ARMS COMMISSION
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SERVICE MEMORANDA. NATIONALISATION NOT FAVOURED. *T> evidence of CORRUPTION. t'nlted Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright. (Received May 21.3 p.m.) LONDON. May 20. At the resumption of the sittings of the Arms Commission, a memorandum on behalf of the Admiralty argued < that the nationalisation of warship ( building was so beset with difficulties j that no reliable estimate of the cost could be prepared. The work was so specialised that it was impossible to depend in wartime upon firms which had no previous experience. Therefore if private warship building were prohibited in peace time it would be necessary to nationalise sufficient capacity to provide, not only for normal peace production but the enhanced requirements of the early stages of war. A War Office memorandum regarded the nationalisation of armaments with disfavour. A joint memorandum on behalf of the services insisted that the State was adequately safeguarded against bribery in placing contracts by the administration. There was not on record .i single case of bribery in the three service departments.
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Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 19891, 21 May 1936, Page 10
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171ARMS COMMISSION Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 19891, 21 May 1936, Page 10
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