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(8.0.W.) RUGBY, October 24. A quick succession of events in Britain —notably Lord Gort’s despatches, Mr Ernest Bevin’s call for a real increase in factory output and Lord Beaverbrook’s speech demanding increased production—have held the attention of the City of London. Some claim that these events have justified past warnings that the output of war materials is far short of the potential. The city’s interest in the latest revelations has been heightened because they have given additional weight to those insisting that the excessive burden of taxation is the most serious drag on the nation’s production effort. Additional incentives for both capital and labour are claimed to be essential at whatever cost. The financial Press is divided on the last question, but all agree that decentralization, more efficient co-ordination between the supply departments and the expulsion of incompetents, are all long overdue,
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Southland Times, Issue 24576, 27 October 1941, Page 6
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