He thought the Government anid trade could work together in three directions:
A certain number of orities, he had noticed, were declaring very vigorous ly that' since the steel shelter which they were providing at a cost of £20,000,000 didn't give protection against a direct hit, they should be abandoned and that, instead, they should provide shelters so deep under ground that they would not be affeeled by any bomb; but a moment's reflection would show it was not so simple as that. They must consider whether it was possible to get into such a deep shelter without a panic rush. A direct hit on the entrance would result in heavy casualties.
The Government, the Prime Minister continued, had come to no final conclusion yet on these deep bombproof shelters, but, in the meantime, surely it might get on with splinter: proof shelters, which were close at hand, which could quickly be made, and from which it was easy (o escape when raids were over.
1, They. should try to develop that art of their trade Inv which they" could Bil Produce better goods' than their competitors. In i "the agreements Which hey "Were making "wth the Bominions and other countries thes should always weep this trade in mind tostry to get advantages (or "hey: gould help ade by internat 3 "By turning the, enterprise and adaptauitity of the "Brilish people {ihe development of new industries.
Returning to the general question of unemployment, the Prime Minister said that a larger part of the 2,000,000 who were registered as unemployed last month, had been out of work {for less than six weeks and many of them were merely passing from one job to another.
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