PRODUCTION DRIVE
Flying Squads Of Experts
RUGBY. Scot. 6
National flying squads of skilled engineers have been formed by the Ministry of Supply. They are known as “Nims”—National Industrial Mobile Squads—and their job is to get production way in the shortest possible time.
..At Britain's new factories the increasing shortage of skilled labour in the country is creating a problem. Only by using to the utmost the experience and ability of every key man can the output be stepped up to the desired limits. Each man in the “Nims” is an expert fitter, setter, driller, turner, or craftsman from established ordnance factories.
Lord Beaverbrook, Minister of Supply, sent the following telegram to all factories where tanks and parts are made: “To all those who build a tank, for they shall win the war, you have done it again in August. You have produced just double the number of heavy tanks you gave us in March, five months. ago. Another record. It is a burning and shining light out of the darkness. Now ‘double again’ is your target for the next five months. Make January. 1942. another milestone in the tank history of the war against torture.”
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Timaru Herald, Volume CL, Issue 22063, 9 September 1941, Page 6
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196PRODUCTION DRIVE Timaru Herald, Volume CL, Issue 22063, 9 September 1941, Page 6
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