BIGGER AIR FORCE.
SPEEDING UP PRODUCTION. Received March 18, 1.25 p.m. ' LONDON, March 17. Lord Swinton (Secretary for Air) opening the House of Lords debate regarding the White Paper on Defence, said Britain for the next three years aimed at having delivered more machines than had reached the Air Force during the seventeen vears since the war. The new machines possessed a range and speed performance incomparable with last year. Some of the greatest scientists in Britain were working wholeheartedly in that direction. There was no doubt regarding our potential resources and staying power, but the machines must be available in time Lord Ponsonby, opposing the adoption of the White Paper, expressed the. opinion that Lord Swinton’s speech was terribly reminiscent of pre-war debates. - If Britain "possessed greater armaments she might make the present situation much darker. The debate was adjourned.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVI, Issue 93, 19 March 1936, Page 2
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