TO AIR RAID VICTIMS

Grey River Argus, 19 March 1941, Page 6

TO AIR RAID VICTIMS

No Red Tape [British Official Wireless! (Received March 18, 7.0 P-m.). RUGBY J March 17. Families who have been bombed .out of their homes on the Clydeside were receiving relief from officers o the Assistance Board within “ir-e and a-half hours of the hist Red tape was cut clean away Lend Rushcliffe (Chairman of th e board' said in an interview in Edinuuign that was the general rule in the cus tribution of assistance in the bliu neriod. Money paid out by the eoard to those in need .of immediate help was paid out without prejudice to a final claim. It would be payment on account of a subsequent gratis claim The Board paid out at once money to help those who might, fed instance, have lost all their clothing. They also paid out a sum to enable a man whose house had been bomb' ed and destroyed to purchase furni' ture and necessary household utei. sils, such as pots and pans. Monel . was also paid out immediately m enable a man to replace tools ne_ded for his work and which he might have lost through enemy action, la this great matter, help had been received from the trade unions The honesty of the applicants had been absolutely beyond criticism.