BRITAIN PUTTING FIRST THINGS FIRST

Chronicle (Levin), 25 October 1946, Page 4

BRITAIN PUTTING FIRST THINGS FIRST

A leading article in the Can- ! adian journal, Toronto Globe and | Mail, pointed out recently that ; most of the goods on display in the j "Britafn Can Make It" exhibition, | London, will not be available for purchase- in the United Kingdom. The journal commentsV "There is an element of stoicism in such circumstances. which is hard for other countries to understand. It seems beyond human nature that people should make things they; need so desperately, but cannot • have, for the good of the commun- j ity as a whole. "It indicates more than a whole \ volume of psychological analysis j what sort of people the British 1 really are, and the extraordinary j level of their special spirit, They |

have worked under extreme cohditions, and even yet homes broken up by the war must still look i'orward to the time when they may be reunited. They have been overwr.rkfid hv lone hours. unrewarded

by flnancial gaps. Their cost )f living has increased more than ours has and there is less to buy. They have foregone many of the essentials for which they might have gone on strike, bdcause they know that higher incomes and shorter hours would have to be paid for by production. So they have gone to work to produce for the export market, continuing to deny themsgIvss "The British have had the courage to put first things first. Despite the cost it will pay off m the end."