BEAVERBROOK thanks a journalist just after the BATTLE OF BRITAIN (1940)
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(WinstonChurchill’s War Cabinet) Lord Beaverbrook (1879-1964) British newspaper magnate and politician. Max Aitken was born in Canada and came to England in 1910 after having made a fortune in cement. He became an MP (1911-1916) and was appointed private secretary to Bonar Law. When Lloyd George became Prime Minister he was made Minister of Information (1918). He entered the field of publishing in 1919, taking over the Daily Express and making it the most widely read daily newspaper in the world. A huge publishing empire followed. In World War II Churchill harnessed Beaverbrook’s dynamism and administrative flair to the production of much-needed aircraft. He was made Minister of Aircraft Production in May 1940 and held the post until May 1941. His role in boosting fighter production (between May and August 1940, 1875 fighter planes were produced, far in excess of German fighter production) was a critical factor in winning the Battle of Britain. He was subsequently made Minister of Supply (1941-1942), Lord Privy Seal and Lend-Lease Administrator in the USA.Beaverbook accompanied Churchill on several wartime meetings with Roosevelt, and struck up a warm, personal relationship with the President. This is a fine typed and ink-signed letter ( Lord Beaverbrook's Office, Daily Express, Fleet Street, London EC4 ), just after the Battle
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