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NO OBJECT TO HITLER 95 PER CENT RISK RUN (British Official Wireless.) Reed. 9 a.m. RUGBY, May 29. The Secretary for Scotland, Mr. Ernest Brown, speaking in London, said that in Herr Hitler, Britain was not dealing with a man who reckoned in military terms. A7O per cent casualty list was to him worth while, if 30 per cent were left to gain victory. He had no regards whatever for human life, either for those of his people or for those whom he fought, if by a 95 per cent risk he could at the end of the day retain a 5 per cent margin for victory. Referring to Mr. Ernest Bevin, his successor at the Labour Ministry, Mr. Ernest Brown said that behind him was the ordinary workman and the organised workman in this country solid in line with every one to see the struggle carried through to a successful issue. Mr. Brown concluded: “The civilian population must be prepared to stand all the strains necessary and serve and work to the utmost. Those of us who see .this through will .see Herr Hitler go the way of all other human tyrants and faith and loyalty onco more established on a war-racked globe.” ■
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20261, 31 May 1940, Page 5
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