BRITAIN’S CONSTRUCTION

Greymouth Evening Star, 20 July 1942, Page 6

BRITAIN’S CONSTRUCTION

(N.Z.P.A. Special Correspondent) LONDON, July 19. Statements by Mi\ Lyttelton ana Sii* A. Duncan on production in the Commons, last week, impressed, critics with Britain’s record of achievements which showed the goal of quantity was reached. It impresses to realise that Britain, a country with forty-seven million people, equalled this year the output of the whole German Europe, The substance of the

present criticism of British war production is the request to combine the command of the three services, for use of designers and engineers at every level of decision in production matters, for every executive to have responsibility and power to act, also flexibility in procedure ensuring prompt action. Mr. Lyttelton is regarded as the ablest and most intelligent director British war production has yet had, and it is expected it will improve' under his 4i rec tiQh-