luctance or regret. Not a bit. We enter it gladly, glad of the opportunity to strike a blow for this cause which has the approval of all who speak our tongue, glad that the day has come before our generation has passed, glad that the trial has come upon us, and that we must acquit ourselves of the right to live.
"But from you we want a great deal We want the implements we need for the struggle. We want tanks, ships and planes. We want all that your industries can provide for our battle-line. All the strength that you can supply us will not be too much for our needs.
"But we want something more than tanks and planes. We want money to pay for them and men to handle them. We want more men like those you sent us who took part in the battle that held England against the enemy in the summer a year ago."
Lord Beaverbrook asked Canada to send more such fighter pilots as she had already sent, and concluded: "This is a battle in which the people of England mean to conquer or jo. There is no retreat. On this ud we must fight or fall. That is the situation. That is the reality we face, and so we scan the western horizon. We wait for ships. We watch anxiously and hop fully all that the Dominion is doing in its factories with its immense resources. its great supplies of money. and with the generous eyes and strong hands of its people.
"Your guns will guard ports, Your aircraft will hold the skies. Your ships will keep the seas, and you, for your part, have a right to hold on high the banner of pride and banner of faith in your English brothers."
Close collaboration between Mr. Churchill and Lord Beaverbrook is emphasized by the fact revealed by Lord Beaverbrook in his broadcast that he is carrying on his work as "Minister of State" at No. 12 Downing Street, which is linked by a corridor with No. 10, the Prime Minister's official residence.—Reuter,
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