Show MAI HU hll WAR factories government GRANTED AUTHOR ITY TO TAKE OVER MAN TURE OP OF WAR MATERIALS in order to keep fighting branche branches supplied with arm arms and ammunition it will be necessary Neceia ary for government to take charge bindon 1 adon the house of common commons on tuesday gave lave the government authora ty to tave oer ofer the control ot of the entire engineering trade ut of the coun try and to place it under a combined Mana management gemen for the purpose of at In increase ins ing the output ot munitions of war the defense of the realm act passed nt at the outbreak of the war rive gave the government power to take and herrlee xer exer rlee else control ou work works where war i were being actually made david the chan seller of the exchequer exen equer on behalf 0 of the he government has asked that tl bat the control of annu factories be extended to works vi were capable of boing used for that purpose ie this peep on the part of the gov gay eminent mote as a complete surprise eur pria although mr lir lioyd Lloy dGeorge in a speech at ilan gor last week emphasized the importance of increasing the output ot of war which nich labor disputes ut at that time threatened to diminish with the war area extending and the size of the army and navy con scantly increasing the government found that something must be done to keep the fighting branches supplied with arms and ammunition th the fleet engaged in bombarding the forti forts of et the Darde nelles alone Is using an Ini immense mense quantity of ammunition also the ships engorged probable will have to be fitted with new guns and the old one ones civial 1 need to be over balled |