The scheme is welcome and indeed overdue, Apart from the service of advice which is often urgently needed—and for which experts have in many cases volunteered—there is no doubt that the general public will do more if told what is wanted. Even so simple a charity as the provision of a hot bath is sometimes lacking because one side does not like to ask for it and the other does not think of offering it because it supposes it to be already provided.
All the existing organizations for social welfare, such as the Y.M.C.A., Salvation Army and Church Army, which are already working for the troops will be asked to ce-ordinate their work with that of the social
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