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 ,Air Minis.t ry Bulletin No. 6595

 FLYING BURNING SPITFI.RE
 1\ 1ith
 his elevator and rudder confrols cut a nd his Spitfire oh fire, a
 young F:i:·ec R,:-ench pilot flew back nearly 50 mi°les from the Belgian coast before
 his airc:,aft became uncontrollable arid he had to bale. out.

 The )ilot had dropped to sea level to attack a German R-boat · which he left
 in flarr: c;3 _~ ou-t, as he was climbing after his attack another boat scored a direct
 hi·t on h:..J aircraft behind the cockpit,
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 .!\3 ;3 00:i.1 as this happened my rudder and elevator controls were broken° he
 said b=i.:q o n And the explosions started a fire. I jettisoned my hood, for
 I thcu~h.,u .. :. should have to bale out over the sea. I had only my throttle ancl
 the .:~lle2.·ons on which to :ftly, but I managed to keep going by opening and shutting
 the thcc/:;·G}_e and juggling, with my ailerons.
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 ~I:~1 'v S:pJ.-~fire kept turning l eft and right and when I made the English coast
I kncrr t·:.a~ ·.~ he machine could not be landed, although the fire had by this time
gone out ) So then I :was faced v;i th the problem of trying to find some....-rhere
~.-rhe!"c t.:~~-: ~t.ich:i.ne 1;muld do -no damage when it crashed.

 I -rns approaching a Kent.ish tmm, my Spitfire suddenly began to climb.
 ,:1-_,;;
 I cot ,.1.d c..o
 nQthing about it and i't carried me up to a.bout 3,000 feet. Then it
went into a dive 1-_rh ich I could not control and 1.vhen I tried to bale out the air
pres[)U1.."'e -tried to keep me in.

 "I co·J.ld not have been at more than 1,000 feet when I managed to throw
'myself over the side. AE, the aircraft passed me my head was caught by the tail
 plane " ·Lu--;k ily it Yvas only a glancing blow and I had · to have only one \stitch in
'C~"'.- :· -: : )'G.YlC~ ;i


 "ls T fell .in my parachute I went through the edge of some trees and through
some telegraph vr.i.:r-es which scratched me a good deal ana. my aircraft crashed in
the can:e -:: leld:, not much 1~1brn than 100 yn.rds away,
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 S0rcte soldiers came along to help me and after they had given me . tea they
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drove ·rr.e ~,a ck to my aerodrome. I feel fine no\t but it was 8 near thing and
jus t a J. l t.tle too exciting, ·

 i Tit1fortu:..ia.tely I can only claim the R.boat as fprobably' destroyed, but I
 saw it ,:Ls on ::'ire and the crev; were jumping into the water ..as I f1m;;)' ~"i;TA.y ."

 I\-!GcncJy ·i-;he y01mg Fr_enohman s e t fire to a 200 ton mine.e.-a~per ._. in the
 Char..:..1,-:;:-;_,., He gave it a short burst from his cannon and machine guns and as he
· turn ~l :i::c:::· home he saw ,9.. smaJ 1 boa t being L ,•,.·-G:r.'~ f'r·("ln -th.e m.inesvreeper as the
 crs,-,r c.::·.,x f,.oned it.
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 ·ci~i~ersity of Texd
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 BpRMA ) co~~lUNIQUE

 The atta9k. to clear the . road blocks at SHWEDAUNG did not materialise,
as the force +n the south, cons:hting of units of Gloucesters, west Yorks,
Cameronians and puke of Wellingtons, assisted by two Indian Frontier Force
b~ttalions from the-north, opened the road late on the· 30th March after
hard fighting under intense enemy air action throughout the a.ey.
 The enemy · sustained heavy losses during these engagements and our
casualties were moderate.
 The situation on 31st March is that our troops are now back in
their original defended areas.
 The enemy are in force holding SIDVEDAUNG and on the western bank
of the IRRAWADDY, while other columns are opera.ting to the east astride
the ~ailway north of PAUN'GDE, still having complete control of the air.
 Our river patrols. have fought extremely successful actions and have
now withd.ravm north protecting our· right fiarik from infiltration.
 Yesterday the enerrzy- bombed a landing ground in Central Bunna and
another in Northern Burma. Damage was negligible.

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Wlill. OFFICE
 FOOD .PROSECUTIONS IN -FEBRUARY, ·1·942•

 During February, 1·942 ~ ·the;c v~ore 2_,670 prosecutions under the Food
 Oontro,l Order~., of _whieh __. 2,535 (94.94;J ·w ere -s ucoossf\u.. . ·
 These prosecutions were taken against wholesaJ.er;, retailers, .members
 of .the public · and other offenders against food regulationS:• · · · · ··
 S_:µ,.qe the vmr. sta~ed 45- 1 017 pros~outions have .been "undertaken by_. the
 M:i.nistry, of ·which 42_,271 hav·e been successful.. ·,· ·
 The distribution. of prosecutions _among the various divisions -vro.s a.s
 follows _:. .. · ·
 Number Peroentc.;ao
 Division Pr<>seout ions SU.Qcess:f'ul ,,. -Sueoess:f\ll
. ENGLAND
 Northern Division 88 _87:-- 98~86
 North Eastern Di~ion 152 _145 ·. 95~39
 North Western Divi~ion 325 · 304 93,.54
 North _.M iaiand :Oi:tision . 183 174.. 95~08
 Mid.la.rid Division· ·... -':. . 238 226 , 94~96
 · Eastern Division· -· . 124 124 ,. bo
 10<:l·
 .· _.
 Eastern II .Division·.. 48 : _ 47' - , .97~92
 London Division --·.·· .. 573 543 94.76
 South Eastern Division 70 63. -90·.oo
 Sou.thorn Division · 73 7} ·. ..100.00
 South ·western Division ·215 · 202 ~--93.~5
 ,2 ,089 ·-:..1,988 .jJ5.\7
 WALES ' ! . . ~. , . .• • -~ •• , • • '

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 North Wal.es 20 20 100.• 00
 . S<'.>'Uth Wales 251 ~37 94•42
 _271 257
 SCOTLAND
 · North o-f B-00-tland ..I ..
 North East of .SQo~ ,j ·l 33;'33
 East of Scotland 9 8 88;'89
 West of Sootiand. 118 118 lOO~'C)Q
 South Ea$t of Scotland _13 13 100.··oo

 NORTHERN IRELAND ¼O
 l:tO
 97 ..90
 89.{82

 GRAND TOTAL . 94~94


 Detai1.s are also available of · the number of proseoutic?n.s undertaken during
February for speoifie_d group$ o-f· offences: - Number
 Type of.· Off eno-e • Pro seout ions.,. Sucoessful
Off~noes against Maximum Prices Orders. •; H• •• . -. ,. •. 793 -· 736
Imposing Condition of ·sale •..•.• ••••• •. •,• ., ~•;• •i•,- ~-• •••.. 28 21
Failure to display prioe · -~-~-•• • t • • • • • • 41 e •.It•.•-. •.•···· .. . , 135 130.
Ill$gal slaughter and c3+li?c!- :_ o:f'f9!16e!3· _,~, •.:~:.,_~:... ••.•· -· 212 206
Supplying or obtaining t-dthout correct ~\U~h,o:r;-ity.:_, 599 584 .
False, dealarati,ons .•., • ., ... .,.•.• "• • • •• •.••• ~ ~ • •• , ••• • • • .·,,. ZLO 19.p ·
 Trading without .\i.oe~?~ .·~.:._~.:•.•.~ -~--•.~~.:..:<•.•'.•:.· .,,.:.·,•.:•.•.•,_,.:_ ._: ,. 1.39 132
 Other- off'enoes
 '·.
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 •• •·•·•
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 : ... ·•... ,... ·-,
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 , • ~,••• •.- ~- ::-• .-., .. .·: ,
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 .551+- 530
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 , . ... . ' ' " , TOTAL - UNITED KJNGDOM ··2~-~70 . 2,535
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MINISTRY OF FOOD
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 FREE FRENCH IN E \.CIFIC
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 -
 UNDER MP.1.Cl\.RTHUR


 ~neral de Gaulle has pln.c e d Free French Forces in the Pacific
under Uie dor11rno.nd of Generc.l )'JiacArthur~ :tn J;"'eply to a cable. in.fori-:ung
hi~.1 of tliis decision,_ General lfacArthur._ said:~
 \
 11 '.Deeply appreciate your. r.10s cmge11c A.E1 happy once
 more to be clos el,y associated ·with _French soldiers
 as hiy oorr!t-a dc-s in ctrms II e
 General de Glttilie ho.'d previously sent hiu the follovring cn.ble:
 '
 H1(m hn.pp;y to know you a re tetking supreme c.onno.nd in .
 J~i.istfb{lln.si~ Mel •to pln.ce unde_r your strategical oouEnnd
 '.ti'I"-ee 1:t'enoh Fore.es in the. Pc1.cific~ 11•



F.REE ]i}IBNCH Pimss fJERVIClJ
 -: GENERAL DE GATJLLZ- AT,· NATION.AL DEl''EIDE . L-qNCHEON
 · · ·· · _'. · FoUo~v.ing is _th~·-·\ ext · de G1;,.ullet~.. sp.e_eoh oi
 at today's .National Defence· Public Interest
 ... , ·Luncheon: - ._. ·

 · :. ~-•-~he: vrir~'. ,· ~~id}a?:hs~w~·Jc~, .yi~_~ ·terr.i ble an~ ~~sionate drama."
 ·-.-,:fs .tl:lis .\1ot _o 'bvi¢~sly true' of . the.-:p; _~sent in:.w~ich . not only the greatness war ·
·o f each State but · als·o the fate of eaclf individual is at ~take? , It is ea~y .to
underst.a_n:d .- 'thn.t in .9- . conf~ic-b 9:f thi·s · kind the· .acceptance of the ordeal and the
exertion of· all ·: our ' offpr-fs . ate:· g6verne.d by moral factors, -.
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 , " H~.r ·t~ue that is,' especially of ID$."tqrin.lly_s0paratod, by the· enemy Fr~e,
and by men who have proved traitors to their c·o untry, from the camp of which she
was ~11? :_haples$ vangiw.:r,di . an?· 1~1ho can only be savoa._ from .. dcspai+ by faith in
herse1f .·and . confidence·
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 in .. ho:r·
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 Al:Lies. · . .
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 <siricd :.i:ou h ave · done mi ~_the:/ h'o n:o~ :o r·: .asking rnc to ._gpcak befor~ . such a -dis-
_1;iin&U~~h?d .audieno~., ~?--s~n9c, 'moreover, we _are .11.0\l _ at: the stag.e when :the
 d.cmocro.cies ·m u$t face , \lP to their duties or resign th~rnst;iyes- to perdition,. I .
 shall pu;c ·bcforc you ··· g_uitc frruik~Y c.cr.t ain ideas on.which, . it seem_s to me, the
 relationship between fighting ·F'rance·. o.nd the nations· vmo o.re her Allies should
 be .. .based.
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 '. In June,:_
 194.o',: 'having_vmn a vi~to17 ··o ver th~ French a,_rmies, Herr Hitler
 dcciclcd to ·e'i,:t;.ablish a _regime favourable to his own schemes in my unhappy country.
 Tho nqutrnlis'.a tion _of qur Empi re and. of,. our Fleet vro.s C_$ sential to him in .order to
 allo.y suspio~o:n in th~ Mediterranean and in Africa, leaving him fre e to . seek -further
 conquests :ui- ,other p arts ·or the ,~rnrld.

 · ..._In .order· to· co.r~
 on .his _\16.1\ ; he ne_C?dca_: ·t-o · oxp·l ~it ··our resour·c cs in raw '.
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mo.tericJ. as· vrell · as •ot.¢ ins].~~trie s,,-. f oodstufts . arid labour. · He needed an instru-
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mcn.:t sufficiently corrupt t_ 9 urge :.' the; FrcY½Jh-y copie to resign themselves to slavery.
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 He ncedc·d an ·intermc clib.ry··1aot vrne:n himself n.nd his enemies to lure the_m on to
 dishonour .and urge. them to take the easiest vmy ,_ out.:
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 But :a11 tl;'iis had. .to be c.onccaled behind a national fo.(}[)Ce so tho.t, deceived by
an ouhva.rd show -of'\varpca prestig.e., .t.l scmbl anco_ of -- sovcreigrity and n. mockery :of
indeperidcncEJ, ·the l)e·ople of France and· thG Allied· nations might fall in with .his
plo.ns. In · this way, ·b y .dint hypocrisy, it.~ s and pressure., that part nf. France of
which was not occu:pied by Hitler's troops would be under a regime ·which would pra-
te.c t and . def end the .Germar\ rear, $Upp1ying .Hi tlcr with anything he wished to take
and
 ·.•.
 · cyin :i.ufect:i.ng
 . .
 F:renc~
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 _- public ·o pinion with .t .h0 poisons of the Now .Order,

_; . · .. : ·s01Jlo cr~~s i n:r.e. ~i~ .61,inii:i°~g].y, cocimi tted,
 Gentlem~n, that even upright . men
oar1;n.,pt re"frn.in from .·a,. . sort of melar:i:oholy : adm.irp.tion. - -Thus, in face o:f ·. that':· :fo\l,l
masterpiece of,: N_a zi str~tegy which .qons:t;j,.tutes the Viclr{rcgime, we cannot help
t ·ou·c hing our hats as o. tribute to Herr Hi tlcr, ·

 :Ct is n.ot., beyong. the reEW-IDs of p~ssibility:i hO\-rever, that .Herr Hitler rriey reply
· in' the siurie $).pner. ,_

 For the foot is that there have been Frenchmen resolute c_n ough to foil his
pl~s• . -Stav.nch F~cnchmer: o.ry still :.cantinuing t h e vrar, rru.lying the French
territor~c~ . o:nd f _i ghting -viitli }\~mour : 0!1 o ver;/ pattleficld. What is fa.:-i." more,
they· _o.rcf ·nbt :doing s o as ·a uxt_liq.rie.s but as A:Llie-s 9f their Allies - for these
Frenchmcn '· have . giy~n thc~r ;-~ le_~iohce ·t .o Fronce., ~d ) !1 r3110c alone. They D.l"G '
fighting like France· herself~ vrho i s still in tho battle. They arc fighting with
the avovrod .i:nt~rr~.tion _,of .upholding :the. c ause and interests of France· in aJJ. parts
of the .:,_orl~ · and o.g_a inst iill, cqmer~. They arc .. 00ting _a nd speaking in her name
Djld _kdcj_:iing' Frnnce· 'herself . - nnd not ju.s t . o. few Fr~nohmen - ~ in the c ~p of
freedom.
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 /For this
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 For this reason, every clement of deterraination, ·r osistanco, recovery
 and SLUVQtion i~ the French n~tion has found its lodesto:r, tts raeans of
 czpressio~1 a::.,1 it-s · ·. hop0;~: ..:.-,. ,.·1.n :unuen.,sc- and pimis ·-.~ur-vour ·.hag ·f .ired the hc~ts.
 of rnilliuns end ,millions of French ci tizcns who. rcalis.cd .that a French v~:citcry
 was still possibi'c ;".··•'s i..n cc
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 }ranee
 .·
 was ·s till
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 in the
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 fight~
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 'Ihif, mcont tha:lt on antidote had been found to opprcss'fori'; propaganda,
 and h:ypo~risy o . _ rr:ii~ Tic3:11t_ that . co_llaboration . ~?-d, "im f ac.t, bec.ome fr¢tloss.
 'I his mc~1.-/t ·th.:tt the Vichy· rogino, founc1.. itself 'doridemned· to . ru1 a:i.mless c:x:ist-
 cnc.~ in the uids:t of disorder and shame, and even had to flood tho CO'µntcy
'' f-~ tl1 police•, . 'I'liis r1ea:h.t ·that all things and all "men showed Up ·: in t "heir true
 ligb/c :.~.1 . t:r~e c,yos ·,o:2 the nation; the ·one1:1y wa~ rcc9gnisec;f• hs the oheiny; .
 'traiJ~orf, -.-.ere recognised as. trai"tors; the Allies· were .·'~r(t:if_tho All_ios a.pd,
 nctwit}:.=.to.x1di~g her vrounds; · hor grievances· and her los·t illusions, France·,
 _-the r• ,~,el y~ru:cc, ..i~ ·che innerr:1ost heart . of he:r , pe.oplo, remained faithful to
 hcrsc"l ..o [L'l'"I']_ ~,... ''·'~ A c~use . of' frccdoh . -· . .
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 . .
 y2 t Y:G :i-.·1us·:~ hot believe' GcntloL1c:ri, tha.t· the r.1:Lr·acie whi,c h constitutes ..
 fi::;ht.J_11~ F::C D'~L~C e <.. lv2s the, probleL1 once D.Dd :for'· DJ..1. .' Yv;c/Jiust not b01ieve ·, ..
 thQt ·c11.o inst:Lnct3:- '.re snd somewhat legendary raysticisn which supports in thcdr
.. trj_aJ_s : t :10s0' ~\r'e,:r~cbr1:-... n , . -,.,~lD, vfithout a:ny· ·1aws, rights or·:government, ·arc.
 bra.'v dy ::'2.ci.ne;· drn,:~·~i' on the battlefioids and · exccutiori..;,grounds, exposing thdr
 f ~lLlilics ~·{o ·rcpris:a'.ts m,c7- giving up everything . they p9.ssos·s··, c~-- last, . •·
 in,defi11i t _c ~y <?n t;h~ · :s c_r~nGth of its own irapefus.· · · .. . ,. , _ ···

 ':Lhc ··.rh ol e natter is based on this: fi c;hting France uoans to _go Torwara
 should.er ·'.:;o shoul.dc:r with her .L.tllies, on the express c ondition that her b.llies
 go f ol'V/El:Ci v:rith } ;.G:'..~, In fighting at their side, ·she noans: _t o re~ain · her .
. 'indepehdcr.9:::-; ~9:r' __sovcrei~nty and he::."' greatness, provided the'y_ .arq respected
 by hor I1.lU_es~ · . ~~h e :.;_s c.1oing· ·everything in ht;r _powet.· to
 p,ror:1ot'e ': an: _,;_l*iod
 victory'., "'.:i-1t; · en condition that this victopy should nlso be r:i·c r own~

 Ovc-·.:- a per :i_ocl uf ·1 , 500 years, she has become accustomed to being a [sreat
 · powe::.:'; c>.ri,r1<{rrs::_ :~rts ·-;~hat· everybody, ·.and '· first of all her friencls ·, . should not
· lose si8~.rc o!:' ·iihis f D.-:-:t~ ·. In shdrt"_, fighting Franc'ci has only ~:me :reas_on· artd ·
 only one ,iusJ;ii:'ic&U_c-n for findinrs ·herself in the carnp of· freedor.1: that of
 being li'rar..cc hm·sc~lf; a..'1.d t1:'ca:tcc1 a~ .such by . her co'-belliger~nts.

 If I thb1: it r:w duty/ ·. Gentlcnen,' to insist on this . point, it is becau,se~
 I asSl:rc ym:i; tbis :psychological and political fact governs the whple .attitude
· of · the French nat:i -6 n. in the ·'pr0sent anc1 in tho f'uture, . f or fi 0hting· France
 c ,)uld net g;ccF, <i:· even last, if . her Allies . did n o·t draw its c onsequences', ·:
 ·. :~d Fr cm.cc · c ould r..cver _again c onsider as her i.. llie_E{ . co1:lht:rics at 'whose side ···
 ~he( had not fou~h-:, ta the finish. · .··. ·

 In J~}'.i.e. -t:Jrribl0 tragedy throUGh which· the ·.French people ·o.rc 1i ving, and_·
 in view oi' ~ -1 i:;hc f n.vours Horr Hitler would be pi'cpared ·t o grant thcr.1 if . they
 were wiJJ.:i.n'.S to serve him, ~?-. c on~id~X:i_:ng also ,~-~-e., ghastly rec;i_1.1e of n~tional
 dcnoralisation to ••r:-lich they q.re _being ·s ubjected ·by·_the infamous_ cham.P,ions
 of c api tulatio~1, how "l:0uld-·it : i:)e possible to keep· this nation as an ally if ·
 her .:.1.lliee. th~rnsclvos ··failecf ·to do · w0,atever is ·n qco~sary in- cJrder tb uphoid lier
 in the fight? : . .: . .

 w:10
 ~-ouJ.d ~- ·('\11d· h1 the· nane of what? keep in the war ·French tcrrit'ori~s,
 French f or':'8::J and French ideas, nuch less add others to then; ·if the 11.llics ·.·
 themscl ves v.~cre to li.n it their ·support?

 W:mt coulcl ·: b0 said to the French ci t-izens ~vho are bc°ing a~ke·d to resist
 >.in the Ld rj.st ;of ur..t old s1.rfferin13 if it · had . t o be understood that' ·Frencbt1e'n ·
 who ha"rc beC"n fighting ·- anc1 in what condi tions1 .- since _Scp~er.1bor 3, 1 939, · :_
 wouJ_d n c,t be , t::.e;atcd either as · Allies or oven as _bellig~rents?, ·

 ·, ' ttovv Y!JU~.d it -;::)(' possible to persuaq.e t~is nation that thoi~ ·futuro ·· lies·
. ,. ...
·· in _v:: ..-; tor:_v, · cli.shu:r.our in ca-pi tuJ..atioh · and ·, duty in fTccdon j if; by any unfortu-
 nate ch'lns-), her ;._llios thm.1selvcs should come to· accept the neutralisation :of
 Fral).cc QS ~ic~atcd to Vlchy by Hitler, and only discussed matters c oncerning
 the·"ihtcrost2 of DY co1.mt:c-y with the troi t ors who are oppressing her ancl taking
 their ardors fr or.1 the cnoDy?
 /Indeed
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 Indeed, if such things ev er cane to pnss, Herr Hitler would hnve
 definit el y won the bnttl e of France and it would be only just to toke
 off our h a't s t o . hiEl onc e an d . f or all t

 Le t me hast.en to ndd, Gentl en e n, thnt if I have spoken at such
 hypothe s es , it is b e: co.us c I consider the1:1 to be· quite incredible,
 which they o.r e . For the o.r gunents advnnced by defeatists or ill-vdshers
 in order t o give sonc s cri1 bl nnce of probability to these inprobubl.e
 ·.... ; - - suppositioris _·.nnd to dat.1p the a r dour nna_ shake the confidence of those
 · · ·Frenchmen :who still fi ght on, qre really so. unfounded thnt nobody
 could p ossib ly pl o.ce any cr,~ dence: ·in ther.1. N_ev cr~heless, it ··is perhaps
 advisabl e t o r ecall the s e nrguraents, for by exm.1ining them we can
 pr(?V~ hmv ridiculous they nr e .
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 -.. First . of a ll, how ·could. nnyone b elicvy . that· by shovdng considerntion
 fdr·'·t'hc r egj rae· e.s tablished in Vichy.· for Hitler's benefit it iriould be ·
 possibl e t o prevent this rGg ine fron going to the utraost lfr1its in its
 f~li~y ?f c 0ll nborntion with the enemy1

 " -·: Yf.ho c oul·d '. ' s eriously i mng,~_ne . that in such a ·_nti.tter ·m tler' s vcishc s
 and order s coula_ b e opp osed by anything other tho.rt the rcsist-ance •of the
 Fre nch. :rw. ti oh; . .galvanised into n,c~ion by fightii:-g . France •

 . If, 'b y .~ny. )~ncrE.;di b l c chn~ce , Fro.nee vrer c t ·a nbandori the struggle
 tomorroyr, : 900-d_- ~1:Y nmbq.ssador be found to prev?n~ Hi tlcr? even for
 n noment, · f ror.1 .us i n g the coW'.ltry ns h e plens e d? ·_ W~ c ertn:;i,.nly -_ cnnnot
 beli ev e thnt the de f enders of liberty would . ev er risk losing - . . .
 F~ance
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 by giying .way to such illusions •

 . -~ Nq~t, h8~7 could we nttribu.t b any significo.nc e to qer.t,0in ·s-ugges_tions
 ~pcordi ng·. ~'o whi~ch the' dernocroci e s should . r c cognis~ Fro.nee in the ·.
 pifrson·. o:t: tl:rc ·Vi9hy men rnther ·than in thnt of t;he le-ndors . of . fighting
 Fro.nee •. under ~,the pre t e xt thn-'c · ·che · lotter d.id not. mnke a ~mff'icient+y
 · defini .:te'. st'i i.-id ·in f avour o'f 1•i be~ t y ..
 • . i

 _Such o.ll egations o.r o a f lagrnnt insult to the d 6mocrncies themselves.
 Not or.ily..'. do they a sc.r i_b c tq --·t h~m
 the intenti ~n ·.·of interfc,ring in n
 .rrwttc r \7Mch c oncrns only the ·: sovs r e i gnty of the· _Fr_hri~h ·p·o ople ·, ·bu(-they
 nl·s o -a t -t ribut e to . the · democr ncie s a ludicrous bl'indriess. . .
 • " • ' • I •
 . .. ,.

 . For · t o · l e mr townrd s mm -v,rh o h ov e depr .i ve d Frnnce of o.11 f oms
 . b°f:_li -)l.:irty f:nd ¥Tho o.rc tryi ng to .r.1odel the ir. r ? gJ..ne : O:n fQ,scisr\ or its
 c3rica tur e , .i"a the r than trr'.st true Fr enchra~m 1rvh o still continup to
 . . apply the l mv_s _of the Republic, who ore ·fi ghting ev en unto dcnth against
 ·: the ;totali t o:cH.:i.:n enemy D...."'1c1 vrho openly pr cclnim that they will deliver
 the p eopl e. fr ora the ir chnins in ·.or ue·r to subt1i t to the ir v erd'i c:t, wpuld
 indeed b e t o int r oduce into p olitics the principl e s of thnt poor
 sirapl ct on wh o threw hi1~1s elf i nto the s ea ·b ec o. us·c · he wa s cfr3id ·of g etting
 _wet in the rain. -
 ,.i...


 . .. .Finally/
 - 4 -

 Fimu.ly, hrnv· could cmyono suppose tho.t, in their .J.ttitudc towo.rds fir{nting
 Fro.nee, tho ·dornooro.cics would indulge in nn nbsurd kind of snobbery o.nd _lot thcri1-
 sol ves be inf1ucncoa.. by their :Ct!e;.:>ct o.t not finding in her ro.:nks o. grco..t IIk."\l1Y
 erstrrhile frn:.1ous n oL1cs?

 First of rJ.l) this vrould be . a cruel injustice to nruiy illustrious . men both
 in Frq.nce nad o.broad who live only for our victory. It ·would nean -forgetting
, the coraplctc ca}?ti vity in Ythich· the enemy and the trnitors ho.vo pl.1.ced my
 unfortunate oou.11.try,, ·

 But, · o.bov0 oJ.l, it ·Hould me an completely disrego.rding o. f o.ct v-rhich ncrr
 donino.tes the whole French q_uostion - the f{'.ct of_. the nrevolution",

 For Fr'roice, betr['..yed by her ruling and privileged clo.sses., has · embarked on
 the greo.·bcst revolution in 311 ~1er history~ While I om s-pecl<:ing on this subject,
 I i:i.ust add- that people throughout the Ymrld :rho imn.giho that 1then the last shot
 has been fired they vrill be able · to find o.. France . poli ticcJ.ly, socioJ.ly o.nd
 noroJ.ly -identicn.l with· tr...e courr0ry they onc_e _knetr,
 . . n,re mclcing , a grave r:1isto.k0.

 In the secrecy of her J::;ribuJ.o.tions, o._ corapJ,etely, ncvr Fro.nee is being created.
 o.t the pr~sent ·moment, ·and. i.:>he vd..lj_ be guid.ea. by ·11.ev .. ri1.en. People who nro sur-
 pri•scd at no+. · firnling [\1110ngst _· U8 out\{OI'n poli,tic:Lc'.U'ls, . sornn~1ent .o.on.derJ.icio..ns t
 business men versed · in inti~ig1..1.e~ .J.:tld. geriernls ·e xhiluste·d with prcmction; rccnl1
 those old die-hards of the 31n8J.le_r :Curopcn.n Court$ 1;i(ho_, during the lo.st Fre110h
 Revolution: · \V~_r e shockecl not t o ·see Turgo:'c, Necker- and Lonenie de Erienno on
 the .Committ$e. iof Fublic Safety~,-

 But the f o.ct is that o. r ev olutionary Fro.nee pref erred to ,n.n the -~·lar with
 Ge~o.l Roche ro.ther thx~ l0s r1 it ,;1ith Hnrsho.l d.e Soubise. To proclaim and
 µnpose .the Dec1arn.tion -of Ri ght.J·,, revolutiono..ry Frn.noe oJsrays prcfe:cred to lis+ n
 to a Dn.nton rather th311i·rJct herself .oc :::..ullecl _by tho old politicD.1 forDulus. _..

 Clemenceau referred to ':, ;he; .Revolution as · o. solid ,·r hole·. · · Tho . 's·apo thing mcy
 be said of this inCi isible \le-._.., il.t the \rnrst 1·:iomont of o. conflic't which is
 strictly o. mornl confli~t 1 de1i1ccraci0s must not quibble with duty.

 It ·would not be tolerable thn.t the so-cn:Llcd. roalinn uhich~ fr9:.:1._one Munich
 to another, has- led freed.oB : -~o th,e -,rery edge 'of the abyss, shoula, continue to
 deceive the : nrddur of the .people::·n.n~. 1Jetro.y t _0 ,eir so.orifices.

 We are fighting a.go.inst c·v;·.1 and. we have all ventured. the . srune terrible
 stn.ke - the fo.te of our ccur.,_t1~~e s,, ·-No150dy ho.s the right, eithor vis-a-vis
 himself or vis-a-vis others, · .;·o i:nake m-zy of tho~:e cO\f~clly. concessions to evil
 1




 which would c:ndangei" ·the 06TT111DY1 · cfo:J,3e of allc.

 In this respect, : fighting 1-;irance· means_ to give · n.n exruaple ·by every means
 in fl.er pqvrer.. She hn.s bor.rp:i_e-1:;~ conf'ic1Aunc:~ fr1At h e r JJ.lies will reciprocate this
 o.t (Ltudo·. , . •· ..




 FR.EE FRENCH PRESS BUREA li
 ·1/4/42 -. No. 15


 II COMMANDO." DRILL TOUGHENS R. A.,, O.. C.

 A form o'f; commando t:rain;ing fo~ Army clerks and stoi;-eme.n is the
la test scheme· of the H. A~ 0, c. now that the .C,orps ~s : b ee.p :ae·c la.red ,.
coinba tant. ' ·

 As 0rdnance officers and men have a full time job handling t.lle
:rising quantities _of gun, tank ~nd wµeles·s · stpfes, these ·c:o~ses
are ·be:ing organised at :the depot.s , arid pe~sonnel :n,eed. not b·e · :Sent
off to battle training centres, . ·The commando :type .of tr.a.ming is on
a· voluntary' basis:, ·but at one Centre..l Aminµnition Dep9t .(c~ -A. D.) the
 !Cads~.' , . as ~hey ~~l+ the.ltlSelves, has had to pe .
volunteers' list . o{ .'_
restricted for the ~#1e·.be~~g. ' · .-- · · · · · · .
 Whether they have had infantry tra;i.n:ing oz, not,. all pff~ce~s of the
Corps; of whatever age, 1:'ank, ' or medical category, mus:t .also P·+9V~ . ..
t}?.emselves capabJ.e ot' a rµnnmg ··oharge in full battl~- o:t'~e~ · fir,µig t1.
continuous burst from a toinmyr,-gun~ · ,,, · · ·- -, ·'


WAR OFFICE
FOOD NEY/S


 Seizure of li1 ooc1: Ministry's New Povrers

 The Minister of Food. ho.s uD.d.e an Order - the Seizure· of Food Order, 1942 -
perr~itting arry person.authorised by hin or Ct.ny constable or police officer or
o.ny nenber of the RoyoJ. Ulstc:;.." Constabulnry to seize any article of fooa in
cases -..1here such person or officer believes tho..t there has been l'.n infringenent
of one of the i-.J inister' s Orders in res:9ect of that o..rticle of food.

 For the purposes of the Order food includes forage cJ1d also includes c~ttlc,
pigs, sheep and poultry.

 Where an officer has seized· o..ny o..rtiole of fooa. in pursuo..nce of the
provisions of the Order, that article r,1ey be sold._ i:n o.ccordance with any
instructions given by or on behalf of the Minister, If the owner of the
article is convicted of an offence in respect of that nrticle, the Court
before uhon he is convicted nay direct that the vrhole or part of the proceeds
of the sale shall be Ct.pplied t o\7nrds the po..yr::ient of ru1.y fine inposed. If a
part only of the proceeds of the sale is so directed. to be po.id the bolo.nee
nust be paid to the owner. ·

 The Order vrill cone into for0e · on April 7, 1942,




 ---------·------
 RCt.tions for Urban H.Jraes

 New ration cards for urbD.n Ct.nd. industriDl horses · covering the ro.tioning
period which bee;ins on May 1., -~7iJ.l be issued shortly, and applico..tion fonJ.s have
been sent to horsekeepers who r e ceived ro.tioh cards fror.1 the Ministry of Food for
tho winter periodo A.ny one whose horses are not rationed by the County Wn:r
Agricultural Bxecutive Committee or o. Depa:rtnent of Agriculture, and ·who has
horses employed. on essential tro..nsport v.rork but who does not recej,.vc a forr.i by
April 3, should apply for one o.t his local Food Office, Comple:bed n:pplicn.tion
forr:is should be returned to the J.:1ood. Office of issue before .i1.l)ril 8,

 Rations will onlJ be issued. to horses cngo.ged on vrork of rotional ir:1portance, ·
they Y\l·ill not be issuea., for exnrn.·ple, fo:c riding or carriage horses, exoept in the
case of doct ors or veterinn.ry snrgeons where necessary for their -practice, Hay
and straw o..re not ;..~r-1..t ione d..




MINISTRY OF FOOD
 B~~LGL.NS TO HOLD ONE MINUTE'S SILENCE ON GOOD FRIDAY
 . . . •· ·




 Tho Belgian IJOoplc arc prcparin8 to koop a r.1inute' s silc21<?•~
at 3 o'clock on Good Friday a::ternoon as a siGn of their spiritual
resistance to the invo.dcr and as a special token of reuoobrance :
f or the workers who, accordina t o tho latest news, are t}:lreatcned
with wholesale doportat_ifln to G0r1:1any, · where they will be. fore eel to
work f or thu Ger1.1an war' ·faachino. ·

 In accordance with requests f-ron Bolgiun itself cnoourageuent
has boon given to this national act by appeals r.1adc on Radio . B_~ lgique
by well known Bel~ians in this country, and news of the ninuto•~ :
silence has been 0 ivcn by the BelGian Congo vvireless, so that free
Belgions throughout the. world uay join in thou3ht and prayer with their
oppressed countryncn.

 "Good rriday at 3 o'clock" to quote fror.1 one of these appeals,
"is the moment chosen to link the . r.1enories of the Gospel with the
hard realities of our national life, to unite all Bel.Ginns 1n
rocollcction and all believers in prayer." ,



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MINISTRY OF INFORMi~TION
 COMPOUND AND -MIXE12.1:EEDING STUFFS



 The Min:t"ste·r of Food has r.mdc an Order which comea into force
today, A:pril ' l; :ar.10ndin[s the Conpound and Mixed Feeding _Stuf~s.
(Control) 1(No. 2) Ord er, 1940. ._ :·
 The new Order nakes a nunber of detailed chan~es in the
cor::ipo.s ition of perrni tteQ conpoun0;s and r.tlxtures consequent on
changes· in the· supply position as a result of the incr0asc _in the
flour extraction ratio. , rt continues for the next three r.1onths .
the lir.1i tat ion on the producti on of conpound and r.tixo(: f eedini
stuffs for ·pigs ant poultry . to 25 per cent.· of the produc_tion in
the correspondine nonths of 1939.

 Tfl.O a.uonding Order alsQ:. pr 1'lvokos the prov:i.si on which exenpted
fror.1 the operations of ·th:e Ord cr ' any r.tlxture produced at the written
request of farners; : in future, individual licences will be . issued
for farnors 1 ' ovrn r.1ixtur·0s.

 The noro :lbportant chan~es in the conposition of conpounds are
a reduction in the ninir.run rcqu;iraLlents of wheatfeed, and the
con.pulsory _inclusion of 20 per cent of low protein cn.ke or meal in
Nati onal Pig-Foocls, of specified porcenta~os of low protein ccl<e :
or noal in the various nat·i onal poultry foods, and of e.t least 15 per
cunt of oats or othe r pemittcd hone 3row:ncoreals in National Cattle
Foods Nos l ·, la and · 2.

 The number of pernittod cereal mixtures has been r.educed. The
r.1ixturos now p1:;n1ittecl flre N~.tinnal Horsefeed anc7- Horse . Chop mixtures
which rCL1ain as before , a __ N3.tional cereal nixture containing ·no
naize r.1eal, a Nati onal Poul try Corn which 6ay be a simple r.tl~::tuie · of
hone s rovvn train, and Nati onal Chick Fcecl in which r.1aize grits a.re
included nnd which · can be supplied ~ainst chick food docun1onts.

 :~very C1.ealer in feedinc stuffs should, in his own interest, obtain
a copy of the ar.iending Orcler (in which to facilitat.e referenc;e, the
whole of the First and second schedules havc :been ~printed) ·rron.
H.M, Stationery Office or throuc;h any bookseller • . •.


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MINISTRY OF FOOD
 1/4/42 - No . 19


 DOMINIONS DJ_jSIGN.:l-TIONS FOR ii. . T. S.


 L. T. s. porsonncl recrui tcd in tho Uni tod Kingdom from Australia ,
Ncvr ZeaLind, South li.i'rica, Rhodesia mid No,;rfoundland arc in future
to be permittei to Hear the appropriate designation on their unifor m.


 Except for personnel of Now Zoo.land and Newfoundland origin ,
 these designations will to.kc the form of a quo.rter-inch pale buf f
 lettering on a rccto.ngle of khaki cloth throe- eighths of an inch
~..ride.


 ·For New Zealanders the designation vrill consist of vrhite letter-
ing on a black background, C1.nd for personnel of New'foundl n.nd origin
the designation will be red lettering on a khaki bo.ckgr ound .

 The designations, ·which will be provided o.t the expense of the
weo.rer, mD.y be worn on both sleeves of the service dross jacket ,
battle dross blouse m1d greatcoat, and will be S0iJh on immedio.tcly
belovr the shoulder seam nnd o.bove f6rmo.tion bo.dgos , 'ithore those aro
o.uthorizcd .

 "Persons eligible to wear those designations," status tho V[nr
Office today, 11-0.re those born in the particular country, those vrho
had boon resident in tho particulo.r country for throe yeo.rs
imrnedio.tcly before joining tho Service, and those who are naturalised
citizens of the particular country . "



 +++++++++++++++++




W.AR OFFICE
 1/4/42 No. 20.

 Air Ministry No .• __6601

 AIR IVIIN!STRY COkMUNIQUE

 A small force of bcmbers, escort ed by fighters, attacked the
docks at Boulogne early this afternoon. Anti-aircraft gunfire ·vras
encountered but few ene~y fight ers wer e s e en.

 One bomber was lost; -b.,vo of its cr ew a re safe though Trnunded.
 1/4/42 'Ill No • .21




 NOT FOR PUBLICATION, BROADCAST~ OR USE ON CLUB TAPES BEFORE
 00 . 30 B. S. T., THURSDJ1Y l1PRIL 2, 1942.
 THIS EMBARGO S"iO ULD BE RESPECTED OVERSEAS BY PREFACING ANY
 MESSAGES FILED WITH THE IDl1BARGO




 LORD HUNTINGFIELD UNABLE TO
 l1SSUME GOVERNORSHIP


 The Secretary of State for Dominion .Affairs regrets ta
announce that the Right Honourable Lord Huntingfield, K.C. IvI.G., whose
nppointment to be Governor of Southern Rhodesia in succession to
Sir Herbert Stanley, G. C, M.G., had been approved by His Ma jesty the King,
will, on grounds of health, be unable to t o.ke up his duties. His
Ma j esty has given his permission for Lord Huntingfield to relinquish his
appointment.

 ----oOo---

norvrrNIONS OFFICE FRESS SECTION
 - __ No.22.



 --~
 SIR HENRY STRAKOSCH
 _ -.- .----~
 .. . ~-·- .·- ·..........
 .....




 Sir Henry Strakosoh, vhose tenn of office as Adviser to the
Secretary . of State for · India and Chairman of the Finance Conmittee
of the Advisers expired on the 30th March, has accept ed a.n invitation
from the Secretary of State to continue to serve as Honorary Fi?iancial
Consultant. · · ·



INDIA OFFICE4!




 UNOFFICIAL NCY.rE


 Sir Henry Str_a kosch, G.B.E., has an international reputation as
an authority on monetary questions. He was first Chairman ( 19 20) 6f
the Financial c·ommi ttee of the League o~ Nat;Lona, and a Member of
that Committee from 1920-1937.

 He- Ylas a member of the Royal Corrnnission on Jndinn Currency and
Finance, 1925-.1926.• · · In 1·930 he \ms appoin~·e d a Member or·
 the·
Council of India, and 'remained so until its dissolution (under the
ne-.;._r Government of India Act) in 1937, and since .then has been one of the
Advisers of the Secretary of State. Sj,nce 1934 he has been Chairman
of the Finance Committee, first of the Council of
 India and latterly
of the Secretary of State 's Advis ers.

 Re-appointrnent of- an Advis er to the Secretary of State whose
term of office has expired is not permissible under the Act.
 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - ~ - ~




 MR. .ANDREt"S .ADVICE TO C IVILIJUJS IN CASE OF
 ~ --~~~ ---,~~---- - -
 ....~~. -~-~---- - ~---
 INVASION OF NORTHERN IRELAND
 --~--------------- - -
 The Prime Minister of Northern Ireland, Ere, J.M. AndrevTs, made a statement
in the ~orthern Ireland House of Commons to-day, _ on the part which the civilian
population should play in the event of invasion. He said;-

 11It is on the forces of the Crm·. n, i ncluding our m7n Ulster
 Home Guard, that ::1e should have to rely to meet and def'eat the
 enemy, but there is much that the civilian population can do
 to help the Military Authorities.
 11
 All advice given to private citizens of Great Britain as
 to their behaviour during air raids and in invasion apply equally
 to the citizens of Northern Ireland.
 11
 All must, therefore, stand fast in invasion conditions • .
 Business must be carried on as long as possible . In no
 circumstances should people leave their homes to croi."rd the roads.
 There is no safety in takin~ to the roads, as thousands of unhaipy
 refugees founcl in France n.na Flandcr!t,
 It is not, however, a f!lerely passive attitude that ,;re shoulcl.
 11

 y.rish to adopt . ·--·T e shall all want to hinder and frustrate the
 enemy in every way we can.,
 11
 Thc Ulster Home Guard, the ne:: National Fire Service and
 the Civil Defence Services will have their 0 .-· '!l Yverk to do in invasion,
 1


 and if the time comes I know that they will give a gooa_ account of
 th ems elves. it

 Mr. JU1arervs described the organization s et up in Northern Ireland for
dealing 1,vi th an invasion emergency, and explnined the way in vrhich the plans vd.11
secure co - operatio n betvroen the Military and Civil Authorities, both centrnlly
and in the various civil d~fencc ar~as.

 Hr. Jmdre\rn co ntinued: -
 1
 The machinery for co-operatio n betv,-een our civil departments
 •

 ancl the fighting ser,ices in Northern Ireland is as complete and
 elaborate as in any corresponding-area in Great Britain.

 :, National Service officers of the Ministry of Labour · in
 various towns 1iirill be in a positi on to direct able-bodied members of
 the public to do such defence ~:rork as may be considered necessary by
 the :Military Commander.
 11
 Reference has been rnad~ in the Imperia·1 Parliament to the
 establishment of invasion Cor;nni ttees in Great Britain. In
 Northern Ireland the various schaues which I have mentioned cover in
 a lo.rge measure the duties to be carried out by those Committees.

 "'.In the smaller or remote n.reas -~:here local arrangements are
 not so elaborate } th e existing key personnel Trill co-operate vvith the
 local Military Commander in '!That ever measures he deems necessary to
 meet the special needs of the oistrict~
 "The Government are \7orkihg in the closest touch r.ri th the
 General Officer Commanding, in perfcctin6 and extending, where
 necessary, our defence arrangements. so that they rnay be adequate to
 meet all the requirements of the Hilitary Authorities in invasion
 conditions. The success of these defence plans vill c1epenc1 on the
 wi.llin6 , courageous and unselfish co-operation of all concerned. · I
 ask for that, n.nc1 I feel certain l shall not ask in vain. ii




 -NORTHERN
 --· IRELAND GOVERNMENT OFFICE
........,, 1/4/42 No. 36 •

 MR. ffillBERT lvlO:lliISON & SIR YUJ-ffi.ffi FISHER
 CORREiSPONDE\J CE

 The follovdri.g correspondence has taken place between the Minister of
 Home Security and Sir y,:r arren Fisher in connection with the termination of
 his appointrnent as Special Commissioner. for the clearance of debris, salvage
 of co1nrnodities , and co-ordination of road repairs and publi c utility
 services in the London Civil Defence Region.


 24th Larch, 1942.
 Dear Y{arren Fisher ,

 I have read the letter frcm you published in the Manchester Guardian
 of the 23rd instant . It constitutes a public attack u~pon t he Minister under
 whom you are serving . As you know, such action is not in accordance \vi th
 the traditions and practice of the public service . This naturally raises
 the question whether there can be the degree of confidence between us that
 is essential to proper vmrking , and I should be glad t o receive any comments
 you wish to offer.

 Yours sincerely,

 (Sgd . ) HERBERT MORRISON



 25th March, 1942.
 Dear Morrison,

 You ask for my comments on your letter dated 24t h instant uhich
 reached me this afternoon.
 I will limit myself to four in this letter.
 (1) A man -rrho has upheld standards . and traditions during 20
 years Headship of the Civil Service does not require schooling
 on such a subject from anyone in poli tical life .
 (2) You overlook the fact that I retired from the Service in 1939.

 (3) When the Gover1~nent asked me at the end ·of September 1940
 whether I would be v1illing to help vd th the restoration .and
 maintenance of many servi ces vital to London , there was not -
 and of course could not have been - any suggestions that
 consent on my part w·ould entail rrw foregoing the rights and
 duties of an Englishrnan.
 (4) Foremcst amongst those rights and duties is the prevention
 or exposure of injusti ce .
 Yours trul y ,
 (Sgd.) N. F. WARREN FISHER


 27th March , 1942.
 Dear Warren Fisher,
 I have received your letter of 25th March which confirms rrw conclusion
 that , for the reasons indicat ed to you in my letter of 24th March, I rm:s~ ask
 you to resign your appointment as &pecial Commissioner in the London Civil
 Defence Region, ½he resignation to take effect as from today .
 I regret being co~elled to reach this conclusion especially in view or
 the valuable services which you have rendered as Speciai Cow.missioner , for which
 I tender you my sincere thanks .
 Ycurs sincerely ,
 (Sgd . ) HERBERT MO;R.RISON (Cont .)
 -2-

 28th March, 1942.

 D oa r Morrison,
 -:r .: . . ..
 - A 1 .0 ttor·.· fr.om you dated 27t_h instant . o.rrivod that evonin"g ,domand.:i.ng my
 "ro_s_igr.i~tism" ; -·· to . take effect as. from tho.t so.me day.

 Your pretext\ for•· thfs ext raordinary behaviour, a lthough not stated, is not
 diss n.tisfaction by Londo:r..ors with my efforts on their boho.lf since tho end of
 September 1940 - but tho fo.ct of my' calling o.ttcmtion in tho 111110.nohestor Guardian"
 of 23rd instant to tho so.vago sento.nG.9 _..inf.li,otod by you - o.ftor your refusal of a
 reque st for an independent Boo.rd of Enquiry _- on the Deputy Commissioner for tho
 North ·vrost-· R0gion for an isolo.ted error of judgment in an othorvriso fine and long
 ca rc~r of public service.

 I o.rn not prepared in o.ny Ymy to bo nndo a party to your inciofonsible treatment
 of this dis t inguished officer of my old Regiol)., and therefore I decline to ten9-er
 th9 -~:'°~e~ig3:16.tion 11 you sock to forco cm _mo~ · ·
 J •. ' . ; . -~ .

 -:· -"AS _. yoi.i ;' yourself -rvere origino.ily offered a Regiomu Commissionorshtp" [\t a . time
 •.vhon you wore Lendor of tho London County Council as -vroll as Member of · PD.t'l±amont,
 .,.9-nd .p,s about half ef tho Corrrrnissionors todo.y . aro Mombor_s either of tho--_Houso of
 ~t 'o rd$ .or of . t _h o I~ouso of Commons, you -kno-v-r quit e -rrnll that Civil Defon~o Commi:;mionors
 · ·s.ro'.- not ".Civil ·sorvD.nts 11 , or dobD.rrod from partipipo.tion in issues of public ·
 ir~poi?t~nco. _,. . . . . .\ .
 ... !14.• ~·

 ,· ..J.fo~oovor' you ]mow tho.t .. tho. late. G.ov"o rnmont, V{hich or~te¢i. ,_these posts., recognised
 . tho .t r-u.th of this •.- They novor tried·. to .-i ,n torfore -vri th -tho Commissioners' freedom of
 spe ech or otherwise, D.nd a s o.n illustration I ,.rofor you · to my spocqhes at Manchester
 on. 5th ·Decombor 1939 o.ncal. 15th Mo.rah 1940, vri 1h which doubtless at th-e time you ,.,rore
 in full o.groomont •
 . I :remind· you-, . in: conclusion, _ tho.t ;: i;rhat this country is fight:ing for is freedom
 ,and justic!3',·:·


 Yours _tJt1Uly,

 . _(-Sgd.-) ·:N. F. ·Y!ARREN FISHER
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 ])_oar Wo.rron Fisher, .

 I am in receipt · of your lotter of 28th March. As you say, it was your lotter
 to the. Manchester Guo.rdio.n that gavo rise to our correspondence and forcod mo to
 :raise .the question -vrhothor there can bo th0 degree 0£: · confidence ·bctwoon us that is
 essential to proper . vrorking,. · Tho ·terms of your letters of · 25th · o.nd 28th Mo.rqh
-· ·.'·:···confirm my doubts · :dh this point. · Since you decline to tender y;:mr ·r.$:Sig11~tio"n ·
 I ho.vo no o.l torna tive. but to termino.to your appointment· o.s Special Commi$.s ion0r,
 with 9ffoot f_rom . to-do.y'_s date.
 Yours sincerely,

 (Sgd.) HERBERT MORRISON


 1st April., 1942.

 Dear :Morr ison,
 I ho.ve your lotter of 31st ultimo notifying me that you rove dismissed mo f'rom
 working for London.
 As my o.groemont to undertake this yrork at tho request- of --tho Governmont--vras -
 publishod · officio.lly in tho l~oss, similD.r publication of my dismissal will be
 nooosso.ry, together with copies of tho corrcspondoncc.
 Yours truly,
 (Sgn_,.) N.F. WLAALN FISHER (Contd.)
 1st April, 1942.

 Deor Wnrren Fisher,
 - I quite _ngree •xi th the suggestion in your letter of the 1st April that our
 correspondence should. be :-,ublished rind am arranging to issue it to the pres _s . to- .
 night -rv.i. th n covering s t n.t ement in the tcrrns to which you agreed this morning.
 Y01:ITS sincerely,
 .
 · ( sgd.) HlW.BERT MORRISON


 Following is the text of ·the letter Vvhich Elppeared in the Manchester
 1
 • • •



 Gunrdian on 23rd Uarch, 1942.

 To the Editor of the Mnnchcstcr Guardtc1n.

 Sir, - On 1;:nrch 19 Mr. Herbert Morri:Jon•in the House of ·Commons vias at courageous
 pnins to reassure a :i:ioisy but quite insignifico.nt fraction of the public thnt he
 ·would .mercilessly_· -repress misdirected interest in athletics on the part of the
· National ?ire Service~
 I mny remark, incidentnlly that the long oycrdue reorg&nisation on a broader
 basis of our ridiculously loco.liscd fire brigode_s vms al1:1-ost certain to upset less:
 reflective municipal councillors -_Bolton seems to be a case in point, -- nnd also
 that it foiled to take into nccount thnt the most efficient force of its kind in
 the · '. \7orld •,ms the London Fire Br:j_gndc ( nnd th~refore on orgnnisation not to be un,-1-
. n'e cessarily disturbed) i . -·-'Whether or not ·_ senior· officers should take nn :i;nt.o rest in
 the Yrelf nre and physicol · fitness of n f orcc ·rrhich hns to be in hard enough· training
 to tackle · nt any time the incalculable s~rain of widesprend fires :[s appo.rently _
 a matter of Ministerfol disagreement. · · ' ·
 N.ir. Morrison .thinks , i.t .. of no importance,: G.lbeit late lood.er of the London
 County Council ·nnd therefore· presumably with somG responsibility for the _tondon Fire__,
 Brigade; his Parlinmentary Secretary, Mr, Mab one, hes, on the contro.ry; ··c-i rculnr-
 ised all the regions that it is of grent importnnce. - As there has been for mnny
 months no air 9-ttack against this coi.mtry on any scale, is it possiblo tho.tin the ·
 public mind our Civil ~efence personnel, \~rho from Scpterr.ber, 1939, to .i,ugust; 1940,
 were sni;:lered _at @s drc:m~s an~ frqm l1u::.sust, 1940, to May, 1941, were acclaimed as
 heroes, are being once more do1m~graded? If so, that is 811 odd way of encouraging
 them to repeat their staunchness ·,-rhen bombing is roneYred. I hove not noticed. much
 emphnsis on this p oint fr om Ministerir.ff ··quarters.
 T'o·-refurn ·to' Mnrch 19, ?ir. Morrison, having expho.sised the innocence of him-
 self and of Lord Geddes, the Regionnl Commissioner for the North-Hest, unctuously
 nnnouncos thnt the sequel of the football match, between the North-oountry English
 and the Southern Scots - a type of match strongly encoursgcd by his Parliamcritnry
 Secretory - is the. s evere admonishment _of the Chief Regional Fire Officer ( nn ex-
 naval officer and one of the finest officers of the London Fire Brigade) and the 0

· dismissal (enforced rcsis nation) of Colonel Thomns Blatherwick, D.S.O.; 111.0~ / the
 Deputy .Regiono.l Commissioner, a man with a mngnificent fighting record i~ ~he iast
 -vw.r , _-vrho has ever .since devoted himself to Lanc0.sl7:iro · n;nd to the Territorial Army
 ti.pd uho, vd.thin my direct knov,rledgc, h8.s made a very great con:tributiori to the North-
 i.-rest Civil Defence Region from the stnrt of the present vrar. ·
 I e.m sorry to have ho. d to i.vri te nt such length, but elementary justice is
involved. · I t-v.i.11 end t-rith n question: If o. single ( and fnr from ·fntnl) mistnke
of judgment is to be handl ed 1.7 i th · such Prussin.nism by a :Minister of the Cravm ( in
England), ;.:rhnt should be the/ f£1te of Ministers for countless and most serious
mistnkes by them? - Yours, &c.,

 N.F. WARREN FISHER

Brooks 1 s, st. James's Stree t,
 London, S.W .1. lvforch 20_.__________


MINISTRY OF HOME SECURITY
 EASTER HOLIDAYS


 'I'he Gov ernL1(:mt, in coming to its conclusion a s to the number of days
 tpa t could be t ak en as holidays throughout the year, dEJtermined tmt we could
 only a fford one day a t Easter.

 In doing this it too~ into a ccount the production programme andj therefore,
'-..:he :maximum time that could be spared from our productive effort. It is
 vitally importa nt that every person in the war production field should make
 a prompt star t on the day follovd.ng Easter Monday. Do not be tetlpted to lay
 off . a n extra clJJ.y and hinder the great production programme~

 Aft e r previous holiday periods an overwhelming majority of staffs, both
 offic e end workshops, fulfilled their obligo.tions honourably and their a ction
 in r e turning to their job e;.t the proper sto..rting t:i.De is apprccfot ed by th0
 Gove rruncnt a nd the nation.

 Eve ry person in this country knows whc.t this su.mner· means to us a nc1
 cons equ ently it is more vita l tha n ever novr to ma intain our 1irar production.

 We 111ust ca rry out our commitracnts to Russia an d to our 'oth~r allie s •

 .Abs ence from work vdthout reasoreble excuse ·ms been me.de a n offence o..nd
 I fee l it n e ces~mry to ret1ind D.n.na gements and vrorkers in all undertakings
. sche dul e d under the Essential Work Order 1 rela ting to engineering, building,
 and civil engine ering, and a nunber of othe r industries, of this fact.

 Only to those who Hl'l.:.Y be incline d to t a ke a dvantage of the Ea ste r Holiday
 and not get back to Yvark o. t · the proper starting time next dny is this reri1inder
 n ece ssa ry. A full a nd punctual restart with the whole rythm of production
 in full svring will represent a n example to the world of our det er mine~t ion
 a n d will to victory.

 ++++++++++++

 MINISTRY OF LLBOUR
 EXPORT SliUGGLING rro EIRE

 Board of Trade '/nrning
 ..
 The Bcx.:. rd of Trade Yvish to rcr:1ind export ~rs that r_-10_py clas s es of
 goods are prohibited to be exporte d f'ror:1 Gren t Britain or North0rn Ireland
 to Eire except under the o.uthority of' c. Board of Tracie cx11 ort licence 2_nd tm t
 breaches of the prohibitions (e.g. the (::~e spatch to No rthern Irela nd of goods
 intenaed for onvvarcl transr:iission to Bire vrithout licence) o. re punishable
 with heavy pena lties .

 A new Defence Regulation hc_s noYr been mo.de to deal with the snuggling
 across the land boundary to Eire '.vhich is known to h:.-:i_v e been t a king pl2_ce
 in recent months~

 The general effect of the n ew me-'.rnures is th2, t whe r e goods, the export
 of which to Eire is prohibited, a re found a t any p l a ce in Northern Ireland
 and ar8 susp e cted by a Customs Officer to be intende~ for exportation, any
 person possessing or having control of such goods 1:1.c.'1.y- b e r equired to furnish
 proof e ither th:1_ t the goods a r e not int ended for export3. t ion or . th.at their
 exportation is not unlawful.

 t\~tiling ·satisfa ctory evidence on this po int, th e goods -,. vill be deernec1
 to be prohibited goods 8.nd ,.1ill be forf e ited.
'--'
 In other vrorkds, the Custor:1s Author~i_-!~:;_0s ,:rill h~1-v e powers to re quire
 proof thD.t any prohibited goods 1vhich D.I't) :·ounc'i.- in Northern Ireland arc not
 intended · to be smuggled ancl the onus of p:coof will r est on the rnme:c of the
 goods rathe r than on the Custons Authoriti cs 0




 ++++++++++++ .
- BO.Alli) OF TRADE
 · EY_£:::HTNESS BROADCAST ON A1ITACK ON LUBE.QlS

 Follm-ring is the talk anonymously broadcast .. as the
 postscript after this evening's 6 o I clock n r..,\iTS: -

ANNOUNCER: The apeaker, \iho holds the n: s. o. and D.1?. c. is the Commanding
Officer of a Wellington Bomber Squadron. He describes the recent heavy
attacks on the German, Baltic port · of Lubeck.,

SPEAKER: This attack on Lubeck Yvas the most amazing blitz I' 1 ve seen since I
first started bombing nearly 18 months ·ago.
 Conditions \Vere good from the startc The moon, ·vvhich was only a
f e1v days short of the full, Has slightly obscured by very thin high cloud which
got even thinner as ,;-.re vrent on, until vifhen we uere halfvray across the North Sea
we ,yere flying in bright moonlight and in a cloudless sky.
 Some time after we crossed the coas~~- -..:1e were held by searchlights
and the guns popped off at us with a little heavy stuff, but it vmsn't very
accur<?-te.
 VJe got held a second time by searchlights shortly afterrrards, but
soon the guns were silent, a sure sign that the Gennans had got their night
fighters ·up.
 Some of the other chaps ran into them but we didn't see arry. We
,vere 70 miles away over land., vvhen_ ,.,ve first saw the glmF:in the.. sky from the
fires at Lubeck, and w·e knerr that the attack was well under vreigh.
 As -vre _got nearer, we sa:vr a great line of black smoke .. like a· smoke
screen blowing back from Lubeck and over the German country-side towards Kiel.
It must have been 1,000 yards wide. We were flying straight into the wind and
the smoke -..vas underneath us. It blacked out the ground below/)

 \Then Yre got to Lubeck, i:1e found a great area round the docks
completely enveloped in flames. It wasn't a question of counting the number of
fires; the -..:1hole area was one gigantic fir.e, and, as Tde got nearer it grew and
grervv.
 Our navigator's log book, I think, summarises YiThat happened next.
I've got the book here and these are the entries he made:

 0119 hours. Arrived Lubeck. Vlhat a fire, bombed a bit
 -. ___,.. 'and stooged around 11
 0200 hours. Still flying round.

 Then three minutes later, he entered the fact that vre'd set course
for base,
 By then, we had been over the target almost an hour. He put d0vm
three separate sticks of bombs.
 The whole of this big area n:as still burning fiercely when we left.
It seemed to us that it would have been completely impossi1--le for them to have
got it Ul~der control - no fireman could have lived in-it - and it looked as
though it would go on blazing until it burnt itself out.
 On the way back we followed the smoke line along the first part of
our :r,oute. It was blowing then over a distance of ~<:;tbout 70 miles·.
 There'd been some light and heavy flak from guns around Lubeck, and
the aircraft had been holed here and there by shell fragments, one of vv-hich
smashed the pilot•s windscreen, but the f1ying of the machine wasn't affected.

 YJhen we got back, ,o ne of th e Intelligence Officers asked the
second pilot what he thought of it all.
 He replied, quite simply: "What a raid!"
 A Standard Sch edule of Prices for· th e Buildin6 Industry has been prepared by
 a te~hni.cal sub-com.mi ttee of the Central Council for ·:1.rorks o.nc1 Buildings an.cl adopted ·
 1


 by the Minist er of v.rorks and Buildings. It vdll be published by H. M. Stationery
 Office on Friday, April 3~ price 1/-.

 The adoption of the Schedul e .will obviate the use of the cost plus fonn of
 contract for specified categories of work in thos e c D.ses ·where ur 6 ency is such
 that no time is available to prepar e detail ed bills of quantities p

 The prices in ,the Schedule have been fixed 17:i.th reference to stated rates of
 pD.y for tradesmen, l abourers and navvies, Md to bo.sic prices of the principal
 mat erials, a list of which is ; iven in an appendix. Usin 6 these constants, with
 allmta nces for the use of plant,. rates have been built up uhich ensure u niform.
 overhead charges and p r :-Jfit in each tro.a.c . In using the Schedule, adjustment
 Yvill be made for any increase or decrease in the costs of labour and materials.

 Th e new Schedule will enable anyone inviting t ende rs to issue compl etely
 priced bills of quantities on which c ontractors iaill be ask ecl to quot e a
 p ercentage on or off. The knowledge that they arc working on prices calculated
 on a uniform basis -rrill facilitate the work of c ontractors in detennining
 what the percentag e on or off should be.

 The Schedule will be equally usable an a basis for valuation:

 (a) where no bills of quantiti es hav e been prepared 1)eforc
 operations arc started;

 (b) ·wher e work must be started before a scheme has been
 worked out in detail; or

 ( c) ·where tenders are invited for ·;rork the extent of which
 cannot be accuratel3 foreseen.

 ·while the Schedule is specifically cUreot ed to the valuation of Yrork
 to be carried out b y the Ministry of -::.rorks and Buildings, it is equally s:uitnble
 for use in connection -..1ith any building Yrork of similD.r types.

 Again, YJ'h ile the Schedule is primarily meant for war-time building, the
 principle on which it is based could well be applied to the class of building
 required for the redevelopment ~d the rebuilding of war ·damagecl areas, whether
 commissioned by the Government or by private p ers ons. It also acts as a
 basic check on estimates for the protection of both contractor and client.

 The :Employers r Federations ha ve vvelcomed and endorsed the Schedule.




 ~ ISTRY OF WORKS




...__/
 MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE
 55, WHITEHALL,
 LONDON, S.W.1
PRESS NOTICE 1st April, 194~
 M. '. • F. ?04:

 ARTI:Jnc :U\L I NSE:MINL.TION OF cows

 Largs Sca l e Practical Trials

 Artificial ins emin~:tti '.Jn of anim3.ls h ::1 s been
app lied for some years in r:. number of countries .
Advant ages claimed for th e pr a ctice are the
lesser1ing of the risk 'Jf spre2.d -') f disease in
lives t'.Jck, reduction in ste rility and increa se
in fertility , facili t a tirJn o.f improvement in
qu:1lity, and ec'Jn8my in livestock management .

 •I1ri :1l s 0f artificiP. . Linseminn.ti'1n of cows
0n :~ practical scale klve been r ecormncnded by
the .Agricultural Improvemcm t Council for
England and Viales to be c a rried 'Jut in the first
place at. two c entres, C::mbridge and Re 2::.ding, by
tne C rtnbridge School of J~gricul tu.re and the
N.0.tir:mal Institute for Rese.J.rch in Dai r ying
:1respecti V!=;ly , unde r the guLLance of a Supervi sory
Committe e ·-:nd. with the 2.ssist::1.nce "Jf local
crnrnni ttees fo r th e tw0 a reas .

 rrhe Supervis0ry C0mmi tt ':1e i 3 as f0ll0w .. · :-
 Prof . J . Scott ·1vc.~tson , M.:•• (Chairman)
 Pro f. J . F . Craig, lVI • .,:·... , J?.R . C . V.S.
 I\tr. . J . H. Everall
 Mr. J 0hn Ifammrmc1 , M. ii . , D. Sc . , :? • R. 3 .
 Mr. R~bert Hobbs .
 Mr. f··. J-.. . Hytt.· m , 0 . B. E .
 1vir . C. Nevile.
 Capt. J . Templeton .
 l~;t April, 1942 .
 li. A. F . 705
 H. of F. 1775


 NOT TC1 BE PTrnLrnrn·rn IN .\NY ·}~3_ OR j)_0.:-1.DC.Ji.ST s3EF02I: T}{E l:CRNING
 C? 'THl1It:3JXJ , 2ED .:,..2J.E1, 1942 • .


 JOii\lT .LNTJOUNC:G1'!'1:F;J\JT 3Y TrIE IvIIJ\rI:::-'.:fn OF a·:.GRICUL· 5.D.E ..\ND J:i1IS:D:l1mS
 .iJJI Tri:.8 tAitTI~'. ·;T~Y OP :B'OOD
 1




 Milk Prices, (l~ngland .J.ncl Wales) 1942/ 43 •

 J\fter c:1reful com,ianr.:-tt ::_en of ~,.11 the inf ornation avc.ilo.ble , incluclin2;
th::.1.t s-.ibmi tted. by the Milt r-:>-~r:::cting 3rn:n·d C::t.nc::. the N. F . U., the C:-ovenli--1::nt llo.ve
decided thEt.t the incre::~E:c in producers ' guc.rantced pr i c es for r:ilk , -t~ki ng the
ye:.1.r 1st Apri l , 1342 , t o 31::;t }:If1roh, 191;..3, o.s ::'. ,,ibJle , shall ~Je at the rate of
2d . per gall on CV(";r the, prir.:>1r: origino.lly announced in Februc~ry, 19l1-l, that is ,
over prices 1·d:.ich did not include the ...:;ub~,equent retrospective e..wan:t of an
additional ½a.. p:::r g~1l lon :for tiy:: six .3U.PF.cr uont~1s 19~-l, or the 2.dD.itionaJ. payr:1r:mt
of l½d. per gallon for Jo.nuary, :87 e-brt1D.17, l1ir'.rch , 1942 .

 In crd.1:ff to encou.rCt.,i;-_;e. 1-vi:n.tc:r r:--:.illc J:>:i..~oc"'..uction o. lctr,~:er })Topor-cion of tlie
incrc:cL;3e ·,;dll b0 appl:it>.o.. to the. six Yrinter ~~1011.th,3 Octo~Jer, 19)+2, to E:::trch, 194j ,
tlE\.n to t;he Dix st.T.~'1c:r monthr-3 .April to September, 1942, ,;,~hil;:t , of course ,
 1


provicii.ng to 1ircclucers as a vrhole 11n avcr3.E~e. incn.:-a3e of 2c1. ·Je:r 2~al lon over the
yec,.r .

Slm::ner Peri.oc1

 For Enf;lD.nd '.)Ild It"'...J.cs ::·.5 1. 1.,..,-l.,_olc o.nc~ fc•r the six sunE.c r r:-.onths 2.s a ',7hole
the ni l k price ·Jill l1e 17 •.3 jcl. :::ic,r ~;0.llon, \/1.ich represents cm averQge incrc.:1se of
1 . 37 a. pl:r gn.llcn o.s conp.'.lred w·i th the ~f:r,:·ic02, am1.cunced in :Jlcbrur:ry, 19Lf-1 •

 In tb; light of thc2.e Gover11.r.:.ent decisions the Hilk :Mo.rketing Bo2.rd ho.vc
recc.x,:r:ended tlL1t the price:.:: tci be lJn.id :fc,r miH:: in the vo..riou::, ref:;ions shall be as
follows 1vith th:.: u:.:n1:.=.1.l pr1...~r::iu:c:.s for qu'1lity r,:ill-=s .. '11hese rcco:•:-:-:i.enchtions have
b(.:.,en accepter3 by tlk' Govern:.ncnt .

 Pence ·t?•~:.r ,<~allon

 Rc:gion J~pril May J·w:1e July Au6 ust Septembe r

Northern 10:l. lt::il
 _,, ,::. 15½ 17t, 18½ 18¼
North ":iestern 19!
 - t
 ir.:t
 _;r;:, 75.1..
 ..l.. ~ 17t 18"¼ 18/
Easter n 192 1·•-f
 :,i-;y 15;: r / 41 18·~ 18-0,-
 . ~-
 ~ 1'
East Midland 19¼ 15-:;.- 1 r~_!_ 17¼ 182 181
 ;+
"'.,7est Midland
North ':!ales
 19
 19
 l _,Jr:•
 h--
 15!.
 is¼
 15-'·
 17
 17i 18*
 1sv
 18~~
 18~
 ?-
South iJales 19¼· 15"i 15¾ 17d~.·) 18/
Southern
Mi d - \"lestern
 19-1
 19+
 2 15:} 15¾
 lei
 172·
 17
 ~1 .:;..

 18.1.
 19
 18;;~
 -r 15t :JYj 4,
Far- Western 19 15?. 15:;. 17 18+ •::,; 18½
South Eastern 19-t 16 15::: 17½ 18-i; 19
-Ninter Period

 Takin;:: 4.;he six ·;rintcr r: .ont~·1::..c".s :.'. ·:,rholc and England nnd ?fn.lc,s as a
 1


 v1hole , the increase -.:rill be at the r.'.lte of 2 . 73a.. j_)er gal lon. on the prices
 announced in Februrny , 19~-l , gi vinr,; D.11 nvero.ge p r ice of 29 . 2lcl. per :::sallon.
 Di:3cussions :_1.re proceeding with or:3n.nis0.tions rc:pTcsenting proc'l.ucc:cs anc1 distributors
 on chan2cs in thu o.rranEeI:K:.mts for tl::.3 FD,rketiYl[s of milk, sm;1.e of ,;;rhich are designed
 to come intc oper,r•.tion o.t nn e2.rly c.12.te -').nd othe::.~s on 1st October, 19~-2 . . Full
 r:.1rticul:1rs of the nc-vr arran6 cments Ytill be annmmced o.s soon o.s possible . In t he
· 1~:.:_::antime the }iiiiH:: l\fr.\.rketing Bo:rrcl is not in a position to recor11:1end o. det[dlec.1
 :::,chedule of producers I price2> for the winter months . The ur.s;ency of the ::-.utt er
 is, however, fully n~Jpreciated both by the Govcri·r:ent nncl by producers t o:rzanisCLtions ,
 and an 3.nnouc1cer;:er1t 0 ivinc: the &.:::tails of the \ rinter prices will be 1:10.de :~t the
 0



 l~D..rliest prD.ctic~·a·..) L..:. do.t e .
--




 The Gov8rrui:c:mt n.re s1.tisf i ed trnt th2 E_a.clition to this guar,::-.i1tced p r i c es
 no'.7 rrnnou.1.'l.ced covers fully the incr.ea$es in costs d:' proC_uction ",-v-hich have t~kcn
 place s inc·c r:1.ilk prices ·.mre lr.st under gencrnl revie, i:i.1 ?ubn1ary; 191+1• 0
 .: They
 rcco 0 nise , hrn7ever, the · possib i lity that produ.cticm costs r:7..ur:i.nr: tho forthcor.:.in[;
 nil~< year m.o.y lx:- suost-:trrtially_ e.ffectec1 'by cho.IJ.gss in co::1d:iti ons ovc'.:.' wrJ.ch
 produ cers theusel ves hs.vc no control . ':!:hey a:ce )re~;)o.rec1 the;rcforc -to give an
 D.;.3;:--mrancc th2.t if' tr1e:y a re ;:;:1ti..sfied, on representation,., :·~·"r-.dc to then by proc'"'..uc,..:.,rs '
 O lnr,,0)17"-',.,..L
 •·· :.::,--·· .~ oe:h.d.1l 0, ·t'h-·,t
 • Q11c L .•c .,
 .-,.o,
 .. .L,:o.r
 C.~- IJC:• J.,.. , a·.",.,~·•7·1
 ·1r:•i· .•.i:-'1 ..... ,
 701.,..,
 -./LJ-c'.'. , :·•0t,--,-'~ -j 1...,1,.
 , .. , .. l:-1 J_c_ __ ..._,.,~ -,
 r v ,<::!, ,., ...
 _ __'li. :•'--'•J
 <"" u ·.n•.-,r,,r1
 11.1.;re Q_.c •. ill,.
 .J...L '-''·· J.n •'lT
 __,
 concl.i ticns c utsi,=.t: the. co:!'.ltrol of pr·:JC1uccr2 · ~hi ch s ubstr,_n.t i:::.lly &ffc:ct , or a:ce
 likely substanti,.1lly to r1..fft:;ct , ci J.k pr odu ction costs [,:enera.lly, such 2-c~jusb.·ents
 ":till be ,.~".D.ue in the incree.se of 2c1. per ;;o.llon nG:r ::'.l"'tnted, or in tl1l':; p:cc,por-tions
 cf it -'.:i.ppl.icc:. -tc, tl1c; sur::r·.1:.,r· peril::·t.l or t o the ·Ni ntcr period resp.:cti7ely, .:=.u;; the
 G-overnr:.ent cons ic1'::'r r:.ppTopri ate in the :particu1m" cir cl:::-..;3-t2.nces .


 f.'oT provicl.3 :}.LL efficient r:ilk pr oclucerr:: vrith D. re!'L3011.: JJ1e ret-:n...,n 1



 s.nd. cmo..b1c thmr. to respond to the nation 1 ~J nt:::,__,c; fo r


 _·,. se-p.s.r~\.t(, D.nn011nce:"'..ent is beinE · .'.:Lde: of t . . i::.:; ::_Jricos to be ;n.~_c.7.. tc
 _proouccrs in ~'3cot 1u.rnJ..
 1st April, 1942.
 E. A. F. 706


 ·.frld- '-'lhitc ClovET Ce:;rt ification ScheE1.c3.

 There i s ir1-:r.1edi n.t,:::: neL~d t o i nci.' eo.se the s u pply of ho~·,.e - grown wild
i;,rhi te clover scLd. All fn.rr.-,crs ,7i th 1x-.stm"' C.J like ly to be suitable for this
purpose aru ur:~ed to apply for inspection 1..mder the certif.ication s cher.:e .

 TvJO cl[lSses of fields Dre e ligible for recording unc1er the Scherae ,
nar'.'lely genui ne old pastures of tun o:r 1:101"0 yen.rs of a2:e , -vrhich ho..vc not been
rcnovo.t0d during that tir:-:e ,:rit;:1 !i ld \.:11ite Clover seed, D.nd pastures of le ss
than ten yeo.rs of 3..6 8 , iihic:.1 h:::i.vc ~)e12n ~ro-,·m f:to1i. seed obtained f:ron a
f.2:1_,nuine "old ·o,·'-.htU1"0" . The insm:.'ction fee; •.7hich is the onlv cost to the
grower , is 2:3: ?,ff a. ere for the f ir3t ten 2.c:ru..3 ( ninimw-.~. cho..rge 10s . ) , and
ls . ·ocr acre fo r the remo.inder .

 Hitherto a c~rtific.'.:".te c ould not oe gro.ntf;d in respect of seed
p r oduced from on ap:9 licant' s pas ture u11til a grmving - on t est he.d been
cor::pleted, i. o . in the year follow·in:._: tho.t in wh ich the fie.lcl inspection was
1:13.de . It has , however, nov.r been decidcc.1 t:1c.t , where th.e field inspe ction
proves satisfo..cto .. y , the past ure cnn be rt:,corde d and a cert i .i:"ic atc i ss ue d in
respt.~ct of a crop p roduced in the t~o.-:··,c yc:'l.r .

 App lico.tions for inspection in 191 2 must be s ubnitted to the County
 1


\Iild 1'!hi te ....Clover Co:-.-.mi ttee:--.. of the I{. l:P . U,. oefore tht 15th }!Il"'.y , ano. forns for
this purpose n:.Ft.y be obtained fro1!l [my Colmt2r Se cre t a ry of the N. P . U., or
dire ct fr olT. thG S1::;crc t :.1ry of the CentT..11 :_,"ilc1 ~. {hi te Clove r Corrn~".i tt ee of the
N. F . U., 478, ·ye:::-.t '}ycombe RoD.cl, Hi gh -.~~ycor'i'x.:. , Bucks . 111clJ:'IT'.crs who ~re not
nt:::1T,b0rs of th_e :~· . F . U . nre e lig i b l e cmd : '.c-.v ootain f orn1s :froz-: these sources .
 Woclnosc1.'1.y, 1 st April, 1 94-2


 M I N .I S T R Y O F I- N F O R M A T I O N


 NErJS DUI.JJ]TII{ ~0.577

 ii.RAD SEAMAN SENDS HALF HIS ?ii.Y TO MR. CHUIDHILL

 .Tho Prir.10 111.nistor hns received fro1:1 o.n Arab Merchant Scn.r.1r,.n on a
]Jr:Ltish ship n. cheque for £10 ''as n. contribution to the wnr offort 0 •

 . The seaman, Sn;id Mn.honoc1 Mtlkb:b., hn.ndcd. M n.dyniloc . note :f' or th:i.s . .
 amount to the ·supcx-intondent of the Mc:rdnntilc Ivbriho Off~co n.t a Scott:i,~h
 port, ·with n;., rcquest thb.t it should 1Jo nddrbssod tb the Rn. Hon. Uinston ·
 qhu.rohill, Prine ilfiriistcr, persono.l:J,y.

 Although the r.10nqy :represented nn ad.vn.noc of noro th..m half n. :montli.• s
 pQ.y, he insisted on n.dding o. postn.l o:rtlor fo:t .3s: 6d. ,to dofro.y tho cost of
· n. tclog:rn.m of n.clmowicdgmont.

 The Prine Min:lstot hn.s ·wired 11 his wnm tl'k.-'\llks" for tltls generous
 gift. - .:- },tirtistry of . Infoz,.-_1n.tio11. M• .o, I. l


 GOOO FRIDAY AND EASTER MONDAY POST OFFICE $ERVICES

 Tho Post lvhStor General n.nnoW1cos that on .Good F:dcl.,'\V·, 3rd April, pos-tal·,
 tclcgrn.ph, n.nd tolophono fn.cilitics n. t post offices in Englnnd:, Wn.les·, and
 Northepi Irclo.nc:1, wi.1+, in gcnorn.l, be n.s on o.n onHna:ry -week a.ey.•

 Eas.t cr Mondn.y, 6th April, will be ' observed o.s a Tonk Hol:i.do.y 'in .Et1ghnd,
 YlciJ.cs, nnd Northam Iroumd., n.nc1 n. t n..ll post offices tho postal, ·telegraph,
 and t9lo:phonc facilities on thn.t dn.y, including the hours of counter
 business., deliveries, n.nd col'ioction~, will be as on o. non:nl Dn:nk Holia.rizy-•
. Gertc.r o.l Post Office~ :·- - · M,.o. I, 2

 CANADA'S IMPORTS

 Cann.cl...'\ is buying norc abroad. Febru.'1.J:Y · inports, excluding gold., totn.llcd
ft119,566,000 n.n incron.so of n.lnost $)0,000,000 over FobruD-;cy:, 1,941.

 In the sane pcricd purchn.sos fron tho Uni tcd Kingdon totalled ¢f3, ·1;67,000
ago.inst t7,G15,ooo; Dritish Ind.in ¢2_,33_;,ooo agn.:1.nst ~,1G?J.OOO:; Brazil,
$1,049,000 against ¢5€4,000; Austro.lia,$1,.105 1 000 agp.inst i15691,000;
Argentine, ¢396,000 agn:inst ¢197 1 000_; Chil0, .A1 ,000 n.gainst riil-; . Navy
Zoo.land, ¢2.1.0,000 nen.inst %1,212-,000;and South Africa., ¢291_,000 against .
,¢223,000. ~ ~ cnnn.a.n. Houso ~Iss.;!.o§.. t~ueh tho Doninions Office Press Section).
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