AMERICAN LABOUR

Wairarapa Times-Age, 26 November 1940, Page 6

AMERICAN LABOUR

SIR W. CITRINE’S APPEAL DEFENCE OF DEMOCRACY. MEETING BRITAIN'S NEEDS. (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright) (Received This Day, Noon.) NEW ORLEANS, November 25. Sir Walter Citrine told the American Federation of Labour convention that Britain needs "planes, planes and more planes. Her needs are urgent and extensive.” He drew cheers from delegates when he declared that American labour can "conquer the Nazis without firing a shot. It may be true that the British Navy is the United States’ first line of defence. I want you to make the American workshop all democracy’s first line of defence." He said Britain was pledged to fight until dictatorships had been abolished throughout Europe and pleaded with American labour to co-operate with the Government in every way in speeding preparedness.

SPLENDID GIFT BOMBER FOR THE R.A.F. FROM LOCKHEED WORKERS & EMPLOYERS. (Received This Day, Noon.) BURBANK (California), Nov. 25. The employees of the Lockheed and Vega plants have started a movement to give the R.A.F. a Hudson bomber by Christmas. The workers are donating their time to build the plane and the company is giving parts and plant facilities.