12 OCTOBER 1945, Page 4

The reason why the British Museum is still closed five

months after the end of all danger of bombing is, I understand, that the Government has declined to find labour to put the bomb-damage right. The Trustees, therefore—in the view of the Trustees—are in no way to blame. The need of labour for repairing dwelling-houses is, of course, great. But I should have thought a small squad could have been told off to get the Museum opened bit by bit.

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