MINISTRY OF SUPPLY
BRITAIN'S DEFENCE SERVICES
(Briti-h Official Wireless]
RUGBY, 25th May.
A proposal for the establishment of a Ministry of Supply was debated in the House of Lords. A motion that is was essential in the interests of national secur-' ity that a Ministry of Supply for the three Defence Services should be estab. lished forthwith was defeated by 54 votes t) 12.
Lord Zetland, replying for the Government, announced that orders for all aeroplanes required to fulfil the accelerated air defences programme had been given and that reserves of essential raw material had ben secured. He declared that the Government was of opinion that a change of organisation as suggested in the motion would retard production.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXI, 25 May 1938, Page 5
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