Fully Accepts Control of Industry During War London, May 30. The Federation of British Industries has issued a statement that it "wholeheartedly accepts control of industry which the danger facing the country renders necessary."
Realizing that control will raise many economic, commercial and financial problems during the war and the subsequent period. of reconstruction, and as a practical step to assist efficient functioning of industry in the national interest, the Federation is setting up a central committee of controlled undertakings with its President, Lord Dudley Gordon, as chairman.
Local committees will be formed when necessary and a special department also will be set up to deal with problems as they arise—British Official Wireless.
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