CALM DETACHMENT

Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 58, 5 September 1940, Page 11

CALM DETACHMENT

LONDON REACTION TO

AIR RAIDS

PEOPLE SURE OF VICTORY

(British Official Wireless.) RUGBY; September 3. The work and social life of London is suffering relatively little disturbance during the air raids, and neutral observers are much impressed with the calm behaviour of the public. Mr Edward Murrow, an American commentator, speaking from London last night on the Columbia broadcasting system, said: "I think it is 26 plays that are running toaay in Loni don That. I believe, is better than New York. The houses are crowded, >and if there is a raid warning about closing time the people stay in the theatres and dance till the all-clear sounds. . "There is no shortage of anything anyone really needs. There is plenty of food. I am not conscious of any change in my feeding habits, and* I don't know anyone who is. "The attitude towards the air raids is one of rather calm detachment. People with children enter the shelters and most of the others want to stay outside and watch. "The British people are waiting calmly for the next phase. They are not scared, nor are they frivolously over-confident; but they are sure they will win, no matter how long it lasts."

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