) LONDON, September 21. The Minister of Supply, Dr. E. L. Burgin, told the House of Commons that 68 firms other than those normally engaged in making munitions were at present producing shells and 700 firms were producing component parts. The number was increasing daily. j The first task was to defend the j country from air attacks; next came the equipment of the fighting services; and, thirdly, the provision of sufficient reserves of equipment for expansion of the military forces as the needs of the war required. An immensely greater organisation than in 1914-18 was already constituted and was controlled by a munitions council with executive powers. Since the outbreak of the war orders for supplies had been placed exceeding £70,000,000. ] The Ministry of Supply was in close I contact with Mr. Lloyd George, who was Minister of Munitions in 1915-16, and Mr. Winston Churchill, the First! Lord of the Admiralty.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 72, 22 September 1939, Page 8
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163AHEAD OF 1914-18 Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 72, 22 September 1939, Page 8
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