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SIR M. HANKEY'S VIEWS. FAVOURS PRIVATE MANUFACTURE. HORROR OF ITS ABOLITION. united Press Assn.—Elec! Tel. Cory right (Received May 22, 3.15 p.m.) LONDON, May 21. “The private manufacture of arms is not so sinister, powerful and inefficient as some witnesses have affirmed.” said Sir Maurice Hankey, resuming his evidence b.efore the Arms Commission. He added that the allegations against private Arms of solicitation or touting for orders involved the wrong use of words, especially th.e case’of firms seljing purely defence, device's. • Answering objections to lings and trusts, Sir Maurice said rationalisation had b?en applied to armarnents as well as. to other industries.. Personally, he had a terror of. the abolition of private industry,, because it would mean disaster to Imperial defence. Sir Philip Gibbs: ” Have you any idea as to why France, is continually pressing for the abolition of private manufacture ?” Sir M. Hankey: “ I think it is a matter of politics.” Sir Philip Gibbs: “Will you agree that there is no such thing as private manufacture in wartime?” . Sir M. Hankey: “Probably there would be Government control in all countries!”’ '. . .. *
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Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 19892, 22 May 1936, Page 8
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183ARMS COMMISSION Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 19892, 22 May 1936, Page 8
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