BRITAIN WITHIN

Grey River Argus, 22 January 1943, Page 1

BRITAIN WITHIN

PRESENT TOPICS. LONDON, Jan. 20. Bombs on London, slight relaxing of black-out, Parliament resuming after the recess, Mr. Lyttelton’s statement on the arms drive the reply by | Sir A. Beveridge to his critics, and (Comments on banking, stand out as interesting topics this week. I There always seems to be a greater interest in the war effort when Parliament is in session, and this i again can be remarked. Several newspapers have published long lec- ! tures informing members of Parlia'ment and the country that the coming session will be - probabiy one of the j most momentous for Britain. This l nobody doubts. Reviews ot Mr. Attlee and Lord C'ranborne confirm the 'cheerful spirit spread by the Russian j and Eighth Army’s successes, ajtd there is much interest in Mr. Lyttelton’s statement, as it indicates that the factories are facing a big arms switch. Because Britain now has reserves of certain types of equipment there will be a greater drive for the building of ships, aircraft, tanks, and . anti-U-boat devices. This means that hundreds of thousands of workers I will be transferred to different jobs, and that they must be prepared to move from their present homes ancl become “as mobile as soldiers.” Mr. Lyttelton’s statement is taken as on- ( I (doii’ising the fiadt that Britain has 1 turned from the defensive to the offensive on the factory front as well ns on the battle-front.