Royal Commission on the Private Manufacture of and Tradin in Arms
ROYAL COMMISSION ON THE PRIVATE MANUFACTURE OF AND TRADIN IN ARMS. VERBATEN SUMMARY of the EVEDENS presented by THE UNION OF DEMOCRATIC CONTROL July 17 and 18, 1935 WITNESSES: The Rt. Hon. Sir William Jowitt, P.C., K.C. Mr. R. McKinnon Wood, O.B.E., M.A., F.R.Ae.s½ Mr. J.D. Bernal, M.A. Lord Marley, D.S.C., J.P., D.L. ------------------------------- Published by: Price: 6d. nett. The Union of Democratic Control, 8d. Post free 34, Victoria Street, London, S.W. 1. 1 I N T R O D U C T I O N The Royal Commission on the Private Manufacture of and Trading in Arms was set up on February 18th 1935 with the following Terms of Reference: 1. To consider and report upon the practicability and desirability ( both from the national and international point of view ) of the adoption (a) by the United Kingdom along, (b) by the United Kingdom in conjunction with the other countries of the world, of a prohibition of private manufacture of and trade in arms and munitions of war, and the institutions of a State monopoly of such manufacture and trade. 2. To consider and report whether there are any stops which can usefully be taken to remove or minimize the kinds of objections to which private manufacture is stated in Article 8 / 5/ of the Covenant of the League of Nations to be open. 3. To examine the present arrangements in force in the United Kingdom relative to the control of the export trade in arms and munitions of war, and to report whether these arrangements require revision, and, if so, in what direction.
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