Artistic Memorials R. F. Scott, A. W. Horton Sir Kingsley Wood has the gift of carrying conviction—in the Air Force he has already won. admiration and regard and his long speech in the House on what has been and is to be done for the R. A. F. was heard with a sympathy not diminished by inevitable interjections from the Opposition.
Sir Thomas Inskip, Minister for Coordination of Defence, was himself largely on the defensive. But his statement: that since 1936, a 1,000,000-ton deficiency in steel for the Air Force and enough of the necessary alloys has been made up, was welcomed, as also his disclosure that the Government has accumulated a store of rare metals and raw materials enough to last through a long war.
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