AIR RAID DEFENCE
BRITAIN'S REHEARSAL LABOUR'S STRONG CRITICISM , LONDON. Aug. 17 "The Government's air raid defence measures on July 7 were a farcical gesture that scared the people and did not provide real protection." Mr. Reginald Stamp, vice-chairman 6f the London County Council Fire Brigade made that statement in the News-Chronicle, voicing the frequent Labour opposition to the Bcheme. He added: "It is impossible to expect volunteers successfully to co-operate with firemen and other highly-skilled men, especially when there are probably hundreds of simultaneous fires. "Moreover, gas masks were only available > to the rescuers—the firemen and police—leaving the populace, who are unable to afford 55s for a mask, defenceless. The Government disregarded the new types of gas that attack the body, and did not provide for the safeguarding of food. "It also failed to provide for the defence of drains, and all the dccontaminators in the world will not prevent a massacre if the main drainage system is blown up, releasing the gases.", ..
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22198, 27 August 1935, Page 10
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