§ 67. Mr. Collinsasked the President of the Board of Trade if he is aware of the extreme shortage of industrial overalls and protective clothing; and if he will arrange for an increase in the allocation of drill cloth for the manufacture of this clothing for the home market.
§ Mr. BelcherI have no evidence of an extreme shortage of industrial overalls and protective clothing, but I am aware that supplies of these goods are not so plentiful as supplies of many other garments. Production of cotton goods as a whole for the home market is limited by the requirements of export business, but the manufacture of cloth for industrial and protective clothing is being maintained at as high a level as possible.