4 November 1942: Scarce resources mean that it is faulty form to appear in new clothes,say officialsMr. Hugh Dalton, President of the Board of Trade, and in a war commentary at Caxton corridor,Westminster, yesterday, and said that we must build our clothes and all our household goods final longer. “It is inevitable that as the war continues there should be an increasing shortage of civilian supplies,” he said, “The nearer we approach the hour of final victory the greater will the shortage be.
“At this stage of the war, or we can no longer justify any production which does not serve a real war purpose,including the maintenance of necessary civilian supplies. I possess therefore taken steps to bring all inessential production to an end, and to transfer the labour and materials involved to more fundamental uses.
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Source: theguardian.com