PRODUCTION PLANS
LORD BEAVERBKOOK’S TASK BRITISH PRESS COMMENT (United Press Assn.— Elec. Tei. conyriifUt) LONDON, Feb. 12 That the Prime Minister’s explan* ation of the new scheme for the Ministry of Production represents a distinct advance on the existing machinery is the general comment of the press, although there is a tendency to reserve final judgment until Lord Beaverbrook is able to get into his stride at the Ministry. The Daily Telegraph says its duties will be primarily co-ordinating rather than executive, and its object is to provide a solution for problems arising out of the pooling of British and American war resources. Mr Churchill epitomised the matter in a phrase when he said: “There must be someone able to speak to the United States as representing British war production as a whole.” It seems to be general comment that the leaving of the allocation of manpower and labour with the Minister of Labour, Mr Bevin—although other powers of the production executive are transferred to Lord Beaverbrook—makes co-ordination less comprehensive than before, and the News Chronicle points out that great results are not inherent in the machinery set up, but will depend on the personality and goodwill of those called upon to work it.
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Waikato Times, Volume 130, Issue 21653, 13 February 1942, Page 3
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204PRODUCTION PLANS Waikato Times, Volume 130, Issue 21653, 13 February 1942, Page 3
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