UNITY OF BRITAIN

Waikato Times, Volume 128, Issue 21365, 8 March 1941, Page 9

UNITY OF BRITAIN

DETERMINATION TO WIN WAR TRIBUTE BY MINISTER OF LABOUR GREAT SACRIFICES—“NOTHING SHORT OF MIRACLE” (Official Wireless) (Received March 8, 11 a.m.) RUGBY, March 7 Broadcasting through the British Broadcasting Corporation’s Latin American service early today, the Minister of Labour, Mr E. Bevin, spoke of the national unity achieved in Britain. Ihe whole-hearted support which all classes were giving to the winning of the war was explained by the fact that everyone was quite clear as to the issues. The Nazi menace was very near and people had voluntarily surrendered the rights and privileges which they had cherished in order to make more certain the defeat of the Nazi threat to their lives and liberties. “ In other words,” said Mr Bevin, “this great democracy had imposed upon itself these overwhelming measures of self-discipline. Happily, even in this struggle this very unity of sacrifice has produced! opportunities of working out innovations which will prove of great benefit to the community after the war. We are learning new ways. “ Necessity is the great mother of invention. It is causing the old to give way to the new, and demonstrating that a free people can organise itself with great efficiency without a Gestapo whip or gun, or persecution. “We have built up a very powerful army and navy with incredible speed, and our air force development is nothing short of a miracle, and this has been accomplished notwithstanding the fact that large numbers of our people had to leave industry to join the fighting services. “ It is a demonstration of the will of the British people to win the war. And the momentum is gaining speed, and production is going up daily. We are doing without luxuries and reducing our wants to absolute essentials, and every section of management and workers is working with a will to achieve victory.”