Home Secretary Sir John Anderson and Health Minister Malcolm MacDonald yesterday received an East London parliamentary deputation and discussed problems arising from the air raids.
Meanwhile, an unidentified man entered the headquarters of the Air Defense Fund headquarters in an English town and handed over a £1 note with an attached message: “From a German refugee.”
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