British Mandate: A Survey of Palestine: Volume II - Page 1012. Chapter XXVI: War Economic Measures: Section 4: War Time Economic Control: (d) Control of Light Industries in Palestine before 1948 (Nakba),

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The above production was entirely for the Forces; other important Service requirements supplied were accumulators (lead acid type), ampoule ignitors, dental burs, cisterns, petrol storage tanks, dinghies, jacks (hydraulic', lead oxides, mess tins, red dope, rubber accelerators, safety razor holders, shrapnel balls, special lorry bodies (wireless, cooker vehicles, etc.), steel castings, transformers, V.I.R. electric cables.

76. In 1944, the Director of War Production introduced for the civil consumer a scheme known as The P.C.G. (Production of Consumer Goods) Scheme for providing the public with consumers' goods of good quality at reasonable prices. The method of manufacture, the specifications and materials used, the marketing and the prices of the P.C.G. articles were and are strictly controlled by the directorate, which works in co-operation with the control section in regard to the release of controlled materials required for the various products. The scheme had the objects of ameliorating the scarcity of certain articles resulting from the severe restrictions on imports, and of reducing the cost of living. It has proved an undoubted success, notwithstanding great difficulties due to the shortage of suitable materials; it has succeeded in providing a considerable range of domestic utensils and household requisites of good quality at prices much below those formerly ruling the market and has enabled the continued employment of men in factories who would otherwise have been thrown out of work by the cessation of military orders. The psychological effects have also been good in so far that they have provided the public with a new and more rational standard of values. Many commodities have been brought into production which could not have been manufactured without the assistance afforded by the scheme; it has also given P.C.G. manufacturers, who are selected in substantially the same way as that adopted for the placing of War Department contracts, a further opportunity of rationalising their workshop organisation and technique to an extent which should increase their ability to meet post-war competition.

77. The Directorate exercises a similar supervision of manufacturers producing certain articles for the Emergency Building Scheme (see paragraph 68 above). This ensures that essential articles and fittings such as doors, window frames and ironmongery are of good quality and are made available to builders at reasonable prices.

( d) Control o! Light Industries.

78. In May 1942 a Controller of Light Industries was appointed as a Competent Authority for the implementation of Regulation

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