Sir John said that steel shelters, a number of which had already been delivered, satisfied all expectations. The policy of protection against blasts and debris was a complete and permanent policy. The Government contemplated at once the organization of architects, surveyors and engineers to get ahead with a survey of basenents all over the country.
Sir John next turned to the so-called "bomb proof shelter," and described at some length the difficulties which his departments and exerts from accepting unreservedly claims advanced in many quarters for various schemes sponsored by private individuals, and some local authorities He was not yet in a position to make 1 final announcement on the Governnent's policy regarding a deeper and stronger type of shelter.
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