BEAVERBROOK’S POST
“MINISTER FOR TANKS” [U.P.A.—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright) London, May 17. Lord Beaverbrook’s own newspaper, the “Daily Express,” reveals tlrat his new post, although termed Minister of State, is actually “Minister for Tanks.” The appointment confirms unofficial reports, which have been current for weeks, that the Government is launching an intensive drive to speed up mechanisation. The promotion of tank officers to high commands also has been announced. It is most significant that Lord Beaverbrook has been given overriding power to determine priorities (or the manufacture of war supplies. This is interpreted as carte blanche from the Prime Minister to control the production side of the war.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 76, 22 May 1941, Page 4
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