Sir Udward Boyle, of the Ministry of Education,has just issued to local authorities a bit of bumph telling them what to do about schools if someone presses the nuclear button, an event which would lead, it says, “to the virtual destruction of both sides." "In an emergency" says the pamphlet, “many parents would wish to keep their children at home. These children would run risks on their way to and from school eves (11
So Sir Sdward "will take powers enabling him at the appropriate time, to direct that schools of all or any kind should be closcdese." But what about boarding schools?—— can't close those in four minutes. Para 6 reads "Tho minister will take powers enabling him, if necessary, to direct that schools of all or any kind should remain open."
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