§ 15. Lieutenant William Shepherdasked the President of the Board of Trade when supplies of nylon stockings will be generally available to the public.
§ The President of the Board of Trade (Sir Stafford Cripps)The spinning and processing and knitting of nylon yarn for stockings is not yet fully out of the experimental stage in this country; but I hope 1541 that stockings will begin to appear in the shops by the summer. The quantity will be small at first and, though we may expect a steady increase, it will be some time before the full demand is likely to be met.