We cannot forget that, though it takes" at Toast two tO make peace. nly, one can. make war. Until have Some. clear understanding, "in which all political tension ts. swept way, we Must put ourselves Dosition to defend ourselves azalast ial, whether upon on land, our {with which on 7 des ople or those principles of freedom seer to is for this purpose=-the purpose of defence, not atiaek—that Wwe are DurSting the tasse of Fearmiament with Sixty new warships, with a tonnage of 120,000, would have been added to the Navy, he said, and, for the ensuing 12 months, there woitld be an ever [greater addition, namely, about 75) Ships with 2 total of 130,000 tons.
"The Air Force. the Prime Afinister continued, wax also cing ahead at equally remarkable rate. In the last {ew months the rate of aircraft pro-Jduction had Yeon doubled and. yood progress had also been made in re-fruiting, The deficiencies of Great Britain's aircraft defences, which were apparent in September, "had. largely een removed and. the position now was very greatly improved. not only' regarding an increase in guns but also regarding organization.
Elaborating upon this recent broad Jeast on. Great Britain's National Voluntary Service, the Prime Minister we should ever be involved in war, we may well find that, If we not all in the firing line, we may all be in the tine of fire, In meeting that Jéanger, there ie a new opportunity f he service of the civil population various branches of civil defence.
"We are not seeking to build up vast civil defence. force to be odicd like a professional army in wartime and relieving citizens. in gen-feral, of their responsibilities in their own defence. Our task is to find People for certain definite jobs, wot fo find jobs for the whole people.
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