A WOMAN TELLS

Dominion, Volume 36, Issue 306, 21 September 1943, Page 6

A WOMAN TELLS

■WE ARE WATCHING THEM SAYS MRS. DREAVER.

Mrs. Dreaver, in her confiding way, has given civil servants something to think about, ami attempts to .smooth over her indiscretion have not been convincing. "With this on top of (heir other grievances civil servants will lose any remaining confidence in the Fraser Government. Though the inlliiential union bosses have seen to it that their personal followers receive favoured treatment (siicli a.s bonuses in defiance of stabilization restrictions) civil servants continue in their role of being New Zealand’s "forgotten men.” Taxed twice for one benefit. . . Robbed of chances of advancement by the appointment of outsiders to the bosl-paid jobs. . . Handicapped economically by lower salary scales, compared with rates outside the service. . ■

Often living in deplorable conditions, particularly in Wellington, through inabilty to get houses. . . Their progress retarded owing to postponement of regrading . . . and now Ibis “Dreaver bombshell.” Ibreatciiing them with a political Gestapo! Is if surprising that there are murmurs in the service. For a fair deal, vide NATION AL !--Advt.