CIVILIAN ARMY
"IN THE FRONT LINE" MINISTER'S MESSAGE (British Official Wifeless) RUGBY, Sept. 27. In a message to the workers in arms factories, Mr Herbert Morrison (Minister of Supply) says: " One of the greatest battles in the world's history is now being fought, not only between our own and the enemy's air forces, but between the German air force and the men and women of Britain. "I have the honour to lead one division of our civilian army—the workers in the arms factories—and to them I issue this Order of the Day. You are front-line fighters in the Battle for Freedom. More than that, you are the shock troops, for while the Nazi barbarians rain down their bombs on our people yours is the proud task of counter-attack. "Alone among the troops of our civilian army vou can do more than suffer and endure in grim patience —you can hit back. You are the men and w om en of whom Hitler is afraid, because your hands are forging the weapons of victory. Stand to your jobs and then victory will crown your efforts."
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 24416, 30 September 1940, Page 4
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