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"Nevertheless, it would be a mistake 4o go to the other extreme and belittle the remarkable achievements of our country and its armed forces, There are many things for which we may be thankful, The air attack on. this. island has not overwhelmed us, Indeed, we have risen through it strengthened and glorified. There is no truth in the statement that the production capacity of our factories is falling off at an alarming rate. It may not be going so fast as we would like, and if anyone can tell us how to make it go faster, he will be rendering a great service, but itis not simply a question of giving very strident orders and demands, There is much more than that in making the whole of our factories go properly. But it is the exact reverse of the truth to say the productivity is falling off at an alarming rate.
"fu guns and tanks, for instance, the monthly average for the first quarter of 1941 was 50 per cent. greater than in the last quarter of 1940, The output for the month of May was the highest yet reached and more than double the monthly rate for the last quarter of 1940. We have not been overwhelmed by air attacks, and our tion, far from Being beaten down by' disorganization from the attacks, has been increasing at 4 very high rate,
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