Ca-ordination of Defence, in a speech last night said that he could not be satisfied with the progress made in the defence programme until he saw his designs completed. That, however, did not mean that good progress was Hot being made.
The expense of the programme was familiar to all—painfully familiar.
"It is a formidable and grim task io anybody who has to foot the bill" he declared, "but I see no sign of flinching in the nation. We may make our grimaces when we note the sum it is going to cost, but I have not seen a single complaint that we are spending too much "That is the spirit of the people, he concluded. through Reuter.
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