THE AIR FORCE
UNEABINESB EXPREBBED WEAKER THAN OTHER POWERS CONSTRUCTION IN DOMINIONS Prr«s A««n.—Elec. Tel. CoDjrrtfftit (Received May 13, 3 15 p.m.) LONDON, May 12. In tha House of Commons when Lord Winterton said that the Royal Air Force machines would compare more than favourably with those of other countries, Mr Winston Churchill Interrupted: “That is absolutely untrue/* Mr C- R. Attlee said: “We have not only got parity with Germany, but we are getting further from parity every week. Lord Winterton's proposals will not bring us even by 1940 to the position of Germany to-day. The Royal Air Force Is largely equipped with obsolete and obsolescent machines/* Lieutenant-Colonel J. T. Moore-Bra-bazon and Mr W. Perkins stressed the advantage of manufacturing aircraft In the Dominions, where works arc safe, whereas works in England could be destroyed by an enemy. Lord Winterton, replying, said he ■was impressed by the volume of opinion in favour of manufacture in the Dominions, and would fully investigate the possibilities. Sir H. Seely's motion was defeated by 229 votes to 131.
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Waikato Times, Volume 122, Issue 20497, 13 May 1938, Page 8
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