The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-22
GREAT BRITAIN
 TAKES EVERYTHING
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The measure was immediately enc dorsed by the major parties in Com mons and agreement was reached to speed it to passage today. The lone dissenter was William Gallagher, Communist member, who charged that 1t represented a deliberate ef. fort on the part of the ruling class to conquer the working class"
 Asked if with passage of the new bill the government felt 1t had suf- ficient powers to meet emergencies in event of a German invasion of Britain, Attlee said, "Yes".
 Attlee told Commons that the powers needed by the government would be contained in a special bill wi.ich would be passed through all stages to final enactment by both Houses of Parliament today.
 "The situation is grave" Attlee told the House. "Every member is fully aware of that and every mem Der is aware of the issues at stake in the great battle now proceeding"
 Attlee said that 1t was necessary that the government be given com plete control over all persons and property.
 Over Everybody
 The control must be exercised, he declared, mot over just some per- sons of some particular class of the community but over all persons rich or poor, employer or worker, man or woman and over all property"
 "Our men at sea, on the land and in the air arc fighting with splen- did courage, devotion and skill," he said.
 All of Britains manpower, and all of her vast industrial and financial resources must be placed at the dis- position of the government without Q moments delay, he declared.
 The government seeks control, At lee said, not just lover some per- sons of some particular class of the community but over all persons rich or poor, employer or worker, man or woman and over all prop erty."
 The emergency powers defense bill which he placed before grave and the mobilization of all the nations effective resources under an exten. sion of existing emergency defense legislation.
 Atlee asked that the House acqui- esce in the unusual procedure of rushing the bill to passage in Q few hours "in view of tho grave peril in which the nation stands today"
 Time Has Come
 The time has come, Attlee de- clared, when i've must mobilize the whole resources of the country Every private interest must give way to the urgent needs of the community.
 We must throw all our weight into the struggle, We cannot know what the new few weeks or even days will bring forth but whatever may come we shall meet 1t as the British people In the past met and overcame their dangers"
 Under the provisions of the meas. ure the minister of labor is given powers to direct any person in Bri- tain to perform any services which may be required for the national defense.
 "Everybody alike must come ui- der this control,' he said. "T'his does not necessarily mean service in mus nitions factories and does not apply only to working people but to every body"
 He said that the excess profits tax would be boosted to 100 per cent as there must be no profit out of the national emergency"
 Attlee told the Commons that he was not asking for these extraordin- ary powers in any spirit of panic" for there lis no need for panic"
 Result Is Not Known
 "The result of the battle" he said, i've cannot know but 1t must be clear to all that the next few weeks will be critical. Our ruthless enemy Is throwing everything on the scales to force Q victory but we are re- solved that ne shall not succeed"
 Explaining the workings of the new measure, Attlee said that "some es- tablishments will be controlled en- tirely right away. They will, in effect be working on the government acc count. Wages and profits will be un- der governmental control Other es- tablishments may be controlled Ia. ter"
 The measure was quickly passed by both Houses of Parliament and sent to King George for his royal assent, a mere formality.