THE PUBLIC SERVICE
(To the Editor.)
Sir,—The letter of your correspondent "Ex-British Civil Servant" is a first-class example of -unconscious humour. Your correspondent suggests that the imemnloved who were previously engaged in indoor work should take over such work in the Public Service for two or three ,bv= per week. He further says: t should not be dillicult. lor skilled outside worker* to pick' up their jobs and hand c them cllicicntly." 'I he- words outvie workers" are ambiguous, but if will he assumed lhaf'he refers to workers, outside the Public Service. However, it an -inside"- worker outside the .Public" Service were asked to do indoor work nuvarious Departments, say, to' desigtt-alocomotjve, draw plans and elevations* for,-fr "Government building, prepare plans lor a bridge,' "lay ' dpwiv latitudes ana longitudes on ,a .given .scale .by magic instantly fall into the one thousand and one ramifications of the Post Office, possess sudden acquaintance with all tlie Acts', rules, and regulations directly and indirectly connected with the Public Service, how would auch au ' outside indoor" worker get.on?. . Perhaps
"Kx-liiitish Civil Servant" may be able, to answer this ijuery.—l am, etc., IXQUiKEIi. -
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Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 72, 26 March 1931, Page 6
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188THE PUBLIC SERVICE Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 72, 26 March 1931, Page 6
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