3. These arrangements are defective in two main respects:- (a) There is no satisfactory organisation for securing the recovery of miscellaneous insured goods other than foodstuffs and controlled raw materials. Experience indicates that there is likely to be waste, both of money and of material resources, if we continue to apply the insurance criterion only and rely for salvage on the enterprise of the owner and such stimulus as can be applied by the Board of Trade assessor. In present circumstances the recovery of such goods ought to turn, not on the question whether salvage is financially worth while from the point of view of protecting the Insurance Fund, but on the wider question whether it is desirable in the national interest that the goods should be recovered.
- Civil Defence Region
- Nationwide
- Collection ID
- CAB71
- Document Reference
- CAB 71/4/58
- Document Types
- Memorandum Correspondence
- File Reference
- CAB 71/4
- Former Department Reference
- LP(41) 131
- Identifier
- 10.1080/wtss.cab71.000004.058
- Keywords
- Air Raids Bomb Damage Construction Materials Departmental Responsibilities Dockyards Food Supplies Freight Shipping Metals Raw Materials Salvage Steel Timber
- Language
- English
- Organizations Discussed
- Civil Defence Committee Emergency Repairs and Co-ordination Committee Import Executive Lord President's Committee Ministry of Home Security
- Pages
- 5
- Published in
- United Kingdom
- Series
- Papers Nos. 76(41) - 158(41)
- Themes
- Preparations for War Peace Bombing Central Government Local Government Reconstruction Salvage
