There were places, Sir John continued, where all civil defences services were filled, and they had first and second reserves. In other places where the services were not quite filled, recruits were coming forward as speedily as they could possibly be dealt with. So far as civil defence Services were concerned, 1,250,000 recruits had already been accepted. That, Sir John claimed, was a "very respectable figure."
Mr. Herbert Morrison, Labour member for South Hackney, admitted that Sir John had brought about improvements in the administration, but urged chat training in A.R.P. work should 5e speeded up, and that bomb-proof shelters be provided for all This, said Mr. Morrison, he recommended n spite of the fact that it would involve an expenditure of £100,000,000. It would afford work of thousands of people, Colonel Harry Nathan, member of he Labour Opposition, speaking on behalf of the London Committee for German and Austrian Refugees, said hat they were anxious to place their services at, the disposal of the country, and that they were compiling 2 agister of their people, which would be submitted to the Government in the hope that practical use might be made of it.
Colonel Nathan mentioned the possibility of a Foreign Legion.—Reuter.
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