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PAPER CRITICIZES GOVERNMENT ADVOCACY OF DEEP SHELTERS “LESSONS OF WAR NOT LEARNED” (United Press Assn.—Telegraph Copyright) (Received September 17, 6.30 p.m.) LONDON, September 16. The Daily Mail asks in an editorial whether the Government is doing all that it can for civilians and whether proper shelters have been provided and complete arrangements made to house those left homeless. The outcome of the battle largely depends on the people’s courage and endurance, The Home Secretary (Sir John Anderson) should immediately order the construction of deep, bomb-proof shelters in every available open space. The lessons of the war elsewhere have not been learned. The outstanding fact is that the “dispersal” policy on which Sir John Anderson has based his plans has failed. Public money is being wasted more and more on surface shelters, revealing a lack of foresight, because surface shelters do not withstand continuous air attack.
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Southland Times, Issue 24234, 18 September 1940, Page 5
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148PROVISION FOR CIVILIANS Southland Times, Issue 24234, 18 September 1940, Page 5
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