BRITAIN GETTING DOWN TO WORK
Received Wednesday, 7 p.m.
LONDON, Dec. 3. Mr. Jack Joiies, joint Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Supply, who is touring all the industrihl areas inspecting the progress oi the production diive, said at Birmingham: "This country doesn't know enough about itself. There is far too much taik of what we are not doing and no$ a quarter enough of what we are doing. Otu' fellows are working very hara. There are odd spots where there are occasional passengers and it is up to their com rades to get them working. Only work will save this country." . Figures released this week reveal that the new merchant shipping ton nage under construction in Britain during October, set yet another record when it reached 1,944,000 tons gross, nearly 30,000 tons more than the previous month. October was also a record month for motor vehicle exports. British factories sent 17,564 cars and 5021 commercial vehicles overseas.
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Chronicle (Levin), 4 December 1947, Page 5
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