ARMS COMMISSION
NATIONALISATION OPPOSED BESET WITH DIFFICULTIES (United rross Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copy rich t) (Received 21st Mav, 11.40 a.m.) LONDON, 20th May. At the resumption of tlie Arms Commission, a memorandum on behalf of the Admiralty argued that tlie nationalisation of warship building was so beset with difficulties that no reliable estimate of cost could be prepared. The work was so specialised that it would be impossible to depend in wartime upon linns which had no previous experience. Therefore, if private Warship building was prohibited in peace time it would be necessary to nationalise a sufficient capacity to provide not only for normal peace production, but for the enhanced requirements of the early stages of war. A War Office memorandum regarded the nationalisation of armaments with disfavour.
A joint memorandum on behalf of the services insisted that the State was adequately safeguarded against bribery in placing administration contracts. There was not a record of a single case of bribery in the three Service departments.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXX, 21 May 1936, Page 7
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164ARMS COMMISSION Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXX, 21 May 1936, Page 7
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