Recently Two Other Departments, The Ministry Of Labour...

War Office have been brought into the field. It will be for Mr. Ramsbotham to explain (what is now obscure) how he proposes to give these 21 million young people, and especially......

In 1937 The Government Set Up A National Fitness Council,

which was suspended at the outbreak of war. Considerable interest in the whole question of physical training was aroused, but there were many serious objections taken to the......

Alarm And Alert Signals

In his speech last week Mr. Churchill said that changes would have to be made in the arrangements for air-raid warn- ings so as to prevent unnecessary interference with war pro-......

At The Outbreak Of War A National Youth Committee Was

formed, with the full co-operation of all education authorities and voluntary societies. Each authority was invited to set up its own Local Youth Committee, and the response was......

At The Age Of Fourteen Nine-tenths Of British Children Go

to work. There are about 3,000,000 young people between the ages of 14 and 20, of whom 500,000 are attending some form of full-time education. This leaves us with 11 million......

The R.a.f. In Germany

It must not be forgotten that whilst London is being sub- jected night by night to the most ruthless indiscriminate bom- bardment from the air, against which at present no......

Parliamentary Notes

From our Parliamentary Correspondent: If Parliament is able to meet next Tuesday there will be a debate on the announcement, made by Mr. Ramsbotham, President of the Board of......

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Planning The Post-war Britain

In a letter to The Times last Tuesday Lord Balfour of Burleigh, writing as chairman of the 1940 Council, pleaded that whilst we are organising for war it is not too soon to be......