THE CIVILIANS' PART.
PREPARING FOR THE OFFENSIVE. "The day is coming when the British forces on land, sea and in the air, in close conjunction with their American and Russian Allies, will strike decisive blows which shall totally destroy the enemy's power of resistance," declared Mr Hugh Dalton, President of the Board of Trade, speaking at Nottingham. 'Tmpatiently awaiting these eveiits, we civilians have an indispensable part to play," he continued. "We must work hard, and make do with our everdiminishing supplies. I have cut the clothing ration, while making special provision for chldren and industrial workers. I have surrendered for the armed forces and munitions production an ever- increasing number of workers in industry and retail trade. "The urgent need for maximum economy in labour and material has led us to concentrate industry to the utility production of clothes, householS textiles, crockery, cutlery and furniture, anl to strict price control of utility and other goods. Henceforth nothing can be produced which dces not serve direetly or indirectly a real war purpose, including the maintenance of reasonable supplies of necessarv
goods for civilian use."
—B.O.W.
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Marlborough Express, Volume LXXVI, Issue 246, 19 October 1942, Page 5
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185THE CIVILIANS' PART. Marlborough Express, Volume LXXVI, Issue 246, 19 October 1942, Page 5
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