\ lo.;;..0/._1,.../_4..,_0.__....;N~Q.....1 PRESS NOTICE Her Majesty the Queen has been pleased to approve the appointment of H.R.:l,L the Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone, to be Commandan~-in-Chief of'.-the Women's Transport Service (F.A.N.Y.) 10/1/40 -No ~1.· MINISTRY OF FiEJ:.LTH. The Minister of Health (Mr. Walter Elliot ) is going to the North-West tomorrow (Thursday) to see for himself the arrangements made for the welfare of civil servants who have been evacuated from London. Mr. Elliot ~ who will be accompanied by Mrs. Elliot, will spend Friday ana_ Saturday inspecting office and billeting accommodation in Blackpool, Lytham St. Annes, Fleetwood ana. Morecambe. Ministry of Health, Whitehall, s.w.1. ; Advr.nce copy of speech to be delivered by SIR JOHN ANDERSON, THE MINISTER OF HOtiE SECURITY 9 at a Luncheon at the Hidland Hotel, Birmingham, at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, 10th January, 1940. In speaking as 11inister of Home Security here in Birmingham; I am standing, as it weI'e, in the centre of the problem of Civil Defence and of its opportunities. Here is one of the very best civic administrations in the world -strong alike in tradition and in vigour. I do not say "the very best" only because I have recently been the guest of t wo other great municipalities, and if I am judicious I shall hope to be the guest of still more. With this civie administration m,v Department is in a partnership so firmly established that both sides can stand free speaking without resentment, and that is as good a test as any other of a working partnership. It is with the strength of this partnership in mind that I am particularly glad of this opportunity, given me through the kind hospitality of my friend Lord Dudley, to meet representatives of the Local Authorities in the industrial areas of this Midland Region. I am also very glad of the opportunity of meeting a large number of the important employers of labour in the Region, because to them I have some important things to say. These gentlemen preside over industria l and commercial establishments alI•eady world-famous, and others which are rapidl;>r growing and will in a very short time be making history. Some of these establishments are manufacturing the essential munitions and equipment for the Forces and therefore they may be a target for attack. Others are contributing to the ordinary needs of our home population, and others again to the export trade which in the end may well prove a vital factor in bringing victory to our arms. This City -this Region -is a microcosm of our country. And plans for Civil Defence must take full account, not only of its own material needs in personnel, in eQuipment and so on, but also of the needs of these great industrial bastions of our national system. You will recognise at once the difficulties that the year 1940 may produce f or us all who are engaged in the task of framing an effective scheme of Civil Defence. This year will see a. progressive withdrawal from civilian life of very large numbers of the very best of our young men. It will see an increasing demand for munitions 9 for goods for expor t, for the maintenance of home trade. It will see increasing demands also upon finance, and -unless we are more fortunate than we can really hope to be ­it will see our Civil Defence tested, perhaps soon and perhaps bitterly. In the face of these difficulties, in face of possibly conflicting claims fo 2 man-power, money , and effort, we must, in our own traditional fa shion9 'strike a balance'. The genius for st riking a balance is no new thing in our national life. You will see it constantly at work. To take a recent example from politics -as t he result of frank exchange of views in Parliament we st ruck a balance in the framing of the Defence Hegulations 9 satisfied that we s tr and uck all r easonable people I thinlc it wi seJ.y . are /You too, -2 ­ You too, gentl emen, have been guided by a sense of balance in your industrial deYelopment in th is Region, by the wise distribution of your effort between the basic industries and the small trades. Now it is balance in Civil Defence which is at the momertt our chief concern. First cf all l et me make it qui te clear that our defences mus-C be maintained a·c l east at the standard which they have at present reached and thei :e efficiency improved by every means in our power. We l.1ave heard a good dea l about the wastefulness of a policy which involves l ong stretches of simply "standing by11 c l·'.y own feeling on that potnts and I think it will be yourss is that 11 standing byn is in itself neither more nor less wasteful i n Civtl Defence than it is in Military Defence. There is nothing happenfn-g anywhere, certainly no·:r·-in-Germany, that would justi:'y us in believing that the precautionar.-;}r measures we have taken are not necessary. If we abandon them or whittle them down because we are bored with long waiting, or allow a foolish scepti·cism to take the p1ace of an eq_u8.lly foolish fear, we may be betraying unforgivably all the hundreds of thousands of people in Birmingham and in all the other vulnerable centres of our national life, And more than that, we shall be betraying the men of the Navy, the Arrrry and the Air Poree ·.rvhose morale is sustained to a large extent lJy the conviction t ·nat their homes and their families are being protected to the utmost of our power. Therefore let us a.ccept : t as an axtom that Wf; must 1)e ready and prepared for any friglnfulne Ern wh1ch ou r enemies rna~r dec ide upon. Now the necessary standard. of ;'.'eadiness iB bound to be expensive both in man-power and i n money o Let me take ma!1-power first. The maintenance of the p:resent v;1hole-time Civil Defence personnel in the i mport ant ind.ustria:;_ cen:tres~ with which, aft.er all, Civil Defence is mostly concer~ed, may becorn2 increasingly difficult when considered in conjunGtion with the 6.ernands of the Forces and of munition manufacture and export trade duping the coming year. I do not believe for a moment that it would be nract icable to produce a satisi'actory Ci vil. Defence Si::J·vice in tl~e big industrial are&.s with the part--time volunteer a Jone, however keen he may be, and hov;ever r:i.lling to saci'.'ificc much of his leisure in the national service. My admiration for the part-time volunteer is deep and abiding. Gome whole-time personnel &re wanted. The questio!'.l is how marw ~· or, in other words, how can we strike our balance. You will see that we must strike this balance in two ways ­the balance between t he claims for men cf Civil Defence as a whole and of production as a vvhole. The11 again wit.hin the Civil Defence Forces, we must str:i.ke a ·1Ja1ance between whole·-time and part-time ·-between the force which must stand-by on watch and ward, and the fo!'ce which would come into operation when the attack is actually developed. I have never had much doubt t hat when air raids begin, and in any area where they are serious: ti:iere w:i.11 be a suff'tciency of citizens who wil1 tn.r:n out to face all risks and to give their help. Some of -Ci1e-m will have aJ..:eady been trained as part-time volunteers , bl:'..t others wi11 not ,, Obvlor~.sly the mo:ec these people know what they would have to do, and how to do it, the easier it will be to use their serv j_ces in an ordeJ.'1Y manne:r. Ci\.ril Defence is primari1y a pToblem :::lot of t ecbriical trah1ing, bu~ 0:2 organisation and conb:oL Heavy raids are bound to cause confusion as well as damage, a:r;.d the public will be best reassured if immediate1y they can see for themselves that, i n the familiar terms of the laconic communique, "the si.tl.1.ation i s weJ.1 in hand" o /Air -3 ­ Air Raids may arrive so unexpectedly, and the incidents may multiply themselves so rapidly and over such a wide areal' that from the very beginning we have recognised that we must have a nucleus force of trained sentinels covering both day and night and every day of the week. But although I am perfectly clear that some whole-time nucleus is necessary for most of the Services in big industrial areas, the size of that nucleus is not decided by Home Office Regulations. It is decided first by the willingness of the citizens of each area to give part-time service and secondly it depends upon the capacity of the leaders in each area to organise in close detail arrangements which would ensure that, when the raids occur, the additional forces of part-time trained personswill be available almost as rapidly as if they had been whole-time personnel standing-by in the local authority centres and depots. The satisfactory organisation of such schemes -the working out of an intricate system of rosters between part-time and whole-time people -is by no means an easy matter. It involves ­and here I come to the appeal I am rroing to make to the industrial leaders -it involves an effective and well rehearsed scheme of co-operation between heads of industrial concerns and local authorities. My appeal in connection with this scheme -a scheme which has been discussed and agreed with the Joint Committee representing organisations of employers -really falls into two parts. By way of preface let me say this. I feel confident that all employers agree with me that Civil Defence is not, as sometimes it has been represented, a matter of competition for labour between the local authority and industry. · It is something widely different from that. It is the performance of a common duty which rests upon wveryone who lives or earns his living in the same area. I should lime to enlarge for a moment upon that point about Civil Defence being a common duty. Some people try to draw a sharp dividing line between the part-time volunteer and the whole-time volunteer who forms the necessary nucleus of our services and is compensated for giving up the whole or the greater part of his time. There can be no such line. The paid volunteer and the unpaiq volunteer are alike a part of our national Defence service. The enrolment of the full-time man cannot be regarded in the same light as the engagement of labour to work for pPofit. The circumstances are entirely distinct. The .conditions of the full-time volunteer are analogous to those of the personnel of the other Defence Services -the Navy, the Army, and the Air Force. In the main I believe the men and women in question are proud of9 and quite content with} that analogy . . . It is, however 9 with the industrial volunteer that I am mainly concerned at the moment when I ask employers to respond whole-heantedly to the appeal which has been, or will be, made to them by the Local Authority in the area or areas in which their factories are situated -an appeal to them to encourage their workpeople to join the essential services of Civil Defence. In supporting this development they will not only be making an important ·contribution to the general efficiency of our defences, but they will also be helping to secure considerable financial economy. /As -L~ ­ As you know we have recently removed one or t wo difficulties which stood in the way of full co-operation in this matter. First we have dlroided 9 in agreement with the Joint committee, that if a Civil Defence volunteer is at work on his employer's premises when a summons comes to him to take up his Civil Defence duties, he can only obey that summons if he has previously obtained the consent of his employer. On the other hand 9 if he is doing his spell of' Civil Defence duty when the air raid alarm sounds or when an air raid begins 9 he must complete his spell of duty, even if that means that he will be late in returning to his employment. Further, we provided that if part-time volunteers have lost wages by doing their Civil Defence duty under air raid conditions, they should be compensated. I am hopeful that 9 in point of fact, when there are air raids it may be recognised that there need not be a case for deducting wages as a matter of course when a man i.s engaged on a duty which is 9 at any i:ate9 paPtly in the interests of the establishment in the area, but I quite recognise that I have no right to claim that employers should pay wages to men for a period during which they are not at the employers' disposal. The second part of my appeal is for the full co-operation of employers in the communal use 9 in case of need, of the Civil Defence organisations recruited and trained in their own establishments. When the Civil Defence Act required indust:rial and commercial establishments in the vulnerable areas to train a proportion of their workpeople in squads for fire:...fighting 9 First Aid and anti­gas measures, there were two objects in view. In the first place we had to ensure that the community group Pepresented by work­people at their work should make arrangements for their own defence. But we also had deliberately in mind the value of' these trained parties as a potential reserve if heavy Paiding took place and a position developed beyond the immediate resources of the local authority. I need scarcely add that I was veY:IJ conscious of the importanceof not interfering with production by withdrawing the men in these ·parties, mariy of whom are among the finest men in the establishments, for Civil Defence, and on that account I did not assume that these parties would come out automatically upon the sounding of the warning. They would be a reserve to go out only when the local authority called foI' their help. Now I know that it has been suggested in some quarters that the temporary withdrawal from industrial establishments of these parties 1 even in such an emergency, means the postponement of the start of production after the air raid, which is not justified. I put it to this Meeting as a practical .matter whether employers expect that after an air raid so serious that this summons for help has come from the local authorities, their workpeople will be willing to start up production i mmediately the 11Raiders Passed" signal has been given, as though nothing had happened 9 and that the minds of their workpeople would be at rest. That is not true. There is far more risk that the men will il!Va.nt immediately to leave the works to see what is happening and to do what they can to help. What will reassure them and keep them steady is the knowledge that the consequences of the air raid -consequences which may have effected the homes of any one of them9 their relations, their friends , their mates in other worlrnhops -are being cleared up in an orderly way as rapidly as possible. /Now .... 5 ­ Now it so happened that, for one reason or another, the possibilities of this scheme were discussed in some detail first in relation to the City of Birmingham, and Lord Dudley, who was an industrialist before he was the Commissioner of this Hegion, saw the possibilities it the scheme were properly explainedand properly arranged. He saw more than the access of strength that would come to the local authority in such an emergency from the use of these potential reserves. He realised that if the big industrial establishments in this Viidland Region would make arrangements to bring their strength to the help of the local authorities, we could safely afford a smaller number of whole­time personnel standing-by. In other words he saw that we could strike a balance between continuous preparedness on the one hand and on the other hand rapid expansion to deal with the emergency. He saw also that the cost of Civil Defence, which is beginning to weigh heavily upon the finances of the country, and which must continue to be a ser ious factor in all our planning, could be reduced by transferring some of the emphasis from pay to persons for stand-by duty to inexpensive, but closely worked, arrangements for having men readJr when the emergency needed th.em. Lord Dudley put these ideas to representative industrialists in his double capacity as the Civil Defence Regional Commissioner and an industrialist , and few things have been more heartening to me in recent months than the response which the scheme has alreadJr received. I ask that your co-operation in this scheme may be progressive. A full meaEUre of help will be a very important contribution to the success of our Civil Defence measures as a whole. Part of the great tradition of the administration of Birmingham has been the interest that the men who have thoir business here have taken in the tasks of their local authority. And I need hardly remind you of the link between the civic control of this City with the even greater authority exercised from No. 10 Downing Street. I feel sure my chief, our Prime Minister, would readily agree that some at least of his qualifications for the high office which he now adorns had their origin in the high office which he formerly held in your City.As I have said, it so happened that this important development in the organisation of Civil Defence started in a comprehensive way in this Region. May I, in conclusion on this matter, say this. What this Region has done to-day, let it do with even more zeal and vigour to-morrow, and, what this Region does to-day and to-morrow, may it be an example of practical common sense and National Service which other cities and other Regions will follow. 1 br.-1.y ni' er,i.ty of Texa1; ,Austin, Texas 10/1L40. -Ho. 4. ULS~SR CONCERT PllRTY FOR I'R/\HCE? Viscount Grai gavon, addres sing the Iforthern I:eelaad branch of the Entertainments iTo.tional Service 21ssociation, which has organised hundreds of entertaimtlents for the troops at twenty training centres, expr essed the ho9e that arrm1gements would be made for an Ulster concert pc..rty to go out to France. "Th.ere .may be another Gracie Fields ;i , he s .::l.id, "ar11ong them. There is no reason why our Ulster enter­ tainers should not hcng out their washing on the Siegfried Line:• . Lord Cr a i gavon's proposal will be s~npathetically considered by the military authorities. -----oOo----­ E?.tPIRI: AFFAIRS ---··J---·----­ P.N. 1608. PRESS NOTICE. The Postmaster General announces that he has decided to proceed with the proposal to issue in May of this year a special series of postage stamps of the lower denominations to ocmmem orate the centenary of the introduction of the first adhesive postage stamps now in general use throughout the world. GENERAL POST OFFICE. 10th January, 194<", CENTRAL PRICE REGULATION COMMITTEE •• NO. 6._ • . -ANNOUNCElv1ENT Mb.DE BY MR . RAYMOND EVBRSI:lED, K.C., CEAIRMAl'J.. .QF TEE CENTRAL PRICE REGULA':rION COMivIITTEE AT PRESS CONFEELHCE HELD AT SENATE HOUSE, W. C. I. , ON Vi.EDN:;;:;;SDAY, lO·ch JANUARY, 1940 AT 3.15 P.M• On 1st January the First Order made by the Board of Trade under the Prices of Goods Act, 1939 brought under the operation of the Act, amongst other things, all kinds of electric torch batteries. Having regard to reports in the Press of excessive prices charged for such batteries, the Central Price Regulation Committee felt that it should forthwith give some consideration to the matter without waiting for individual cases to be brought before i"i:;. The Committee tlu;.1ks that it may be able to assist the public to protect itself against being overcharged,by the following statement: 1. The demand for batteries is vastly gr-eater than it was formerly, and notwithstanding the ir~ort of considerable qµantities of foreign made batteries, supplies have been insufficient to mee'c all requirements. 2. It is believed t hat every effort has been and is being ma.de by tl'IB British manufacturers to increase their output. The retail prices of ·the bulk of Bri'cish made batteries are marked or printed thereon, or are stated in lists supplied by the manufacturers, and these goods should not be offered to or boug..~t by the public at more than the marked or listed prices. These retail prices have only been increased by relatively small amounts, or, in some cases, have not been increased at all as will be seen from the following table showing the pre-war and present prices of some of the more popular types of British batteries: Pre-vva.r Retail Present Retail Price Price Large Torch Unit Cell 32-d. 4d. Fountain Pen Battery 4d. unchanged Bijou Battery (No. 8) 3d. y,1-a.. Baby 2-Cell Battery 6d. unchB.nged 1lidget Pocket LaJrTI? Battery 4d. unchanged Standard ~?ocket Lamp Battery 5d. 6d. Cycle Lamp Battery 8d. 9d. Box Lamp Battory l/3d. unchanged . Box Screw Te!'lI'inal Battery l/3d. unchanged 3. The foreign batteries imported to meet the increased demand a.re, in present circumstancess necessarily dearer on this market than corresponding British ma.de articles. American ma.de Large Torch Unit Cell batteries should be available at 6d. each and American made Bijou ba'cteries at 9d. each. In the case of all the smaller foreign batteries the prices may be considerably higher than those of corresponding British batteries. When supplies of British made batteries are more adequate, foreign goods generally, and in particular those which. have appeared for the first time on the British market, will tend to fall in price or be displaced. 4. In addition to sales through normal retail channels, the greatly increal?ed demand for bat'ceries has given rise to irre~1onsible selling by some 11.awkers and other~.. The 11ublic is warned to exercise caution in its purchases, as in some cases advantage has been taken of the i)ressure of demand to practise deception upon the public; for example, by tampering with labels, selling old batteries as new, and otherwise disguising the nature, quality and origin of the articles. For instance, it is understood that batteries,1~1ich a.re unsatisfactor'J for use in torches, a.re being obtained by breaking down wireless batteries, but these may be detected owing to their being shorter in length than the standard article. In many of these cases also, exorbita...1t prices have been charged. In conclusion, the public is reminded that any person who desires to make a complaint under the Prices of Goods Act sfiould COE1!IlliJicate .-dth the Local Price Regulation Committee of the Region. • 0 0 • • • • • • No. 7. BRITISH CONTRABAND CONTROLi>· ·c During the VJeek encUng January 6th the British Contraband Control intercented and detained 6,200 tons of contraband goods of which there ·was evidence that they ~-rr;re destined for . Germany. This total included :­ 2400 tons of ·:::ietroleum anf. J\.llied products. 1000 tons of pi?c; lee.cl. 1400 tons of miscellaneous foodstuffs. 800 tons of non-metallic 1Jroducts. 150 tons of oils and fats. 100 tons of various ores ancl metals, Other commodities detained i ncluded cotton, rubber, gums and resins, chemicals, tanning mater ials, and hides and skins. The British Contraband Control have now, in the first 18 weeks of war, detained a total of 544,000 tonso MINISTRY OF ECONOMIC WARFARE. ----------000-------­ S'J.1.A'l':CMENT GIVEN TO CORRESPOlmr:NTS AT MINISTRY OF ECONOMIC -··-... -.. ~------· -...--- -----···-· ~ -.. -··----·-------------·----~-""" ~ ­ On 9th January therewere 48 neutral ships in the three Contraband Control bnses in the United Kingdorn, of which 24 had been· there for 5 days or less. '11his total included:­ 22 Dutch. (10 for 5 days or less) ;j II 11 ti II 10 Norwegian. ( 8 ) ;i ii i? 11 n 6 Swedish. 2 11 Ii ;( II 5 Belgian. ~ 1 if ~ II 1? ;1 ti 2 Danish. ~ ; II 11 H 2 Panamanian. ~B~thn ~ There was also one Italian and one United States ship that had been detained over 5 days. During the week ending 6th JanuRry, the Contraband Committee considered the cargoes of 105 ships which had arrived since 30th December and 36 outstanding cargoes from t he previous week. The .combined total included ships of the following nationalities:­ 28 Dutch. 28 Norwegian. 26 Italian. 12 Swedish. 8 Danish. 7 Belgian. 7 Greek. 5 British. 5 United St at es. el). tire In 84 case~cargoes were relensed, either on first consideration or after enquiries. The system under which advance copies of manifests of cc:i.rgoes are rece ~tved and cons i de:i;,'.ed before the ships 1 nrrival at ports in this country, resulted during the week under review, in 43 cases being so dealt with, and in 31 c~ses of the ships concerned being released by the Committee, subject merely to the formal checking of the original manifests on their arrival at the Control Baseso l':IINIS'fRY OF ECONOMIC V/ARFARE. ----· ··~---··---­ MINISTRY OF LABOUR & NATIONAL SERVICE Press Notice ELECTRICITY (SUFPLY) ACTS, 1882 TO 1936. North West Mi~lands :Electricity District Order, 1928. Joint Aut·hority: Repre!3entative of Workers in the Inaustry. The Minister of Labour and National Service hereby gives notice tha·t as soon as may be after the 15th day of February, 1940, he will designate to the North West Midlands Joint Electricity Authority, in accordance with Section 2 ( 10) of Part I of the First Annex to the Schedule to the !forth ~'lest Midlands Electricity District Order, 1928, the employees' orga;.1isations having members in the employment of authorised Unclertakers in the District, in order that the organisa­tions so designated may choose a representative of persons employed in connection with the supply of electricity in the District to be a member of the Joint Authority. Any employees ' organisation wnich is desirous of being considered by the Minister for designation under the said Section 2 (10) should make application in writing to the Minister not later than the 8th day of February, 1940, on the form provided for the purpose, of which copies may be obtained from the Secretary, Ministry of Labour and National Service, Montagu House, Whitehall, London, S.W. 1. Press Office, Ministry of Labour and National Service, Montagu House, 'Whitehall, S. W.1. Telephone: \Tnitehall 6200. H.Q.167-480 A. J . (~146-·-1429) Wt. a8887-~885 20,000 12/89 T.!!. 677 10.1.40/No.10. :t'.N. 1609. PRESS NOTICE. The Postmaster General reminds the public that letters for Iraq and Kuwait (unless addressed to members of His Majesty's Forces) shc.uld be prepaid at the rate of *· for the first ounce and l~· for each additional ounce (postcards l~.). The postage on letters for members of His Majesty's Forces in Iraq is l~. for the first ounce and ld. for each additional ounce (postcards ld.). GENERAL POST OFFICE. 10th January, 1940. . Not to ~~__1)_1:Z:~!~h~.9-_ _i_i~--8:.~1!-W'?-Y­befOI'8 9.15 12.=in• tonight. --·---··----~----·-­ lOTH ,JAlTlL\RY, 194,o . ------·~..----·---··-.. The Fan.~er :Wac.3s 19<1,(). Lil:e eve17 other' section o:f rnu• peoDle, O'J.r fa:r·r:~ing community faces 19,;'~0 in a~oirit o~f grit;1 ct.ete:eninatio:'.1, concent:c>at:Ln.g their whole ri-:i:ncls anc!. energies on one task 2.;Hl oile t0.sk only -tl1e def'ea t of Ge1•r;~any. Ii1 mo6.e:i.:•l1 vmr t~1e hor:1e front, of ·:.rl1ich agric1J.l ture forms so imi;ortn~J.t a part , has e_ t a3k to nerform the importance of rrhich cun:not be overrc.ted. ProlK.1)1;'.l o.11 of' ::,-OU iTU.l have some lmowler::l.gc of' the controversies whic~ have r a;_1ged for yen.I'S round our agricnlt~n·e -contro·.'ersies which have led C]_ui te un:fei r-l~r to the belief t:1c:.t farmers aevcr rri11 be ss.tisfied. Well, since the war broke out the age-olc.1 skj_rmishes betw·e~:1 the inc1:astry ;:.i_·:Cl t~·.e Gove :enment -any Government , indeed all Govsrnr,1eTts -skirmishsfo in which I confess I have taken Dart, have bee:;.1 c[·.1=.ec. of:L' for tl1e duration. Farli1ers and faru ~~1orl:EJ:,s alike ha're ::-_~'Pl'eciated as fiJ_lly as any-o:ne else that this iD an 11 all in° ·;rnr c:.~1i that, tovm and cou:1try 1 we are all VGry n:ucl1 i:l. it, vthatever it r;~a;y -tn-h1g, until victo:ey crovms our ef:'.:'o:cts . At a meeting whic.:h I atten.ded on i.. ~on.c'cg~.-, a leading and very respected spokesrra;.1 of agriculti.n'e to:i_( i~:iy audience that not even Adolf Hitler wou:Ld ·iJreven.t our f::i.:i:ue :er:1 :~·ror:1 voicing th~; ir CornDlal'n_ ·,eo e 11"R~•e'1J. . ~-i·nie.,,_ J -OJ.<' '"'ar-.tt ;, .i,_,E'!.. c•I... 11 0·-"',-,rtY'PS-. L .._ L.. ['t l ear::;t • ­ J.: ,.... ..._, U V i· n VV " ,::oir'1,.A. -.. . ,,, \.J ·-~-~-·,1_ist J..;,J V ~ • be consistent!' . I thoroughly undej:•stand t '1c.t j;oL1t of vier1; .,F,_.~ I know ecLuall~r well tho.t, in ::>pi te of grumbles, n:~·rir;ulture 1 s jo~) wLL_ oe done. There is a story toJ.c.~ o::' a C:i.vil Sr-:~:~rs.:, '.'.::. who r:as sei-1t o:-: 2­ job to sm:1e o'...:.tlandishspot in mi_r 3n~1j_1:e c.nc tl1e :L'j_rst thing tho.~~ r:c.:~:-: heard of J.1im some mo::J.ths after hi c a.rrivs,l -rms a 17-_; ttG r sa.;j_ng J 11 'I'>o :i.-.e can be no 'JOI'se place in the uoPlc1 than this; t~1e tc;mpe rature is unbearable, m;;-bEiJ.galow lmin~1nbitable, the food inde scribabls ~ the wnter undri::ikable, somethins with ·.-1hich to dil~:.-ce it nnobtaL1able. To send any :·:1an here is unfor[,;ivable . 11 Tnis go.ve his superiors a bit of a shock. I C;_oubt r:he ther it ever reac:ileC:_ hie ~hi:-:d.ster. B~.lt over the page there was a postcr:Lpt saying "This is ;:i_ot a complaint; it is only a report" 9 and histoi>y goes on to tell hor1, in spite of those handicaps he did. a really gooc-;. job of \'/Ol'k and ·:;as r er1.s.rded.; I hope, suitabl~v. So it i s with farmers . They~ i n common r:L;h most 0th.er indus tries and indivic.uals, have man;;.-· clifficulties to ovarco:·01e, but overcome them they will. And it is right an~' proper than in their own vvay they-shouilid repoI't such dif:ticulties as i:::o.,/ nri se which hi::.·:~.--~r them from mak:ing t.lY: ir maximum effort on behaL~ o~-· the country. As an ex far!:m rs' lea(e r I cannot help ho.vj_ng sor-:c L::.10r1ledge of the mam1er of prescrnting these re:y.:ior·~s, nei t:1er C:3.n I help knowing r1l~.at a tremendous aE'.ount of truth lies 1Jahind tl1e:·:.. He :c.'tli sing the ir:;~::iort­ance of the t2.sk nhich ou_r producers lluve to u.ndc:."'k:.ke , it is ri_::(it that the Government, just as tiK.J are d.oing wiUi. other industr•ies, should play their p:::i.rt in trying to 8.ssi st t,o ovc rcome those di:f:fi­culties beco.trne agriculture has go t a reall;y-bi;; task to c.o . It is no less than chcrc1ging t he uho1e fs.ce of rnr9.1 Brit::Li.n and that involves :'.10 t onJ.J proClJJ_cinr; t:ie maxiLm111 a:11otE~.t o,'.' food both for h~_l'.:-1.EE'.S and animals in tile shoPtest possible time ti1::.·t, ~o.t;1r-e will allor.r, but it aJ.so mec.ns getting; ·back L:.to ::::rod.~:c".:,ioa vast e.reas r;hich have ·been t:.llowed to go idle . You mic;ht almos t lL.:en it to putting into production hundreds of facto:i:•ies ~-(lich have ·bec:~1 clcsed dovr..o. for yea:t•s. But it is eve;.~ :nore difficult a task than Ui:Ls o:::;cause vre are dealins not with man-made mnchiner~; b11t w1th nature he:c•self. 'l'he Government is doing what it cni.1 to help, but i C. cam10t do everything. As :-iiou can imagine~ it only as a mutter of 1. professional pride ~ I take an intense interest in what my opposite number in Germany is doing s.nd ho·~r he is trying to ~urmount h_is difficulties -and he has plenty of ·qrnm. I v as impressed by one significant :i;i:trase which 1yas used in a recent G-ermatJ. a:i:ticle . This said9 in efr'ec t, -C.ha'G in war--time the efficiency o e the G<:Jr1r.on fap1fi<=;r is o:L e;reater importance t han the sup;;lies wbi er1 hci r.ets. 'l'hat is a profound thought. It means, of ecu1•s ~ ~ t hf';_t the Cer:n8.n :P.~1rmer L:. not getting and will not get what 9 by po;;~ce8tj_r.J.a stsnr1.ards 9 he needs 1 but t hat his cou:itry expects :-nis effici,3:,1cy Bnd his capability to use his knowle,~:.ge and ir..gerrni. ty t o adarit himself to unfamiliar conditions v-v·ill see Gern:m1y tln•cugh. :Creci sely the sarne thing applies to our o·vn farming cmnmun.:.ty; th.e same response is exr,ected of' them ::n.1c:. they will net f&il. They cannot and do not expect to work in time of war under peace-time conditions. Surely the crux of the whole matter is this. The Germans ar e a r.;owerful foe whose power we do not under:;."ate, but so far in this queer war we have not felt that power much. Vie have had no experier:ce of air r aids such as Poland has ex~;eri.enced; we do not know wl1at it woul d mean if attacks were made on our ports ana on our transport system; but the Prime Minuster pointed out yesterday t hat it 1;;,·ould be a C8.pital mistake to sup ,_-ose tJJ.at the danger of such attacks is not just as ree.:}. as ever it hs.s ~Jeen. That is w:1y 7 in making our preparations to meet them, some control and some r estriction of our usual degree of individual liberty are quit e essential. Just l et me gi ve you an example of irvhat I mean a.bout controls. The Scbffn9 to crnne into opsration when the Goverrunent b ecCJmes the sole 1Ju-ycr of all l ivestock has recently been pu-bli shed_. It i r:, very dc'rn:t"'o..ble, indeed essential, that the new system of fat stoclr miJ.rketing should be introduced with the least lJOssible disturbance to the normal flow of supplies from home s01..1rces; and I rmuld ag ;eal to farmers in the national i nterest to ensure that normal rate s of marketing are maintained dL2.!'ing ·.,r·e ::;r enfm°t. transl tion period. Quite a lot of orgi-~::.1isati•.:J.'l jc rwce:::,s~e £-Jnd mo"-..L · oo-nl..L .... ..1.. -...t ··1ae c... .. .L J;" ·~-=<·.... J:., · H;L-~1._ A .._, ,..,()P... c •111'" .... i·v '.~vu I -ot-'·) 1°....... ..Ln ..... l"> F> f O'"e i''""'cl·· ~-10!'4'i.....,._ ''L'' __ ·j p -·]'.,,I'" ·~ ·t·J 1•• ·1e ... .. . v J'~ ...:, ...) ..l..i,."-> ....... , _._J. .:::> ~ and gri mr,1er rn;;ec:s :for the }Je1•secntion of the war . In sw~1 :.:·t t~1e task is to plour;h fol" milk, :for bf!1,.:;on .:_.:ma eggs 9 every bi.·~ b.S much as for, 5ay wheat er::1d })Ot8toes. The recent cu:r."'t ailrnent of' feeding stuffs su:~)pJ.ie s from abroad hr:lS given. acld.e(l point to this par·t of on:.:::• progra.mmc. I knov1 t hat dif.f'icu.1ties in ae~ui... ing su9:.::iliss of barle;yr anc1 maize for pi gs and pm;.1tr:; hc.-vc been ar~ute ·eri0. you will want to k.rww what t.he lntec;t nositio~i is. Prod0ce1,r> will remember that on September ~!:'-c:1, when I ·oro8dc a~3t I sr::~:Ld that t he:ee was not at t.bat tin:0 ar.:.y s:1crtnge of sug:,)lieH, but even at th" t e0 ·rl'! ·d--;re---··r·---=-1-ir-r"·-·c. ·t", ..'')'.'f 0"1 iT l' ~· 0'"-' f a·rrner Q t 0 ·1··1"i~ ... V~. , (J. "Cl,.. ~ ~. (..J , V I •• t l. I...; -I.,,, •·· ... ,'."") '-•) .\, J t;.:.)\J' , . ••-n "'" ~:;) ._J · •-C.{. _ lj every cf.fort to g1•ow on the:Ll' own fa.t>rns as much as :possJb:~e of' t he feeding stuffs they would reQui~e. ~irthe~nore, in ths House of' Corrmtons on 19th October I soj.d that though it W8. '3 to0 early at that tLne to f'r8Jne EJ cJcfini.te pol:L-~y fo:i:• :::Jigs 2nd poultry I ;;rnul cl give the industry s•J.ch go1.lda:1cc as I couJ.a as soon as I could~ So the~1 it 1!/fl.s t~18 t, a J soon as it v:c,s possible to fcr·m atl eGti:ma'~e of the su~:i:ply s:itucthJ::J.9 I e::}vised producers at tl~e end o:f i:To"irember ·chat tl:ey 1vou1d be '.'!fif:lc to plan their prccluction pX'og:i."'aJ!!.iLes on the nssffnpU_on t hat ti1e supplies of feeding stufr'"'s fror:1 B.1-;road v.ro111rl be rerl-uC!cG.. b ;r at least one-third over the year . The position is still difficult, I know that shipments f~om overseas are irregular, a:1d that in the })ast fP:w weeks distr.i.bi.::.tion ~1D.S gtven rise to some not unfounO.ed complaj_nts y but we are brinEing in r:,s nm.ch as we possibly can and seeing that avEt:l.la"',Jle surrplies are distributed and used to the best possible purpose . I n;':1 glad to be able to say that m;,r lB.te st inform.at ion is that futnI'e prospects are decidedly better' thaJ1 t hey have been in resr:mt wee~zs . Unlecs sorn.ething unforeseen oc:cur·s there is eve;_•y indtcation that December was ou1• worst month. In8reesecl supplies wil1, I ho;je, be avaJ.lnble for ,Ja:rn.9.ry and it :i..S hoped still f;irther to increase t :ne propo:'tion tov;e:.rci.c; the end of this month. But I must vrn.rn pj_g and :;;oultry producers t hat su}):plies will continu.e well below nor:>rnel although there is every reason to believe t11at tl1e ver-;.,r ac1;_te shortage of maize and barley that charac t.F~rised De~ernber he:-• t-J n ov1 passed. I need hsrd.ly sa;r t>rnt in the light of e.:;::Je~isr,.ce we are improving the clietr-:i.butive arri::~ngemonts. '11he pj_g a.nd.. poultry industries are goi:'l.g through hard. times ou.t I do ho·oe that desnite all the cliffh:ulti.es Dif! and noul try men will make strenuous effopts to maL1:tF:~in~ c~rJenti~l b1·eoding. JU thoug~1 I would not go so f aP as the German Ministe:i:-of Agriculture wh') , so report says, had a f:r:ari-ied. te.z:t i n his roo1n which reed 0 Tho only farmer I reccgntse is -~~1e cc~e v1he grows his own feeding stu:C:f sit , I d.o believe that the rr,or•c.l behind the prest.int diffienlty is :rea1iGGd anrl y~u will sec Jn it just another reason why the pJoughlng up rw:::i grarnme is ~.~ vital. You will see , too , a use to ~~ich some of the newly p~oughed l and can be put . For we must, of course , l ..,"I:: f urther t hax1 m~r·c ploughing. This j0b is not merely one of getting lanc1 pltmghed. We must lsiok to the harvest itself. Seed. must be found and sown and. crops must be harvested, and here L)t 3. me t"'lffiphasisc onol'.!'l again. that I At11: clet~1~3ined to see the greatest pos$ih1•. ls.t'.itu.de an<) i'l0xibi1ity allowed in cropping the r...c"<1.y-plff p,heJ. lsnts of production he.vo risen so much ·-that tht~re is a case f'or price revision. Before I close may I again say that I do keep in \;ouch with all your many problems; my job is to Pndeavour to help you to remove your diffj_culties as far 8.El I csn and to create the conditions in which the nAcessary increase in production ~an be achieved and maintained. But do remember just for a moment that the diff'lcult:.es in tir.'.le of war are not all on the producers' side. 1940 f'or the farmer is going t o be a year of great endeavour, and I em confident~ great a~hievement . Not only sha.11 we achieve that all important rudition to ou".' :eood supplies from our own soil -but al.eo new life will be put into vast tracts of our country which are now in a poor state of health. A great part of' the task i.tself' is in the hands cf those engaged in tlrn industry i tsolf. 'l'his does not mc811, hovrnver 1 that the Government s~1i;_•ks reAponsibility. The Goverr_rnent will help .... not interfere w1 th this vvork. Our job +s not going to be easy -and 1.ve are not deluding ourselve~ into thinking that this struggle will be won other than by hard "iOrk and loyel endos.vours 9 a:J.d, toe~ by those inevitabl~ S8_crifices from all s0ction3 or the industry to ·trhich the Prime Minister referred only yesterday -saorifices which must be made by every man~ woman and child in the country. I }:now t hat on her own front asriculture will win a notable victory and one of which the whole count17 may well be proud. AJJ..d so, "May the next furrow be the s·~raight·e·st; look not behind but to the hill-top against the great sky before thee". Goodr;.ight. 4. Board of Trade announcement. LICENSING OF IUPORTS HEQUIRED IN CONNECTION WITH GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS. The Board of Trade have been requested by the Government Purchasing Departments to emphasise to Government contractors and sub-contractors the importance of avoiding the importation of goods and machinery required by firms in connection with Government contracts where equivalent goods etc,, can be obtained from British sources. In cases where Government contractors find it necessary to import goods .on the Imports Prohibited List, they should as early as possible advise the Government Purchasing Department concerned, who will provide evidence regarding the contract; and this evidence should accompany the firm's application to the Import Licensing Department for an Import licence. It will also be of assistance if, where time permits, applications to the Import Licensing Department for licences to import such goods are accompanied by evidence from the appropriate trade organization that equivalent goods are not obtainable from British sources or are not so obtainable within the required time. Enquiries as regards the appropriate trade organization in .any given case should be addressed to the Federation of British Industries ~r to the Import Licensing Department of the Board of Trade, 25, Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, w.c.2. Import Licensing Department, Board of Trade, 25• Southampton Buildings,Chancery Lane, London 9 rJ. C, 2. 10/1/1.~-0. -No. 13. COMFORTS FOR THE NAVY. Woollen eomforts in the shape of seaboot stockings, scarves, pullovers 9 balaclava helmets, gloves, mittens, etc., are still urgently required for the men of the Royal Nav-J. The need particularly applies to the smaller ships, which are constantly at sea in all weathers. Patrol and anti-submarine work and minesweeping continue without cessation. If gifts in kind cannot be forwarded, contributions however small will most gratefully be accepted by~­ The Depot fol'.' I\nitted Garments for the Royal Favy 9 11a, West Halkin Street, London, S. W .1 • which supplies wool, and collects, sorts and repacks garments to ships as directed by the Admiralty. It has upwards of 1536 Knitting Sub Depots throughout the country. Each contains a mininrum of twelve workers, the wool being obtained through the Depot. The Depot was opened on OctobeP 26th under the Chairmanship of Lady Pound, wife of Admiral of the Fleet Sir Dudley Pound, G.C.B., G.c.v.o., the First Sea Lord at the Admiralty. The premises in West Halkin Street were most kindly lent by Messrs. Trollope and Sons, and no rent is paid. Fifty voluntary helpers 9 mostly the wives or relations of naval officers, are employed. daily on the work of sorting and repacking garments 9 and sending out the wool to knitters throughout the British Isles. Only one paid helper is employed as Typist. The average overhead expenses work out at about £79 a month, of which £30 is expended upon postage, £25 on stationery and packing9 £5 on the telephone, and £4 on light. All those who have sent donations may, thereofore, rest assured that their money goes to the provision of comforts. Since October 26th, 12 tons of wool have been despatched to knitters? and upwards of 12,000 letters dealt with. The sum of about £4,620 has been spent upon wool , and 86,000 garments of various kinds supplied to 395 ships, including 16 cruisers, 71 destroyers, three depot ships, 270 trawlers and minesweepers 9 ten escort and patrol vessels, and 5 naval establishments. With the rapidgr>owth of the Navy, particularly in its anti-submarine and minesweeping forces, many more ships remain to be supplied before the winter comes to an end. This voluntary work is essential and must continue if the men who are guarding our coasts and ensur ing our food and other necessary supplies are to be kept warm and comfortable during their arduous and often dangerous task at sea. NAVAL A.1.<'FAIRS. 10.1.1940. ~.£..:J,!. PRE:SS NOTICE PERTILIS:i: Leslie Burgin, Minister ')f Suppl~,r , has appointed Major General R.K. Hezlet, C.B., Ce H.G., D.s.. o., Area officer for the Ministry of Supply in Northern Ireland. An Area Advisory Committee for Northern Ireland, which will include representatives of the Trade Unions and Employers' organisations is being formed. Northern Ireland industries are contributing on an extensive scale to the allied war efforts. Major General Hezlet is an Ulster man with extensive militar;>r and engineering experience~ He served in the Royal Artillery for many years. He was formerly a member of the Ordnance Committee, Superintendent of External Ballistics Ordnance Committee, and Commandant of the Military Collerse o'f Scienceo He vvas Director of Artillery at the Var Office 1930/34 and Director of Artillery Army HeadQuarters India 1934/38. He served in France and Mesopotamia in the last war and was twice mentioned in despatches. -----000----­ FOR MORNING PAPERS ONLY. 10/1/40 -No.20. NOT FOR PUBLICATION IN ANY FORM OR BROADCAST BEFORE THE MORNING PRESS OF THURSDAY JANUARY 11th 194Q. The King has been pleased to approve that Sir George Arthur Harwin Branson be sworn of His Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council on his retirement from the office of Justice of the High Court of Justice. 10 DOWNING STREET. 10/1/40. -No,21. SOUTH AFRICAN DOCTORS VOLUNTEER. The South African Government has agreed that a number of doctors, not exceeding 30, shall be allowed to volunteer from the Union for service in Kenya. The men will be selected by the Director General of Medical Services, Dr. C.L. Leitoldt, Secretary of the South African Medical Association, speaking in his personal capacity, said that many South African doctors were eager to place their services at the disposal of all countries, t aking an active part in the fight against Nazidom, no matter under what conditions. The medical profession realised that this was a war in earnest in which South Africa must play her part. EMPIRE AFFAIRS. -------000------­ ,., ' 10/1/40 -No. 22. NEW_.BADGE. FOR AIR Gl!NNERS. The Air Ministry announces:­ In recognition of the importance of th'e air gunner's part in modern warfare, His Majesty The King has approved a new distinguishing badge for wear by officers and airmen who have ~ualified as air gunners; that is to say, when an officer hf3.S successfully completed his course of instruction and has been posted to a unit for duty as air gunner, or when an air­man has been re-mustered to air gunner and employed as such on full time duty on or since the outbreak of waro The new badge (illustration) consists of the letters AoG. of drab silk~ surrounded by a laurel wreath of brown 8ilk, with a single outspread wing 2i inches long, also of drab silk mounted on dark blue Melton cloth. It is worn on the service dress jacket above the left breast pocket. AIR MINISTRY WHITEHALL, S.W.1o 10/1/40 No 23. NOT TO BE PUBLISHED OR BROADCAST BEFORE THE MORNING PAPERS OF THURSDAY, llTH JANUARY, 1940 IN ALL COUNTRIESo TO BE PUBLISH"P.D IN THE EXACT TERMS IN WHICH IT IS GIVEN. The Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and Viscountess Halifax gave a small farewell dinner party for the Brazilian Ambassador and Dona Gina Regis de Oliveira at the Dorchester Hotel on the 9th Januaryo FOREIGN OFFICE. \ FROM FOREIGN OFFICE m:;;-.rs DEPRRTMENT 0 It may be recalled that attempts were made by the pro pag.-.-· and.a authorities in Germany to expl ain avvay the def'eat of the Graf' Spee by alleging that the British cruisers used. mustard gas. These allegations were 0.enied at the time by the British AaJ.:iralty which stated that no mustarcl gas g!'enades or shells had ever been made fol" or used by the Royal Navy. The charges were, hovever, repeated and an attempt was made to give them sub'Stance by quoting the Ol)inion of a German Uruguayan a.octor; Dr. '-Jalter Meerhof 9 whose Nazi proclivities are vwell known in Montevideo, and 'llVho by his o'llvn admission based his opinion on The report of the meo.ioal commission officially appointed. by the Uruguayan Ministry of National Defence, particulars of' vhich has i,..eachea_ London to-day finally disJJoses of t hese baseless charges. The a.ocument bears nine signatures and reads as follows c1u0Ji;e afteP careful examination of all the wounded and sick from the t)D. ttleshi:p Admiral Graf Spee treated in the mj_}i tar·y hos:pital anc1-in the Pasteur hospital the special tech~cal commission appointed by the Director General of the Army Medical Corps d.eala1"'es that it has found. not the slightest lesion or symptons vrhich could give rise to the susp:',-Jion that they had baen aff'ected by war gases ung_uote. ----000---­ .10/1/40 No -25. FOR THE INFORMATION OF THE PRESS Canadian H.Q. recommend that General MacNaughton be termed the G.o.c. Canadian Forces and not the C -in -c., as haa often appeared. +++++++++++ - AIR I.iINISTRY BULLETIN. 10/1/40 No. 26. R~ A. F. OVER ENEMY SEAPLANE BASES. The Air Ministry announces:­ During last night aircraft of the R.A.F. were again engaged on patrol over enemy seaplane bases, and bombs were dropped near the island of Sylt. It is reported from Denmark that damage was done to Danish property adjoining the frontier in the early hours of this morning. Should it be established that British aircraft were responsi'ble for the damage full restitution will be made to the Danish Government. +++++++++ AIR AFFAIRS. 10/1/L!.O. -}To.27. HOME DEF:CNCE CORPS • . COME ON THE OLD BRIGADE~ Hundreds of men, whose years prohibit them from joining the fi6hting forces, are yet eli.gible and anxious to serve at home. These men are young in heart, physically fit, and. many are all"eady doing a first class job in carrying out guard c1uty throughout the country. The Commanding Officer of one Home Defence Battalion writes·: 11 Our men are invariably cheerful, and are most excellent fellows, They take the greatest possible pride in performing the task of guarding vulnerable pCD.ints, even in the worst possible weather conclitions. 11 But the Home Defence Battalions can take more men.. In joining these battalions, men serve the double purpooe of encouraging those who have already enrolled, an0. of releasing for more strenuous duties younger men a t );>resent employed on guard work. Men are particularly wanted for a battalion covering the greater part of Surrey and Hampshire, and recruiting offices are situated as follows : Aldershot Hospital Hill fl •• Croydon .... ... ... The Barracks, Mitcham Roa.a.• Guildford .. .. Trinity ehurch Y!alk. Kingston The Drill Hall, Portsmouth Roaa.• Sutton Stonecot Hill. 0 •• D.P.R. The Nar Office. -~~~-~-000------­ 10/1/40. -No. 28. P R E S S N 0 T I C E EGG SUPPLIES There is cheering news for the housewife in the announcement by the Ministry of Food that eggs 1 particularly from the Dominions and the Continent, are in plentiful supply. The prices fixed by Order for imported eggs are maximum prices only and the present good supplies of eggs offer the housewife the opportunity of excellent and economical dishes. MINISTRY OF FOOD, Press Notice P.N, 209 MINISTRY OF FOOD Great Westminster Hause, Horseferry Road, London, s.W.1, Mm.A!r AND LIVESTOCK OONTROL ME.AT PB,ICES In oonneation wi.th the oontrol. of meat and livestock which com.es into operation on Monday 15th January the following summary of information a.bold;.. wholesale imd retail prioes is furnished by the Ministry of' Food. Full d.etails will be set out in the relevant Statutory Orders which will shot:tly be on sale in the usual. manner at His M.a.j&styf s Stationery Off'iee and the usual. agents. SPIWDAEN WHOIESAIE PRICES (delivered) FOR GREAT BRITAIN per lb.. Bee:f' in sides Home Killed 1st quality 9d, -,, It It 2nd 7d. Imported 7d. " Mutton and Lamb Home Killed 1st It 1/-:­in carcases Mutton and Lamb II It II 2nd Imported Mutton " It '1 Lamb 9d. Veal in carcases Home Killed lld. Pork " II Home Killed 1/:­ II II Imported 9d. " NOTES: (a) Wholesale Prioes vdll also be prescribed for various sorts of edible offals. (b) Information as to the prescribed wholesale prices may be obtained from the depots established at numerous points through the country by traders entitled to purchase by wholesale. -1­ smon.1EN MAXIMOlvI RETAIL PRICES ENGLAND .AND WALES NOTES: (a.) The forego:ing retail prices apply to England and Wales; the prices for Scotland on account of the difference in the cuts will shov alight differences from the above but the general price level Ydll be the sameo (b) There will be maximum prices for numerous other cuts and also for edible offals. ( o) Caaplcte information as to the r.1a.x:inura retail prices, :;;pecjjnens of YThich are given above, vdll be announced by posters in butchers' shops next \1eoko 10th January, 1940. I j THE FIRST SCHEDULE. LONDON AND THE HOME COUNTIES. BEEF. j Maximum Retail Prices Description or Cut s. d. Rou.~d of Beef, whole 1 4 Topside, round, whole l 4 " best cut, boneless l 6 Silverside, with bone 1 4 11 boneless l 6 Thick flank l 3 II best cut 1 6 knuckle end 1 0 ~j -l:chbone 10 boneless 1 4 Sirloin 1 5 11 best cuts 1 6 " rolled, boneless l 8 Suet l 0 Thin flank 10 " rolled, boneless 1 0 Leg and shin, whole 8 11 " boneless l 2 Foreribs l 4 11 boneless l 6 Wing ribs, four bones 1 6 Long ribs l 3 rolled, boneless 1 6 Back ribs· 1 1 " boneless l 4 Top ribs 1 2 " boneless 1 4 Brisket 10 11 boneless 1 0 Clod and sticking, with bone 8 " " boneless l 2 Rump l 6 " steak, boneless 2 2 Fillet steak 2 2 Buttock boneless steak 1 8 Thick flank steak 1 6 Chuck steak l 4 Gravy b eef l 2 Mineed beef l 2 S·'.:l.usage, to contain 50 per cent. of meat 1 10 Sausage Bones meat, to contain 50 per cent. of mea~I 9 1 I i I \ \ \ \ s. So 1 2 1 2 1 4 1 2 1 4 1 1 1 4 10 8 1 2 1 2 l 3 l 5 1 0 6 8 6 10 1 1 1 3 1 2 l 0 1 3 10 l 1 11 l 2 7 9 6 10 1 2 1 10 1 10 1 6 1 4 1 2 10 10 10 g 1 s. d. 1 2 1 2 1 4 1 2 1 4 1 1 l 4 10 8 l 2 1 2 l 3 1 5 8 6 8 6 10 1 1 1 3 1 2 1 0 1 3 10 l 1 11 l 2 7 9 6 10 1 2 l 10 1 10 1 6 1 4 l 2 10 10 10 9 l ENGLAND AND WALES (~?£~;luding London and the Home Counties) BEEF. ----------·-----------------------------------­ 1 Maximun: Retail Prices lst Qualit;,r Description er Cut lHome-Killed ...--·! .. e;:.;;_r_lb. -----------+-__.P.:.. Round of beef, whole Topside of round, whole 11 11 H best cut, boneless Silverside of round. with marrowbone 11 11 a bo:neless Thick flank, first cutting, bedpiece or brail !I !I n " best cut " " " knuckle end Tail end of rl.:mp I! lV!ia.dle rurnp Shell bone, tl Sirloin II ·boneless boneless whoJ_e ·boneless cuts, best boneless Thi.'rl flank 11 rolled, boneless Leg or shin, whole 11 11 'bonel ess Suet Standing ribs , foreribs, crop or best chine Standing ribs, foreribs , crop or best chine boneless Wing ribs " bo!1eless Chuck bac.k ribs or shoulder piece, with blade "bone Chuck back ribs or shoulder piece, 'vvithout blade bone Chuck b ack ribs or shoulde~ piece, boneless Neck of beef, boneless Top ribs, leg··of-mutton, cut, thick fLa.t ribs, score or middle rand Top rfos, leg-·of-mutton, cut, thick flat ribs, score or middle rand, best cut Top ribs, leg-of-,mutton, cut, thick flat ribs, score or middle rand, boneless Point end of brisket, 5 bone s ll II boneless Best end of brisket n " 11 b oneless Thin flat ribs 11 11 11 boneless . I' I II ' I I I I I ! I I ' i ! i l I ! Clod or shift or knee bone and c~6,c.'k:h:i.:~, with bon~ II \I II n boneless j . Rump or hip or pin bone steak~ boneless I Fillet steak Round or buttock steak Chuck 5 'blade bone or shoulder steak Minced beef Sausage, to contain 50 per cent. of meat Sausage meat, to contain 50 per cent. of meat Bones 2nd Quality Home-Killed er lb. s. d. 1 2 1 2 1 4 1 2 i 4 1 1 1 4 10 1 2 1 6 1 2 l 6 1 0 1 4­1 2 1 3 1 5 6 8 6 10 1 0 1 1 1 3 1 . 2 1 4 9 10 1 1 10 11 1 0 l 2 6 8 7 9 8 10 6 10 1 10 1 10 1 6 1 2 10 10 9 1 Imported er lb. s. d. 1 10 1 10 s. 1 1 i 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 l 1 1 ]_ 1 1 J. ~ ...... 1 l 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ]_ 2 2 1 1 1 d. 4 4 6 4 6 3 6 0 4 8 4 8 2 6 5 6 8 10 0 8 2 0 4 6 6 8 0 1 4 2 2 3 4 8 10 10 0 10 0 8 2 2 2 8 4 2 10 9 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 4 2 4 1 4 10 2 6 2 6 0 4 2 :3 5 6 8 6 10 8 1 :3 2 4 9 10 1 10 11 0 2 6 8 7 9 8 10 6 10 6 2 10 10 9 1 THE THIRD SCHEDULE. ENGLAND AND WALES IVJJTTON .At"'ID LAI~iB. --·- -···------· ­----·-· ·-·---·---------·-,~==---=-------·-·--t_ai_J."""'Pr.;.._1_·c_e_s______ -~--~j~~~~~Ll:IIl=-R~___ IvlU'l'TOF Lrm ; ~.:'.?.l'i:ON 'MUT'.I'ON l LAMB 1 LAJ'fiB i , Description or Cut Imported 1 s t Qua'l:'...ty l2nd Quali ty ! I mported Home·--killed IHome·--kill ed i ---··---------·· ·-----·-------------···-·LP.E'.£.-~'e_o _ ___J__p_c£.}:~-·_ !___ p..__er_ l_b_._-+_ _.p_e-'r_l_b_._ S, d.o So d, I So do So d. Leg; whole 1 s :;_o i 10 14 CU't, fillet 1 7 J.l I 11 15 shu:~.l~ 1 '7 11 151 11 Loi:i; vhole 1 8 l o I io 12 i? best e.r.·.C.. i io i 2 I i 2 i 4 " chllli'.p end 1 IJoii1 chops ~ a ot to b e trimmed l ! ~ i ~ I i l~ i t ~ Sadd.les Sl'J.oulder·s , whol e i 4 9 i 9 I\ I" 2 I! cut knucilde end l b 10 10 I 1 3 'bl ade side l 5 10 10 i l 3 Neek :1 ;illole l 0 ti ·best end l 6 I! middle J n c. scragg 10 ! ~ I ! Best neck chops 1 6 1 0 1 0 1 0 Breast.s, whole 8 ~ 4 l 4 Su.et g 8 8 j 8 VE AL. Home·-killed per lb. s. d. Legs , wb.ol e n cut (fillet) KnuckJ.es 1 6 2 0 8 Loin, whol e n best end 1 1 6 8 " chtunp end Shoul der , whole •: cut, oyster Neck , whol e 11 best end Middl e neck Neck end Breast Veal Cutlets or blade l 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 5 2 6 4 I lo I 10 ! 2 2 ..________ _L_. __ _______ THE FOURTH SCHEDULE. ENGLAND AND WALES P 0 R K. Maximum Retail Prices Description or Cut ome·-killed ·f,! Imported ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~--+---~e_r~lb. s. d. Legs, whole 1 6 Legs, cut, knuckle end 1 6 Legs,middle 1 8 Legs, fillet l 6 Hind loin, whole 1 8 Fore loin or griskin or spare rib without blade bone 1 6 Hand with foot Neck end Shoulder without hock Blade bone Belly Chops or steaks Heads, including tongues Hocks Feet Tenderloin Blood sausage and black pudding Sausage, to contain 50 per cent. 10 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 4 1 10 6 8 6 1 10 8 of pork 1 6 Sausage meat, to contain 50 per cent. of pork 1 4 -i I I I I i I ' ! per lb. s. d. 1 3 1 3 l 6 1 3 1 4 1 2 8 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 1 6 4 5 4 1 6 8 1 6 1 4 / THE FIFTH SCHEDULE. SC 0 TL AND. BEEF. ----·---·--------· ·---·-·-~----------....----·--­ Max:i:iirtiffi Retail Prices Description or Cut -}fo!ne.:killed i 'liome··killed . ! l l.st Quality I 2nd Quality i Imported -­·-· ---~-------­----------------r-1-..i::P;.;::e.::.r_;:.lb:::..::...e___l. I •. d . ! ner lb. s. d. I ,: ner lb. s. d. Pope 1 s :F;ye ) ) \ j Best Steak Fillet \ 'i ) Rou.."'ld St eak ( t .:Jpside) I ! i I I I 2 1 2 s I I I I ! I 1 10 1 6 1 1 10 1 6 ' !I (underside) 1 7 1 4 1 4 Shoulder steak I J. 6 1 2 1 2 ! S cewi:rig Beef l l 1 2 l 1 0 1 0 Roast Beef ( sirloin) ' i ' 1 6 1 • 1 3 1 3 ll II I! n (wing rib) (spare rib) I I I 1 1 6 4 I 1 1 3 1 1 1 3 1 ' 11 Ii ("boned and rolled) J. 8 1 4 1 4 Thick :!!'lank 1 1 1 1 Thick Rmmer 1 3 1 3 1 1 1 l Rolled Beef ("boneless) 1 3 1 1 1 1 Skirting 2 1 0 1 0 Boiling Beef (nine holes) 10 8 8 I! 11 10 9 8 (brisket with bone) (thin runner) 10 7 7 " 1 uo·1'"n(\f·,_·.1·"'t cut) 10 8 U L 0. ~ 8 II (mi ddle cu·t) l 0 10 10 n (boneless) 1 2 1 0 1 0 Sil v er Side (pickled) 1 7 1 4 1 4 Brisket (-~·,ickl:sd) l 4 1 2 1 2 ' ! 1 0 1 0 i i 8 Suet ' 1 2 l 0 l 1 0 Mince Sausages 1 to contain 50 per cent. meat 10 10 I 10 I 9Sau.sage meat j to contain 50 per cent. meat 9 9 I I i l 1 l 1 Bones ! extra charge. THE SIXTH SCHEDULE. S C 0 TL A ND. MUTTON AND L.AMB• ...,_,...,..____ ~-·--.~-·-­ Maximum Retain.. Prices i MUTTON AND LAMB MUTTON MUTTON I I LAMB 2nd Quality Imported Imported 1st Quality DESCRIPTION OR CUT 1 HOME -killed Home-kiJJed ner lb. per lb. ner lb. ner lb. s. do s. a. s. d. s. d. Gigots (whole) l 6 1 0 \ l' 0 1 4 ! II (half) l 8 1 1 1 1 1 5 I 11 1 8 1 l I l 1 (cuts) 1 5 I 1 0 l 0 1 8 1 2 Loin (whole). Saddles 1 8 1 0 l 0 1 2 Loin chops (untrimmed) l 10 l 2 1 2 1 6 9 l 4 9 1 2 Shoulders (whole) 1 ~ t: ( 1.'n cuts) l 6 10 10 7 7 10 Necks 1 2 Flanks 4 Shanks 10 6 4 10 6 4 4 Suet 8 8 8 8 _......._.. - Home_.Killea P 0 R K. Imported ... ·' ~ per lb. per lb. s. d. s. d. Gigot (whole ) 1 6 l 3 l 6 1 4 11 (cuts) 11 (half~ 1 8 1 6 2 0 11 (boned and rolled) 1 8 Fillets 1 10 1 6 Tenderloin l 10 1 6 Loin (in cuts) 1 8 1 4 Pork chops ( trimmed) 1 10 1 6 Shoulder (in cuts) 1 6 1 2 Belly or Flank 1 4 1 2 Hocks 8 5 Feet 6 4 4 Heads with Tongue 6 I Pork Ribs e I 4 Sausages, to contain 50 per cent. Pork 1 6 I 1 6 Sausage meat to contain 50 per cent. Pork l 4 ' I 1 4 '··-----+ Home-kil:Led per ll'i. VE AL. s. d. 1 6 Legs (whole) 2 2 " (in fillets) l 6 Loin >whole) 11 ,'best end) 1 8 l 4 11 (chump end) ,-'.1 4 Shoulder (whole) r· 1 5 ,/ /" ' " (:in cu~}"·· 1 6 Neck (best end) 1 2 " (whole) 10 " ( scragg end) 10Breast 8 Knuckle THE SEVENTH SCHEDULE. -----....­ _.... GREAT BRITAIN OFFAL ~-·---·---~--------------------------------------1 Maximum Retail Prices DESCRIPTION OR CUTS HOME KILLED IMPORTED price per lb.price per lb. -·--·--··-----·--·-·----·-------------------------,,..---+-----........----1 s. d. s. d. Ox Tongue 1 2 1 2 O:x: Heart 8 7 Ox Liver 1 2 1 0 Ox Tail 1 2 10 Ox Kidney 1 6 1 6 cr..c Ski:..~tB 1 2 10 Ox Cheek 8 7 Ox S"reetb r eads 1 2 1 2 Ox T:cipe 9 9 Ox lvlelt and Lights 4 Shee: s' Liver 1 10 1 6 Sheeps 1 Hearts (each) 6 (each) 4 Sheeps 1 Sweet:;reads 1 8 1 6 Sheeps; Tongues 1 0 1 0 Sheepsi Kid..'1.eys (each) 6 (each) 4 S:heeps 1 Heads (each) 8 Cal"res 1 Liver 2 0 1 4 Calves: Tongues 1 0 1 0 Calves' Sweetbreads 2 6 2 0 Calves' Head. (Scalded) 8 Calves1 Hearts 1 0 8 Calves1 Feet 4 Calyes 1 Kidneys 1 0 1 0 Pigs' Liver 1 2 1 0 Pigs' Tongues 1 0 Pigsl Hearta (each) 8 (each) 4 Pigs' Kidneys 1 0 1 0 c·ntt t cr lfr~ gs 8 10/1/40 No ~o. FRENCH OFFICIAL COLMUNIQUE The following official communique was issued from the French G.HeQ. this evening:­ Artillery action and activity of reconnaissance units on both sides especially to the east and to the west of the Vosges. Resumption of aeriel activity. 10/1/40 -No.31 PK -:;ss NOTICE. Not to be quoted as a n Air Iiinistry announcement. During the l ant fe1.1; clays t he GePman Ai Pcraft has pro­secuted. \"Ii th vigour a form of rmrfare whic;1 must make 3;reater dei~1ands upon their conscience than upon the courage of t he attackers. Unarmea. merchant ships manned by merchant seamen have been Puthlessly attaclced, anrl. often sunk, by enemy air craft. Without cliscrimination enemy aircraft have swept Cl.orm upon isolatea. cargo boats, en6aged on co asta 1 t rac1.e, or upon fishing vessels with their trawls c1own incapable of either defending themselves or by manoeuvre of avoiding these attacks. •J:he1r decks swept by machine gun fire, their superstPuctures shattered by bombs, these ships have no means of defending themselves , and only in some cases can summon help ~n an s.o.s. which cannot be answe r•ed until the enemy have retPeateo. into the mist from which they came. It is hard to believe that such metho~s of wnrfare can be anythin.z but repugnant to the officers ancl. men who are orc1ej:-ed. to carry them out. The insistence on this :presence of armed 1;a tr ol craft, which is so often the featu:ee of German High Command communiques woulcl suggest an uncm•.v.incing attempt to impe.rt a military flavour to an operaU.on rrhich suggests the ca lculated brutality and cowara.ice of the Gunman rather thnn the chivalry ane. coura3:e which has alwa;r~ been a characteristic of the Air Forces of the world, however desperately they may_be engaged. uith one another. AI R AFFAI RS .• AIR MINISTRY BULLETIN. GERMAN FIGHTERS BEATEN OFF IN NORTH SEA BATTLE. The Air Ministry announces:­ In the course of a reconnaissance to-day, a formation of R. A. F. aircraft on their outward journey encountered a number of long range enemy fighters far out over the North Seao A running fight ensued lasting about half-an-hour; one Messerschmidt 110 was seen to crash into the sea, and it is already known that another was forced to land in Denmarko One of our aircraft was lost, but the remainder, having beaten off the enemy, continued to the easterly limit of their reconnaissance and returned safelyo AIR AFFAIRS. -----~-ooo~----~ Urgent News. N~. 33 -10/1/40. Not to be quoted as an A.ir Iv[tnistry Announcement. AIR BATTLE OVER NORTH SEA. Aircraft o-f the Royal Air Force clashed today with a strong force of German fighters vvhile on their way to carry out a sweep O"rer the North Sea. Our .aircraft were flying some 200 miles out from the English coast when the enemy fighters, diving with the sun behind them, opened their attack. In a hotly contested engagement, which lasted for nearly half an hour, one of our aircraft was shot down. One enemy fighter, under the fire of our formation~ was seen to crash into the sea at high speed" Another German fighter was so severely damaged that it was only just able to reach the coast of Denmark, where it has been interned with its crew. The action was finally broken off by the enemy fighters. Our formation then continued its task and pressed its reconnaissance to a depth of a further 130 miles. The attack was carried out b;y a number of Germany's latest and fastest fighters; twin engined, multi-gun Messerschmitt 11O1 s., Our aircraft met the challenge of their faster opponents by bringing the concentrated fire of guns of several aircraft to bear on the enemy fighters as they swept down to the attack. Even the heaviest close range attacks were successfully beaten off by our aircraft keeping 11 shoulder to shoulder" in tight and unshaken formation. In the first wave of the fighter attack one of our air­craft was hit and dropped astern of the others. A second attack was launched immediately on this aircraft which was then seen to fall into the sea, The score was evened up a few minutes later when an enemy fighter crashed into the water at high speed, throwing up great columns of foam within L~OO yards of the nearest British aircraft. Several of our gunners had been. firing at the enemy fighter. ' It was recovering from a dive preparatory to a new attack when the pilot was probably hit by our fire. At l~ast two other Messerschmitt 1101 s were also damaged by our air-gunners but were not seen to crash. It is assumed that it was one of t hese damaged aircraft which was later forced to l and in Denmarkc Although several of them bore signs of their fierce action in which they had taken so effective a part, the remaining British aircraft returned safely to their base. AIR AFFAIRS.