BOARD OF EDUCATION ANNOUNCEMENT 8/1/40. -
 No. 1.



 VICTORIA AND ALBERT MUSEUM TO BE RE-OPENED.




 From Thursday, January 11th, a few of the galleries

 of the Victoria and Albert Museum will be re-opened to the



 public; the Library has been open to readers provided with


 proper tickets since the 13th November.

 While almost all the most valuable works of art in


 the Museum have either been removed to of
 places greater safety,

 or otherwise protected, a considerable number of others remain


 which can be displayed in relatively safe parts of the building;


 and the very important collection of casts has for obvious


 reasons remained untouched. The Cast Court, the Ironwork Gallery,

 and a considerable part of the collections of Arms and Armour


 and Japanese Metalwork have been rearranged; and typical groups

 of Sheffield of the
 Plate, Base Metal, and Paintings English


 School have been put together in connection with them, as well


 as a few pieces of furniture. On the floor above an Exhibition


 of Modern Art, chiefly drawn from the Department of Circulation,


 has been specially arranged; and it is proposed to devote the


 central part of this gallery (the former Book Production Gallery)

 to
 temporary Exhibitions. Other parts of the same gallery have


 been used for a small Exhibition of Embroideries and other



 Textiles, selected from a practical point of view to be of


 to
 assistance workers, and for a comprehensive display of



 Japanese woodcuts. In the adjacent galleries of the Depart -




 ment of Engraving, Illustration and Design a number of the


 important brass rubbings in the Museum collection have been



 displayed.


 The public will be admitted by the Exhibition


 Road conditions remain between
 entrance, so long as favourable,

 the hours of ten and four on week-days and between two and


 four on Sundays.
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 FRENCH OFFICIAL COMMUNIQUE (Morning)




 The following communique was issued this morning from

the French G.H.Q. : -




 A quiet night on the whole. Patrol activity


 in the region west of the Voges.
 8/1/40 ....... No.3.




 VICE-ADMIRAL USBORNE.




 The Home Office announces that Vice-Admiral Usborne,

C.B. C.M.G., who has been Director of Censorship since
 ,




the outbreak of war, has resigned his appointment in order


to undertake new work of national importance for which his



experience and service particularly qualify him in

connection with specialised naval construction under


contracts for the Admiralty.

 The Home Secretary has expressed his appreciation of


the valuable services which Admiral Usborne has rendered


in the initial organisation of the Censorship Division

and in the conduct of the Division since his appointment.

 The Director General of the Press and Censorship


Bureau has known for some time past that Admiral Usborne


contemplated resigning his post in order to be free to


undertake the work referred to above, but Admiral Usborne


has deferred taking the step until the moment when, in the



opinion of the Director-General, the change could be


effected most conveniently and with the least interference


with the work of the Censorship Divisions.
 8/1/40. - No. 4.




 VICE-ADMIRAL USBORNE



 Sir Walter Monckton’s statement to the Press.




 Admiral Osborne has been responsible for


the Censorhsip Division since before the war, and he


has borne the heat and burden of the day until now.



Since I was appointed Director-General at the


beginning of October we have worked together in


close and loyal co-operation. I am more than



grateful for his help and shall miss him very much.




PRESS & CENSORSHIP BUREAU
 8/1/40 No.5


 Advance Copy of Speech to be delivered by

 SIR JOHN ANDERSON, THE HOME SECRETARY

 At the Chamber of Commerce Lunch, Central Hall, Glasgow
 at 1.45 p.m. on Monday, .8th January, 1940




 This is the first opportunity I have had to come north to

Scotland since the war broke out. If I had been a free agent in this

matter, I should have come north of the Border far sooner and far more

than I have been able to do. But a Cabinet Minister is "a being that

moves in predestinate grooves", like a train; and since I assumed the
duties of Home Secretary, as well as those of Minister of Home Security,
I have had to exhibit an unnatural - I might almost say a renegade -




bias towards the "other place" south of the Tweed. As Home Secretary
my writ runs only to a limited extent in Scotland; but as Minister of
Home Security I have exactly the same responsibility for Scotland as for
other parts of Great Britain; and I can feel that rather more than half
of my Ministerial self can claim as of right the freedom to come north
and speak to my fellow-countrymen on my native soil. I am indeed happy
to be with you, and I am very glad to have the opportunity -
 through the

good offices of my friend Sir Cecil Weir, the District Commissioner -
 of

saying a few words to the very representative gathering which is assembled
here today.

 I do not propose this afternoon to embark upon any general review
of the war situation. These general issues were dealt with
 fully by
my friend the Secretary of State for Scotland in the speech which he
made in this City just before Christmas, and I would not care to compete
with him on the same ground -


 particularly as his Under Secretary is here
today to keep a watchful eye on me on his Minister's behalf. I propose,

therefore, to confine what I have to say mainly to the matters for which
I am responsible as Minister of Home Security -

 Civil Defence, a matter
which affects everyone of you closely, as indeed it affects every man,
woman and child up and down the country.


Scale of Preparations.

 We have heard a great deal about Civil Defence in the last four

months - I expect some of you must have felt, as I have from time to time,
that we could do with some respite from the almost ceaseless argument
about A.R.P. - and I am sure you have all had experience of the critics
who say "there is far too much of this A.R.P." There are quite a lot of

people who suggest that every little village and hamlet in the depth of
the rural districts is stiff with Civil Defence personnel and armed to
the teeth with every kind of A.R.P. equipment. These critics seem to
think that the same scale of preparation has been applied unthinkingly
to every area in all parts of the country, without any regard to its
geographical position or the likelihood of its being exposed to hostile
attack. As most of you know, nothing could be further from the truth.
Our whole plan of Civil Defence has proceeded, from the outset, on a

system of discriminating between one class of area and another according
to a number of factors including, in particular, density of population,
geographical position and vulnerability. All areas throughout the
country were carefully graded, according to a classification worked out
in consultation with the Air Staff, and the scale of Civil Defence pre-
parations appropriate to each area has been assesed throughout by refer-
ence to these considerations. For obvious reasons I cannot explain this

system in full detail or give specific examples; but if I were at

liberty to do so I feel sure you would be impressed by the great care
which has been taken throughout to relate the scale of our Civil Defence

preparations to the strategical hypotheses on which all our defences -




active defences as well as passive - have been based. In each parti-
cular the number of
 area, auxiliary firemen required, the equipment to be
provided for them, the number of first aid parties, decontamination
squads and ambulances all these details worked
 were carefully out on
the basis of the of the
 grading area in relation to probable risks; and
it in with
 was
 accordance exactly these same
 principles that we deter-
mined the numbers of whole-time personnel who could be recruited for
the Divil Defence services in each area.
The authorised scale of preparation in each area is related

throughout to our strategical defence plans - which have been

built up on expert estimates of the differing weight of attack
which we might have to meet in different areas throughout the

country. These are the plans on which our active defences

are based -

 our home defence dispositions, our anti-aircraft
batteries and searchlights, our balloon barrages and our
fighter squadrons. All are related to one and the same plan
of defence; and they all form one consistent and coherent whole,

If it were true that our Civil Defence preparations were planned
on too extravagant a scale, the same would be true of our

organisation for active defence; for both alike were related
to the same strategical considerations. In actual fact, our

Civil Defence organisation is in no way excessive for the
task which it will be called upon to perform when the enemy
delivers his attack from the air. When that testing time

comes, I have no fear that we shall find we have made an

excessive provision for it -
 I am much more concerned lest

our preparations be found, after all, to be not enough to meet
the heavy strain they will be called upon to bear.



Future adjustments.


 What, then, of the future? Because our general
policy was sound -
 as I believe it was -
 and our Civil Defence

organistion was wisely conceived and planned, it does not
follow that, now our forces have actually been deployed and put
into the field, there are no improvements to be effected, no
adjustments to be made, no new problems to be solved. Far
from it. Now that our services have been mobilised and we can

see them actually at their posts longer merely paper
 -
 no


strengths - we can see more readily where adjustments are
required, that here the lines are manned too thinly and there

some services can safely be cut down. For many weeks the local

authorities all over the country have been reviewing their

ranks, in consultation with the Regional Commissioners, adjusting
the numbers to the new factors which have been disclosed since

the services were mobilised and settling establishments

according to their actual needs. In most parts of the country
the establishment of whole-time personnel has now been settled,
as a result of this review, and this part of the problem is now

in a fair way towards solution.


 In the larger and more vulnerable areas a nucleus of

full-time personnel is essential, and in these initial stages
after the mobilisation of our services we have had to devote

our attention primarily to settling the full-time establishments.
But let no one think, because of this, that Civil Defence is

wholly, or even mainly, a matter for full-time personnel.

 Some people tend to assume that, because the local

authorities in the big vulnerable areas have many paid personnel
in these services, there is no longer any urgent need for the

unpaid part-time volunteer to play his part. These people
are apt to think that the local authority is seeing to Civil

Defence, as it sees to the clearing of the streets, the

collection of house refuse and so on. That picture is dangerously
wrong. In the most vulnerable areas the whole-time paid
personnel may form a substantial part of some of the Civil
Defence services, but generally sneaking these services have

only a nucleus of whole-time personnel which would be quite
inadequate if serious raids took place. Dealing with the
consequences of air raids cannot be a matter for a small

professional service. It must be a matter for the whole body
of citizens and we have thought it right that they should be

set to work everywhere under the guidance of their own elected
 3


local Additional numbers of part-time volunteers
 government.
 wanted They asked to make the sacrifice
are everywhere. are

of convenience, comfort and leisure that is necessary if they
 to the rudimentary training that will make them useful
are get
when the need for their services arises. They are wanted
also to take their turn in the ceaseless watch and ward which

is the essence of our Civil Defence preparations. The strength
of the Civil Defence services in a community like Glasgow,
their keeness, their efficiency, must be today as clear a


reflection of the civic consciousness and civic pride of the

community as a great housing scheme or the organised
development of the local education system. How long can

those things endure which have been planned and made by men
unless there is the spirit to defend them? We can only
take out from any human society what we are prepared to put
into it. The greater your pride in your City and its

achievements, the more clearly should you recognise what you

owe to that City and be willing to repay it in the form of
personal service. Civil Defence offers today the best
opportunity for personal service to your local community.

Mutual Aid.


 Another problem which we have now to face is that

of organising mutual aid between one local authority and
another. The enemy bomber will not respect local authority
boundaries, and our Civil Defence services cannot always be

operated in separate and self-contained units, each local

authority confining itself exclusively to its own area. We

must now embark upon the stage of combined training, when

the various units will be drawn more closely together and

become one flexible organisation, so that the available

resources may be applied wherever they are needed most urgently.
In working out a lans for mutual aid we shall have to draw

deeply on the willingness of authorities to assist one another

in times of special difficulty and we shall have to build up
a corporate spirit of service to the local community which
will look beyond the limits of local government boundaries.

In order that we may be prepared against all contingencies, it

may be that for some limited purposes we shall have to go

beyond mutual aid by one local authority’s services

supplementing another’s and,build up a system of central

reserves which could be sent in time of extreme emergency to

areas most in need of assistance.


Training.


 I was glad, in the course of my tour this morning,
to see the large part which training and the
 holding of

exercises plays in the Civil Defence organisation of this

City. Once we have got the numbers of men and women whom we


require for the various air raid precautions services, we must
concentrate all our endeavours on the adequate training of our

personnel and the holding of frequent exercises is an

essential of that It is only through constant
 part training.
practices and exercises that the Civil Defence services can

hope to reach a state of organisation and efficiency which
will enable them to fulfil their tasks when the hour of need

comes.



Co-operation of Industry.


 At this point I special message to the
 may give a


representatives of Glasgow’s industry and business who are

 here You have personal duty to help the
present to-day. a

 of the Civil Defence services. It is not only
organisation
 it is also. You may
the job of the City Council; your job
 4

not always see eye to eye with the government of your City. When
the citizens of any country see eye to eye with their government
on all matters, it is only because they have been left no eyes to

see with. But, as I have said, although in law the duty rests
upon the City Council, in fact the duty rests upon the citizens
of Glasgow. And it is up to the heads of the City’s industry and
commerce to give a lead and show the way. I have no fear at all
that that sense of duty would fail if the raids came. I have
never felt any doubt about this as regards any part of the country.
But I must remain anxious -

 as indeed all of you must remain
anxious - until we know that everything is not being left to the
last moment, until we know that preparations are going forward in
an orderly and comprehensive way. What is called the "lull" of
the past four months may be the lull before a great storm, and
the wise man sees that his house is in order before the storm
breaks upon it. I would ask each one of you, therefore, to press
forward now and do all you can to help in the organisation of an

efficient system of Civil Defence worthy of your great City.

Conditions of Service.


 I have emphasised that Civil Defence is a call to

service. Even for the personnel it is not the offer of
 paid a

job. I am not hiring labour; I am asking free men to respond
to a public call. When they give their whole time and need

payment, payment is made, but it is obvious that the conditions

and safeguards which attach -
 and properly attach - to the
conditions of labour in industry or commerce are not appriopriate
to a defence service. I am trying to ensure that, without

public extravagance, the whole-time personnel have reasonable
conditions of service as regards injuries on duty, sick leave,
annual leave with pay, canteen and sleeping facilities. Such
conditions are entirely proper and necessary for the morale of

any force, but it is quite a different matter to suggest that

in a service of this kind the day or the week can be divided up
into fixed working hours such as are appropriate to industry.
I have no intention of allowing the conditions appropriate to
the Civil Defence services to affect the conditions of ordinary
industry or of industrial work on Civil Defence measures. I

can say this all the more freely because on these difficult
issues, which are bound in some quarters to arouse suspicion,
I have received frank co-operation from the industrial

organisations which are concerned to safe guard the interests
of workmen.


 Blackout.


 If I may turn now to a different subject, I should

like to say something about the policy of the blackout. This,
again, is a matter on which some of you will probably feel you
have heard enough already; but nearly all that we hear and read

about the blackout is by way of complaint or criticism, and I

may perhaps be excused if I say something on the other side.



 To judge by what the critics say, one might imagine
that the blackout was invented by Bumbledom purely for the sake
of the inconvenience which it causes. These critics seem to

overlook the fact that the bureaucrats are, after all, them-

selves human beings with the same aptitude as other people for

tripping over the kerb and bumping into sandbags in the dark.

Apart from that, however, this criticism is actually very wide
of the mark. The blackout is not the invention of the

bureaucrats -
 it is dictated solely by considerations of air

strategy, and is an essential part of the defences elaborated
 the Air Staff. The object of the blackout is to make it
by
 for aircraft, after dark, to find their way
impossible raiding
to the which they seeking; and the value which the
 objectives are

Air Staff set on it, as a part of our air defences, does not

rest on any purely theoretical calculation. It has been proved

over and over again by the practical experience of our own pilots
 the country at night in weather conditions of all
flying over

kinds.


 It would be folly to sacrifice one of our essential

weapons of defence, and the general policy of the blackout must,
therefore, be maintained. At the same time, the Government
have been concerned from the outset about the effect of the

blackout on trade and commerce, the slowing down of production
and the rising number of road accidents; and, within the
framework of the general blackout policy, a number of
modifications have been made in order to mitigate these effects
of the lighting restrictions without prejudicing the effective-

ness of the blackout as a whole. Intensive experiments in

lighting have been pressed forward continuously since war broke

out; and, as a result, it has been found possible to authorise

a number of relaxations which have, I think, brought great
benefit to industry and commerce and to the public at large.
We have been able to devise improved standards of lighting for

many of the industrial activities which must be carried on by
night - in shipyards, docks, railway marshalling yards and so

on. We have been able to arrange for better lighting in trains,
buses and trams, better driving lights for road vehicles of all
kinds and a safe method of illuminating goods displayed in shop
windows. We are now introducing a form of low intensity street-
lighting which -

 though no one could call it gay - will at least
enable the pedestrian to see where he is going. The total effect
of all these concessions will, I am sure, make an appreciable
difference to trade, quite apart from its advantages for the

general public who have to find their way about the streets after
dark.


 Now that we have this extra degree of light, it is

more important than ever that we should all be as careful as we

can to avoid unauthorised light in houses and shops, It is

amazing how small an amount of light on the ground can be seen

at great heights in the air s By the concessions already made
we have reached the margin of safety; and, unless we are careful
to conceal all other lights, there will be grave danger that the

aggregation of light from an urban area may throw a glow into
the sky which will defeat the whole object of the blackout. It
is really important that each one of us should do everything he
can to ensure that the new Regulations are scrupulously observed.


Shelter.


 I have answered so many Questions in Parliament about

air-raid shelter in Glasgow that I feel I could hardly sit down
without saying a word about the shelter problem. We have all
had good
 a
 lunch, and this is no time for me to dwell on the
question of shelter in Glasgow. As you all know, this has been
 of the fields of human endeavour of the few
one -

 one fields,
perhaps I should say - in which Glasgow has not led the world.
But I believe that real is
 progress now being made in tackling
this problem; and I can certainly say that satisfactory results
have already been achieved with the of
 special problem providing
air-raid shelter in tenements.



 I. should like, however, to say something about our
shelter policy generally. When I first became responsible for
Civil Defence matters, in the Autumn of 1938, the great controversy
about air-raid shelter whether should in for
 was we go deep
underground shelter. What impressed me at that time was that, if
we were going to be involved in war at all, it was likely that it
would in 1939 1940, not in 1945 At that
 come
 upon us or or 1950.
time busily engaged in all other defence
 we were expediting our

programmes -


 telescoping production programmes originally designed
to spread several that they might to
 over
 years so come maturity
at the end of 1939 early in 1940, But policy of
 or a deep
underground shelters could not produce effective practical results
except after many years of work. It seemed to me, therefore,
that -


 quite apart from the merits of deep shelter as a long term

policy, a matter on which I kept an open mind until it had been

fully investigated -
 the obvious and urgent need was to devise
forms of shelter which would provide within a comparatively
short time a reasonable degree of shelter for the largest possible
number of people in all the areas throughout the country which

were likely to be exposed to attack. It was this consideration
which led the Government to their
 adopt policy of securing that

people in the more vulnerable areas were provided as rapidly as

possible with a form of shelter which would be proof against
blast, splinter and the fall of debris from collapsing buildings.
I think I can safely say that the event has proved the wisdom of

adopting this policy. By the end of this month, just under a

year from the time when the production programme commenced, the
Government will have provided two million of the householders'
steel shelters. By means of these steel shelters and other forms
of domestic shelter, protection will have been provided at their
homes for over eleven million people in the most vulnerable areas.

Local authorities have also provided public shelter for people
caught in the streets. For people at their places of work,
shelter has been provided on a wide scale under the terms of the
Civil Defence Act passed last summer: and in factories alone
shelter has already been made available for about five million

people, including three millions employed on munitions work.



 If we had adopted a policy of constructing deepshelters,
how should we have fared? At best, a few such shelters could
have been constructed many would have been only half-finished
 -




and incapable of being used, and the majority would not, I think,
have got beyond the stage of plans. For the most part we should
have found ourselves with no protection at all for the inhabitants
of ourdensely populated cities; and in all parts of the country
work partly completed would have had to be abandoned in order

to conserve materials and labour.
NOTICE TO THE PRESS. The next communique issued by the Ministry of Labour


and National Service on unemployment will relate to the position at



15th January, 1940, and will be available on the
 evening of Monday,


5th February, 1940.
 NOT TO BE PUBLISHED EITHER BY BROADCAST, OR ON THE CLUB TAPES, OR



IN ANY OTHER WAY BEFORE 9 P.M. ON MONDAY, 8TH JANUARY, 1940.




 MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND NATIONAL SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT




 At 11th December, 1939, the numbers of
 unemployed the
 persons on




registers of Employment Exchanges in Great Britain were 1,170,798 wholly


unemployed, 143,065 temporarily stopped, and 47,662 normally in casual



employment, making a total of 1,361,525. This was 41,063 less than


the number on the registers at 13th November, 1939, and 469,847 less



than at 12th December, 1938. The total on 11th December, 1939,


comprised 897,984 men, 35,418 boys, 377,168 women and 50,955 girls.


 There were reductions, between 13th November and 11th December,



in the numbers unemployed in the distributive trades, hotel and



boarding house service; dock, harbour, etc. service; the cotton



industry; printing and bookbinding; the entertainment, sport, etc.



industries; motor vehicle, cycle, and aircraft manufacture;


 engineering; ship building and repairing; and the road transport


and shipping services. On the other hand unemployment increased



for seasonal reasons in agriculture, horticulture, etc.; and the



building industry, and there was also some increase, due to temporary


causes, in the numbers suspended from work in the coalmining industry.




8th January, 1940.




 1.
 APPENDIX,


 Numbers
 unemployed on registers at 11th December, 1939, with
 figures for a month before and a year before.




 Persons normally in regular Persons normally
 DATE. employment. in casual employ- TOTAL.
 ment.
 Wholly Temporarily
 unemployed. Stopped.


 11th December, 1939.


 Men 763,699 88,595 45,690 897,984
 Boys 33,506 1,842 70
 35,418
 Women 325,166 50,119 1,883 377,168
 Girls 48,427 2,509 19 50,955



 Total 1,170,798 143,065 47,662 1,361,525


13th November, 1939.


 Men 766,604 78,638 51,819 897,061
 Boys 38,896 1,463 101 40,460
 Women 350,494 52,601 2,080 405,175
 Girls 57,351 2,531 10 59,892


 Total 1,213,345 135,233 54,010 1,402,588

 12th December, 1938.


 Men 1,133,450 190,977 60,495 1,384,922
 Boys 39,721 5,657 171 45,549
 Women 262,649 91,992 1,939 356,580
 Girls 38,199 6,082 40 44,321


 Total 1,474,019 294,708 62,645 1,831,372


 Divisional Changes*


 The following table shows the difference between 11th December, 1939, and

 13th November, 1939, in the total numbers unemployed on the registers in the various

 administrative divisions


 LONDON -


 16,468
 EASTERN + 3,967
 SOUTH EASTERN + 20
 SOUTHERN - 3,835
 SOUTH WESTERN + 42
 MIDLANDS - 3,992
 NORTH MIDLANDS + 5,976
 NORTH EASTERN -
 2,606
 NORTH WESTERN -

 17,818
 NORTHERN + 1,524
 SCOTLAND - 8,797
 WALES + 924




 2.
Industrial Changes.


 in the numbers of
 Figures are given below which indicate the changes



insured aged 16-64, unemployed at 11th December, 1939, as
 persons,


 and 12th December, 1938, in the industries
compared with 13th November, 1939,


which showed the most marked changes during those periods.


 Industry. Increase (+ ) or decrease (-).


 Comparison with 15th November, 1959.



Distributive trades -

 16,386
Hotel, boarding house, etc. service - 7,909
Entertainment, sport, etc. - 5,121
Dock and harbour service - 4,359
Cotton - 4,000
Printing and bookbinding - 3,971
Motor vehicles, cycles and aircraft - 3,116
Road transport - 2,131
Engineering, etc. - 1,932
Shipping service
 -


 1,629
Ship building and repairing - 1,548


Agriculture, horticulture, etc + 13,723
Building + 11,556
Coal mining + 9,626



 Comparison with 12th December, 1938.



Cotton 56,794
Coal mining 52,137
Engineering, etc. 38,360
Iron and steel 36,096
Public works contracting 34,879
Building 31,484
Distributive trades 31,425
Metal goods manufacture 25,267
Ship building and repairing 22,281
Woollen and worsted 22,072

Shipping service 13,646
Agriculture, horticulture, etc. 13,188
Road transport 11,749
Textile bleaching, printing, dyeing, etc. 10,633
Railway service 10,458


Printing and bookbinding + 10,268




 3.


H.Q.131-630 A.J.
For Morning Papers
 8/1/40. No. 7.




on 9/1/40. BOARD OF TRADE ANNOUNCEMENT.


 EXPORT LICENCES.



 The Board of Trade have made an Order (the Export of Goods

 (Control) Order, 1940) which comes into force on 15th January, l940
 the and the various Amending Orders and
 and replaces present Order
 Open General Licences issued with regard to it. The new Order is

 virtually a consolidation order and the revised schedule of goods
 which require export licences is substantially the same in effect

 as the schedule now in force. It has, however, been recast into
 convenient groups in order to facilitate reference and the

 descriptions of particular items have been revised where experience
 has shown that exporters were in doubt as to what they covered.

 In general the new list shows the present practice of the

 Export Licensing Department to which exporters are accustomed, and

 it is necessary to call attention only to the changes set out
 below. Exporters can satisfy themselves about particular items by
 reference to the booklet which contains alphabetical
 an index and
 which is obtainable from the Export Licensing Department,
 Inveresk House, Strand, London, W.C.2. Any enquiries should be
 addressed to that Department or to the local Collector of Customs
 and Excise.


 It should be understood that existing licences already in the

 possession of exporters are not in any way invalidated by the

 present Control Order.


 The following changes in detail should be noted:-


 Pood.
 Cocoa husks and shells and raw cocoa have been added to
 List A.


 Metals,
 The non-ferrous metals have been grouped under a heading which,
 in most cases, puts them and their alloys in all unwrought
 forms on to List A,


 Manganese and its alloys, and ores and concentrates of

 columbium and tantalum have been added to List A.
 Cemented carbide metal has been added to List B.


 Textiles.

 The control on the export of woollen and worsted blankets has
 been relaxed; licences will only be required for certain
 destinations. (List C.)

 Instruments, Tools, etc.
 Dies of diamond and metallic
 carbide, tools and tool parts
 of which the cutting edge tipped is with metallic carbide
 or diamond and certain navigational time pieces have been
 added to List B. The control on the export of ploughs has
 been relaxed; licences will only be required in the case
 of certain destinations (List B.)

 1
 Chemicals.(I)
 The new Order provides that simple or compound radicals
 which are listed include all forms of the chemicals which

 would be covered by the introduction of recognised prefixes
 the such ”meta”, etc.; that where
 to radical as
 "ortho",
 any amino or other basic organic compound is included its
 salts are also included; and that mixtures consisting of

 prohibited substances or of a prohibited substance or

 substances with an inert material either in dry form or in
 solution require to be licensed for export.


 (ÌI)
 The following chemicals have been added to the list:-
 Colchicina and its preparations. Ergometrine, egotamine,
 ergotoxine, hydrastine, hyoscina and lobeline and their
 salts and preparations thereof, Hyoscyamina and its salts,
 preparations of atropine, caffeine, emetine, ephedrine,
 quinine and quinidine and their salts. Preparations of

 phenacetin.


 (ÎII)
 The coal tar products and intermediates which require
 licences have now been listed separately by name.



 (IV)

 Compounds of tantalum, titanium, tungsten and vanadium

 have been added to List A.


 (v)
 The control on the export of bleaching powder and borax
 has been relaxed; licences will only be required in the

 case of certain destinations, i.e. Bleaching Powder, List B.
 Borax, List C.


 Miscellaneous.
 Gum kauri, artificial graphite and varieties of seedlac,
 sticklac and shellac have been added to List A.


 Copies of the Order will be on sale at H.M. Stationery Office.




Board of Trade,

 Bth January, 1940.




 2
 8/1/40 - No.8.
Ministry of Food Announcement.




 RATIONS FOR CIVILIANS AND SEAMEN.


 Directions under the Rationing Order, 1939.




 A Correction.




 In the announcement made under the above title



 on the 7th January the weekly scale of rations for seamen




 whose provisions are supplied by the shipowner was stated



 to be 6 ozs. bacon and ham, 12 ozs. butter and 12 ozs.

 sugar.


 The figure for sugar was incorrectly stated, and


 should read 24 ozs. sugar.
 8.1.40 - No. 9.



 PRESS NOTICE. P.N.1607.



 NORTH ATLANTIC AIR MAIL SERVICE.




 The Postmaster General announces that in



consequence of interruption of the Transatlantic air


services from Lisbon to New York owing to adverse weather



conditions, air mail correspondence for America posted in


London between the 12th and 18th December inclusive, and



correspondingly earlier in other parts of the country, was




delayed en route and did not reach New York until the



5th January; correspondence posted in London between the



19th and 30th December and correspondingly earlier elsewhere,


has also been delayed and is not expected to reach New York


until the 8th January. The air mails dispatched from

New York by the transatlantic air service on the 27th and



29th December are expected to reach London about the



9th January.




GENERAL POST OFFICE. 8th January, 1940.
 8/1/40 - No.10.




 BOARD OF TRADE ANNOUNCEMENT.



 The following announcement has been issued by
 the Controller of Dyestuffs.


BOARD OF TRADE


8th January, 1940.

 DYESTUFFS CONTROL.




 The requirements of the Royal Navy, Army and Air Forces,
together with the Auxiliary Forces for Home Defence, have resulted
in very large and abnormal demands for dyed wool and cotton
textiles.

 The British dyestuff manufacturers are making every effort
to increase their output to meet these abnormal demands and have
indeed made extraordinary progress, but they are faced with two
main difficulties:-

 1. Many of their fundamental raw products are required also
 for war purposes.


 2. Delivery of new plant for extensions cannot be obtained
 at a normal rate owing to armament requirements.

 There is a definite world shortage of certain
 Foreign
dyestuffs and whilst continuous efforts being made to
 are

increase our imports from Allied and Neutral countries, it must be
borne in mind that valuable foreign exchange has to be utilised

for their purchase. It is essential, therefore, that after
service demands have been satisfied, the best use should be made
of the dyes left available; in present circumstances this means
that home trade requirements for dyestuffs must yield preference
to the requirements of export trade.

 The Controller of Dyestuffs wishes to inform colour users

that licences, to acquire dyestuffs not made in this country,
will only be granted on the condition that such dyestuffs are

reserved, as far as practicable, for the Services and Export
trade.

 It will be necessary for users to preserve evidence of the

actual use made of these dyestuffs to be available if proof is
at any time required.

 The dyestuffs position in Great Britain is immeasurably
superior today to that in 1914, but the possibility of a shortage
of dyestuffs for Home Trade requirements must be envisaged. It
is, consequently, necessary for the Home Trade to plan its
coloured merchandise requirements so that the consumption of the

available dyestuffs may be spread over as large a weight of
merchandise as is practicable.
 The Dyestuffs Control Committee suggest that economy in

dyestuffs may be obtained, for example, by reduction in the depth
ofheavy shades such as Navy, Nigger, Bottle Green and Wine.
The designers should also be asked to introduce paler shades in
coloured woven and print designs, thus reducing the weight of

dyestuffs required in the finished design. Other economies may
also suggest themselves to users.
 No. 11
 8th January, 1940. M.A.F. 131



 MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE ANNOUNCEMENT


 FÈEDING STUFFS FOR PIGS AND POULTRY.



 Pig and poultry farmers were warned some time ago that
the prospective supplies of imported feeding stuffs were such
that over the next twelve months they must expect a deficiency of
at least one-third of normal quantities, and that they should plan
their production programmes accordingly. It is inevitable under
existing conditions that considerable fluctuation in arrivals must
occur from time to time and pig and poultry keepers who rely in
the main on imported feeding stuffs must make their plans on the

assumption that the present difficulties are not likely to be

substantially eased, at any rate during the next few months. The

deficiency applies, in particular, to imports of cereals and
cereal by-products, upon which pigs and poultry mainly depend.


 Poultry keepers who are faced with serious feeding
stuffs shortage will no doubt find it necessary rigorously to
"cull" their flocks, in order to eliminate the birds which give a

poor return for the food consumed, i.e. poor producers, unhealthy
birds, and bad "deers". The need for drastic culling applies in

particular to poultry stocks of mixed breeds and uncertain age on

many general farms which enjoy advantages for feeding birds with
tail corn and other waste products of the farm. In many cases
the services of a skilled "culler", where practicable, will be
found very helpful. Poultry keepers who experience difficulty in
arranging for the culling of their flocks should apply for advice
to their County Agricultural Organiser,

 Some poultry keepers have been in the fortunate
position of being able to obtain almost or quite as much

feeding stuffs as before the war. Such persons are earnestly
asked to limit purchases to their absolute minimum requirements
and to make every use of available home produced alternative

feeding stuffs, so that less fortunate poultry keepers may be
able to obtain a greater share of their requirements. In every
case determined efforts should be made to utilise any
available materials which though normally regarded as "waste” may
have some feeding value for poultry. Where free range is

available the fullest possible use should be made of it so that
the birds may obtain at least some part of their food direct from
the land and at the same time help to maintain its fertility and
to improve the quality of the herbage produced.


 As regards pigs, it would be unwise for producers who

rely mainly on purchased food to attempt to bring pigs to heavy
weights, and it would be more prudent to market pigs as soon as

they have reached minimum bacon weights, i.e. at not more than

seven score pounds. By such means it should be possible to
avoid a serious reduction of breeding stock, which would

otherwise jeopardise the future of the industry. Furthermore,
in a number of cases it may be possible for specialist producers
so situated to concentrate their attention to a greater degree on

the production of young pigs for sale as stores for further
fattening by those engaged in the industry who may have

opportunities of utilising to advantage home grown feeding stuffs

and waste products of various kinds.



 1.
 The Government desire that the premature slaughter
of good pigs and poultry should be avoided as far as

possible, and they are, prepared for a short period to do what
they can to arrange that such preference as may be possible -




subject to the prior claims of dairy and feeding cattle and

sheep - is given to producers who are mainly dependent on pig
and poultry keeping for their livelihood*



 Where land suitable for cultivation and the necessary
facilities are available, efforts should be made to grow food
for pigs and poultry. Probably in many cases potatoes will
be found most suitable for this purpose* Cabbage or kale

are also useful crops to grow* In other instances it may be

possible to grow a crop of wheat or oats or some other grain*
This procedure, of course, cannot relieve the immediate
situation but should provide valuable feeding stuffs later on*

In this connection, it may be pointed out that the grant of

£2 per acre made under the ploughing-up campaign will be
available for areas of one acre and upwards ploughed up
according to the conditions laid down.




 2.
 M.A.F.132
 No.l2.
 MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE ANNOUNCEMENT.




 WASTE FOOD FOR PIGS -
 A WARNING.




 Owing to the reduction in the supplies of imported
feeding stuffs pig keepers are being advised to seek
alternative forms of food for their animals. The pig
is capable of converting various kinds of waste foods into
meat and fat and a valuable source of pig food is table
and kitchen waste. Efforts are being made by Government
Departments and others concerned to ensure that the large amount
of material represented by these waste foodstuffs is made
available for feeding to pigs. This waste, however, includes

scraps of foods brought to this country from all parts of
the world and many of the supplying countries are infected with
foot-and-mouth disease. To avoid the risk of setting up the
disease in pigs, the law requires that kitchen waste,

commonly known as "swill”, or any material of animal origin,
shall be boiled for an hour before it is fed to animals and
the national interest calls for strict compliance with
this requir ement.


 There is a pressing need to obtain the maximum
conversion of kitchen waste into pig meat but all efforts
in this direction are doomed to failure if neglect of the

simple but essential precaution of boiling the swill leads
to outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease, which in view of the

highly contagious nature of the disease, may involve the
destruction of very large numbers of stock in addition to
the animals which contracted the disease originally.


 It may be anticipated that many who have not had

previous experience of pig keeping will embark on the new
venture and thereby help in the production of pigmeat.

These, particularly, but in fact, all pig keepers should be

aware of the symptoms of foot-and-mouth disease. Stock-

owners know that among cattle, there is evidence of pain in

the mouth and considerable salivation -
 in addition to

lameness -
 in the early stages but in pigs lameness is the

chief and often the only sign of disease. This fact is not

 sufficiently recognized and its importance is emphasized by
recent outbreaks which have started among pigs.


 Lameness among pigs should, therefore, be viewed
with suspicion and should be promptly reported to the
police as suspected foot-and-mouth disease so that an
examination can be made without delay. The diagnosis

of the disease in its early stages enables the necessary
 taken for the of its spread.
measures to be prevention
EMPIRE AFFAIRS 8/1/40 -
 No. 13.



 "STAND TOGETHER & FIGHT"



 PRIME MINISTER OF NEW ZEALAND’S MESSAGE




 "The German Government believed only in the rule of


 force. They insisted upon getting possession of the small


 nations first and talking about it afterwards. Britain did


 her level best, without war, to end this rule of force --

 but all to no purpose". So Mr. Savage, Prime Minister of


 New Zealand, spoke of the origins of the war in a national


 broadcast yesterday.

 There had to be a stopping place at some time, he



 continued, and the ruthless invasion of Poland provided the


 last straw which broke the camel’s back. Germany’s actions


 had at least been consistent with the dictatorial form of


 Government which had been forced upon her; and while that was



 no concern of ours, we were certainly interested in preventing


 the imposition of a similar form of government upon ourselves.


 "Those who take an intelligent interest in international


 affairs will agree that during recent years there has been a




 marked tendency towards dictatorial forms of government, and



 unless the democracies are prepared to stand together and


 fight, if necessary, the democratic form of government will


 perish from the earth".
EMPIRE AFFAIRS. 8/1/40 - No 14.




 COMFORTS FOR THE TROOPS.


 OVER 24,000 ARTICLES SENT FROM ULSTER .




 Since the middle of November, the Ulster "Comforts for


the Troops" organisation has sent over 20,000 articles, such



as gloves and scarves, to Ulster and other British Regiments,

to the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force,


 The Duchess of Abercorn, wife of the Governor of Northern


Ireland, is President of the Central Organisation and Viscountess


Craigavon, wife of the Prime Minister, Vice-President.


 Over 4,000 articles have also been despatched to the Royal


Ulster Rifles by an organisation in which the Marchioness of


Londonderry and the Countess of Clan-william are taking a prominent


part .

 A large sum has been raised for the Comforts Fund at an




amateur theatrical performance at Mountstewart, the County Down



residence of Lord and Lady Londonderry, who themselves were in


the cast. Others in the cast included Lady Mairi Stewart,

Lady Helen Jessel, H.H. Henry Prince of Pless, Lady Dunleath and



Lord Plunket.
 MINISTRY OF LABOUR & NATIONAL
 SERVICE



 Press Notice



 15/8.1.40.


 ROAD HAULAGE WAGES ACT.


 PART I -
 "A" AND "B” LICENSED VEHICLES.




 It is announced that the Minister of Labour and National
 Service,
 has accepted the proposals submitted to him by the Road Haulage Central
 Wages Board in respect of road haulage workers employed in connection with
 "A" and ”B" licensed vehicles. An Order to this effect has been made and
 will be published by the Stationery Office in the course of the next few
 days. The new
 wage scales, which have statutory effect will come into
 operation on 29th January.

 Notices containing full particulars will be despatched to the 50,000
 employers concerned in about 10 days time.


 The step thus taken represents a substantial enlargement of the field
 within which wages are regulated by a statutory body representing the
 employers and workers concerned.


 Under part I of the Road Haulage Wages Act, 1938, a Central Board was

 set up in February last, together with Area Boards for Scotland and for

 each of the other Traffic Areas formed under the Road and Rail Traffic

 Act, 1933. The Central Board has the duty, after consultation with the
 Area Boards of fixing minimum wages for road haulage workers which, subject
 to confirmation by the Minister of Labour and National Service have statutory
 force.



 It will be remembered that it was found impossible to secure general
 observance by means of voluntary machinery and consequently the National
 Joint Conciliation Board representing employers and Trade Unions approached
 the Ministry of Labour and National Service with
 request that the voluntary a


 machinery should be strengthened by statutory authority. Subsequently, a
 Departmental Committee under the chairmanship of Sir James Baillie was


 appointed to enquire into the position, and the statutory machinery described
 above follows the recommendations of that Committee.



 The wages structure which is now given statutory force has been framed

 after consultation with the Area Boards, and has been under active discussion
 in the haulage industry since March of last year.
 The decision now to be

 put into effect thus represents the findings of the industry itself after
 long and exhaustive consideration and full examination of objections.


 The broad effect of the Order will be to give statutory effect for an


 initial to 5th May, 1940, to the rates agreed between the
 period up

 organisations of employers and workers represented upon the former voluntary
 National Joint Conciliation Board for the Road Transport Industry (Goods),
 adjustments in the grading of the rates applicable within
 subject to some

 certain of the Traffic Areas; whereas however the rates previously agreed
 were on a voluntary basis the payment of them now fixed will be compulsory.




 1.




(514 5—1429) Wt. 38887—5885 20,000 12/39 T.S.
 677
 Provision is also made for holidays with pay.

 Provisions applying to Scotland in the interim period are set out
in a separate part of the Order. The wages payable for this period

correspond roughly with grade 2 rates for England and Wales and apply to
the whole country without distinction of grading. After the 5th May, 1S40,

however, Scotland will be included in the general scheme with the grading
as provided in the general body of the Order.

 After the initial period which will end on 5th May, 1940, whilst no
change is provided in
 wage levels, changes are made as regards overtime
and certain other of the surrounding conditions, e.g., subsistence

allowances end payment for night work.

 PART II - "C" LICENSED VEHICLES


 In conformity with the provisions of the Act the Minister proposes
also to make an Order bringing Part II of the Act into operation on


29th January, This part of the Act contains
 provisions respect with to

the remuneration of road haulage workers employed in connection with
"C" licensed vehicles. As from the above date, if such a worker's
remuneration is considered to be unfair, application for the matter to be

referred for settlement under the Act may be made to the Minister of Labour
and National Service by the worker concerned or by his trade union or by
any trade union which represents a substantial number of road haulage
workers.




Ministry of Labour and National Service,
 Montagu House,
 Whitehall, S.W.l.



Telephone: Whitehall 6200.




 2.




H,Q. 144-485 A.J.
EMPIRE AFFAIRS 8/1/40 No 16




 "AT BRITAIN'S DISPOSAL"


 NEW ZEALAND’S ANTI-TANK BATTERY IN ENGLAND




 The High Commissioner for New Zealand, Mr. W.J. Jordan,

announced yesterday that the New Zealand Government had



placed the New Zealand anti-tank battery, now in training

in England, at the disposal of the United Kingdom authorities


with the sole restriction that the battery later be released


to join up with the New Zealand forces.


 The Secretary of State for War has expressed on behalf


of His Majesty's Government his appreciation of the offer


of the New Zealand Government, and also of the fine spirit

that prompted the formation of the unit.


 The battery was formed shortly after the outbreak of



war, following the decision of the New Zealand Government


to enrol New Zealanders in the United Kingdom. It consists


of 140 officers and men selected from about 500 New Zealanders


who had placed their services at the disposal of their country.


 This is the first and only Dominion unit to be raised


in this country in this war. The personnel of the battery

is a good sample of the present generation of New Zealanders.


In its ranks are to be found men of exceptional intellectual


attainments and practical experience in most walks of life.
 8/1/40 -

 No.17.



 EMPLOYMENT IN ULSTER.




 The number of unemployed persons of all ages on the


registers of Employment Exchanges in Northern Ireland on



11th December, 1939, was 79,398.

 This was 4,400 more than on 13th November, 1939, and



7,813 fewer than in December, 1938.

 The increase was due mainly to further seasonal


diminution of employment in outdoor work, including farming,

building, quarrying and roadwork. Unemployment decreased in


linen manufacture, transport and the distributive trades.




EMPIRE AFFAIRS.
AIR MINISTRY BULLETIN. 8.1.40 No.l8.



 MEN BEHIND R.A.F. GUNS.


 KEEPING OUR FLYING BATTERIES IN TRIM.




 (Not to be quoted as an Air Ministry announcement.)


 Pilots of the Royal Air Force, Fighter Command, have brought


down nearly half the German raiders engaged by them, but all except

one have crashed into the sea. Every bullet hole in that



particular bit of wreckage has now been examined and analysed by

the armament experts. Every "post mortem" helps them to


 increase their share in the job of beating the bomber.



 Armourers, the men who put the sting into R.A.F. Fighter


planes, are eagerly waiting for another chance to study the


results of their work.


 When an R.A.F. fighter pilot, diving to the attack, touches


a button on the control column (or "joy stick"), thousands of



bullets flash out from the guns concealed in the wings of his


Hurricane or Spitfire.


 The fighter pilot is a man hidden in a flying gun battery.


He aims his aircraft like a dart, and hurls it, suitting


destruction, at the enemy.


 Down on the ground are waiting the men responsible for


his guns, men about whom most of us know little, but without whom


the fighter pilot would be useless.


 Every day the armament officer and his armourers wait on



fighter aerodromes, ready to do a rush job for the thousandth time.


Whistling down out of the sky comes a fighter section - three


Spitfires perhaps, fresh from patrol, possibly from action. The


pilots hurry across the field to make their reports. The armourers


run to the machines and, while refuelling goes on, scrutinise the


guns -
 one armourer and his mate to each wing of the aircraft.

 Each gun, if it has been fired, is stripped of its empty

or half-empty belt* Its parts are swiftly examined for breaks


or stoppages. Any replacements needed are made at once. The


barrels are pulled through with a cleaning rod, movable portions

are oiled, and finally the full belts are fed into their chamber.
 2


 It is all the work of a few minutes. Back goes the report:

 "Blue section refuelled and rearmed."


 The three Spitfires are ready to take off again.

 The Armament Officer responsible for this work is a


specialist in his job. He has taken an exhaustive course at an



Air Armament School. He can tell you about the Theory of


Explosives, and how to avoid the "Danger" sometimes announced


outside magazines and other arms deposits.

 He has visited arsenals and studied the manufacture of


weapons. He has fired every type of gun used by the R.A.F., has


dropped bombs and knows all about "demolition".

 He finishes his course as a Qualified Armament Instructor.

Back at his Station, he will be concerned not only with the loading

of guns or bombs, but with the training of those who fire or drop

them. It is he who organises periodical target practice for


qualified pilots, as well as ground instruction in armaments for


airmen in the early stages of their flying career.



 The Armourers and their mates also go through a rigorous

course. They too take an examination -


 written, oral and practical

- after several months' instruction in R.A.F. guns and ammunition,

bombs, and pyrotechnics.

 They must know at a glance the difference between tracer and


armour-piercing bullets. One slip by an armourer may mean death


for a pilot or aircraft crew. Before an air-craftman can wear


the armourer’s badge (a winged bomb) he must learn everything about
the upkeep and maintenance not of machine guns, but also about
 only
small arms, camera guns, bombs, and about the delicate business of

sighting and harmonising the armament.


 His job, and the job of the armament officer, dates back to


the retreat from Mons, It was during that episode of the last


Great War that the Royal Plying Corps first discovered the need for


competent armament officers.


 Their work has become much more complicated since then. The

number of bullets shot from the fighter gun muzzles per second is much

greater, the construction of the guns much more intricate, the


consequences of error much more disastrous.

 But the armourer still has one comparatively simple weapon

to learn. Expert knowledge of a rifle is part of his training.

It was at an R.A.F. instructional rifle parade not long ago that

the sergeant noticing a shortage of rifles, shouted, "All without


arms hold up their hands.’"



PRESS AND PUBLICITY BRANCH,
 AIR MINISTRY.
EMPIRE AFFAIRS. 8/1/40. -
 No. 20.




 ULSTER PREMIER’S BIRTHDAY.




 ”My aim is to see that the administration of Northern


Ireland rests on such a solid foundation that no outside


force can disturb it”, said Lord Craigavon, Prime Minister


of Northern Ireland, today on the occasion of his 69th

birthday.


 Speaking of the many adventurous young Ulstermen who


have found new forms of activity overseas, especially in



the British Dominions and Colonies, Lord Craigavon added:-


”During my long term of office, I have not had one failure


to report. They fully justified the confidence placed in


them”.


 Lord Craigavon has now been Prime Minister of Northern


Ireland for 18 years
 -
 a period that approaches Sir Robert


Walpole’s record span of twenty consecutive years in office.
 Not for publication before 9 p.m., Monday, January 8, 1940.




 In a recorded broadcast in French, sent out by
 French stations to-night, Mr. Leslie Burgin, Minister of
 Supply, who recently broadcast in German to the German people,
 said:


 "I
 greet the great country of France, and I propose
 to devote my short broadcast to telling you something of
 Britain's war effort.


 I speak to you of an island which, as it were, is no

 longer an island. In the geographical sense it remains

 surrounded by the sea, but, though an island, it is linked with
 France, because its aeroplanes patrol the skies of France and
 ofGermany, because part of its Army has already taken up its
 position beside the finest Army in the world, because its Navy
 is ceaselessly at work to keep the passage between our two
 countries free. More than that, we know well that the same

 feelings unite us, that we are striving for the same ends. It
 cannot be denied that our team spirit will overcome every
 Realpolitik which is no longer in accord with reality.


 Whoever thinks of England in time of war, thinks in
 the first place of her Navy. The Navy continues British to
 play its historic part. Since the beginning of the war, it has

 kept up an unceasing patrol of the trade routes, it has sunk a

 considerable proportion of the German U boats, convoyed
 thousands of ships, captured hundreds of tons of contraband
 destined for Germany and, in addition, transported the British
 Expeditionary Force without a single casualty.


 In the second place, England provides a well-equipped
 Air Force, whose men and machines have already given proof of
 their courage and quality* We are continually adding to this
 Air Force, and with the generous help of our Empire, we count
 on possessing in a few months an Air Force of overwhelming
 strength.

 As for the British Army, I know that the British
 Expeditionary Force is not yet very large, but you know that it
 is only an advance guard. The number of British soldiers in

 France increases daily. You will see column after column.
 Germans will perhaps see more than they will like. Let our

 enemies not only count our numbers* Let them reflect upon the
 quality of the guns and the mechanised vehicles. Let them
 realise the determination of the men.


 We have been promised a totalitarian war. We have

 accepted the challenge, and we shall "bring to the struggle all
 the force and energy of our financial reserves. We have
 received with enthusiasm the news that France and Britain are

 pooling their resources. It is not easy to measure the
 resources of my country. Where in the whole world will you
 find anything to compare with the greatness, the wealth, the
 diversity, the solidity of the British resources?


 In the sphere of armaments, British industry is
 transformed working day and night at full blast in order to be
 equal to the gigantic demands which a war with Germany imposes.
 1
 Britain s war effort is not limited to the material domain.
 Behind all this material effort, there is the indomitable
 spirit of the Briton, proud, ready to resist, deeply patriotic,
 inspired with an absolute devotion to his country, his King,
 his customs and his liberty.


 /We

D.838,
 We to the
 bring common cause, then, an industry
 which will work with all its strength to fulfil the
 programme put forward by our commanders. The collaboration
 between our two countries is beginning already to be
 effective. Witness the visits of your Ministers to England
 and of ours to France. I myself have had the pleasure of
 consulting my opposite number, M. Dautry, and I do not
 hesitate to tell you that the agreement between us is

 complete as is that between our two countries.


 My friends, I have, like you, an unshakable
 confidence in victory. We are fighting at your side, and
 whatever violence the enemy may let loose, we shall be true
 to your motto and with you we repeat, ’On ne passe pas!'"




 Ministry of Supply,
 Press Office,
 Adelphi, W.C.2.,.




D.838,
 8/1/40. - No. 22.




 MINISTRY OF FOOD ANNOUNCEMENT.




 CONTROL OF MEAT AND LIVESTOCK.


 MANUFACTURERS OF MEAT PRODUCTS.




 Arrangements have been made by the Ministry of Food for the
supply of meat to manufacturers of meat products.


 There will be three groups of meat manufacturers: -


 (1) all manufacturers having a normal peace time usage of half
 a ton or more of raw meat per week;


 (2) all butchers, and all caterers purchasing by wholesale,
 with the exception of any butchers or caterers already

 included under group (1);

 (3) all other manufacturers.


 No manufacturer may be included in more than one group for the
purpose of obtaining an allocation of meat for manufacture.


 All meat manufacturers who wish to be included in
 Group 1 should
immediately apply to the Director of Meat Manufacturers, Ministry of
Food, Great Westminster House, Horseferry Road, London, S. .1. for
an allocation of supplies, unless they have already done so.


 All butchers and caterers included in
 Group 2 will receive in
addition to their normal allocation a supply of meat for manufactur-
ing purposes.


 Manufacturers in Group 3 should apply at a date to be announced

later to their local Food Control Committee for permission to
purchase supplies of raw meat from retail butchers. Food Control
Committees, when satisfied that the applicant is a geniune manufactur-
er of meat products, will issue a preliminary demand note (Form M.4.A.)
which the meat manufacturer will complete according to the instruc-
tions on the form. Food Control Committees will also issue to
these meat manufacturers a book of order forms (Form 5A) to be used
for each, individual order for meat.


 Retail Butchers with whom preliminary demand notes (Form M.4 .A. )
will then have been lodged
 by meat manufacturers should include a

statement of these requirements on Form M.1. which they will have to

render to Food Control Committees.


 A Meat manufacturer with a normal usage of under half a ton

a week (Group 3), who usually purchases by wholesale, may apply to
the Director of Meat Manufacturers for permission to continue to do
so. Pending the granting of this permission, he should, however,
follow the procedure set out for manufacturers in Group 3.
 8/1/40 No 23

 MINISTRY OF FOOD ANNOUNCEMENT



 Control of Meat and Live Stock


 The Position of Pork Butchers




 The Ministry of Food have made the following arrangements for

the supply of pork to pork butchers.


 The pork butchers have been given the option of


(a) Becoming general butchers, in which case customers registered
with them will obtain pork and other meat in exchange for coupons
when meat rationing begins.


(b) Remaining pork butchers, in which case customers will not

register with them but will be able to purchase pork from them
in exchange for meat coupons although the customers are registered
elsewhere with general butchers.


 The pork butcher with more than one shop can choose in respect
of each whether it is to be a pork shop or a general butcher's
shop. As far as practicable the available supplies of pork will
be distributed throughout the country according to the demand.

 On and after the 15th January and prior to the introduction
of meat rationing pork butchers will obtain an allocation of pork
based on their normal usage. General butchers will be allowed
a supply of pork if available as well as of other meat, to meet
the requirements of their registered customers, caterers, institutions,
etc.


 the introduction of meat rationing, Food Control Committies
 On
will application (Form M.3.) issue to pork butchers a certificate
 on

of requirements (Form M .2) which will be compiled on the basis of
the pork butchers retail trade in January 1939. For subsequent
periods, Food Control Committees will base their certificates on

the number of coupons collected by the Pork Butcher for sales
during a preceding period

 Pork butchers should produce the certificate of requirements
(Form M.2.) to the Area Meat Agent in whose area the shop is
situated and they will be issued with a Buying Permit showing the
value of pork which they may purchase.


 Pork butchers will be allocated a supply of pork at the

wholesale Depots in a similar manner to that in which the general
butchers will have their meat allocated to them.


 Many pork butchers have in addition to their trade in fresh

pork a trade in manufactured meat products. Such pork butchers
will obtain their supplies for this purpose by the means detailed
in a separate announcement on the manufacture of meat products.
AIR MINISTRY BULLETIN

(not to be quoted as an Air 8/1/40 - No 24.
 Ministry announcement)




 DUKE OF KENT VISITS R.A.F. FIGHTER STATION.




 Driving his own car, Vice Admiral the Duke of Kent, Chief


 short informal visit to
Intelligence Officer at Rosyth, paid a a




Royal Air Force Fighter Command station in Scotland this morning.
 8/1/40 - No.25.




 French Official Communique.



 The following official communique was issued this


evening from French G.H.Q.


 Nothing of importance to report.