Instituted; Commons Informed of Creation London, Apr. 20. The creation of a Ministr ply, with Mr. Edward Lo:
Minister of Transport since 193 Minister, was announced in the House of Commons today by the Prime Minister, Mr. Neville Chamberlain The new Ministry, he said, would deal with problems of army supply, and also take over responsibility for the acquisition and maintenance of reserves of essential metals and other raw materials required in with the defence programme.
Branches to be transferred from the Ministry of to the Ministry of Supply, Mr. Chamberlain would include those respon r d exper The production and inspection of Royal ordnance factories, he stated, would be in the hands of a new Minister of Transport.—Reuter.
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