Stratford Evening Post With which is Incorporated "THE EGMONT SETTLER" Established 1890. SATURDAY, MARCH 21, 1931. CIVIL SERVICE SALARIES

Stratford Evening Post, Volume I, Issue 87, 21 March 1931, Page 4

Stratford Evening Post With which is Incorporated "THE EGMONT SETTLER" Established 1890. SATURDAY, MARCH 21, 1931. CIVIL SERVICE SALARIES

THE HON. W. A. VEITCH hit the nail on the head in the House on Thursday night when he said the question was not whether members oi' the Civil Service deserve the pay they are receiving, but -whether the money was available to pay it. Most of the civil servants work hard enough and carry out their duties in the manner demanded, but the position is that a saving in administrative costs has to be effected as a result of sheer necessity and it. is a matter of reducing salaries or reducing staff, and so throwing more men out of employment, at. a time that is a most critical one. Had conditions been normal if would have been

better to endeavour lo reduce the Civil Service considerably and the country would have been far better on. But this cannot be done uow, because I lie financial position demands immediate action. In order

lo reduce the service an entire re

organisation would be necessary ami that would lake many months. Therefore such a course would not be satisfactory, apart altogether from any considerations of the efany the worse oft on reduced of the unemployed.