THE PUBLIC SERVICE.
ro TUB EDITOR 01 THE PRE9S Sir,: —The memorandum addressed to the Prime Minister strongly opposes any reduction of tublio Service salaries and wages, i.e., reduction' of income, but does not hesitate to advocate a compulsory reduction of rents and interest rates, i.e., .reduction of other people's income, lu short, the Public Service does not want any reduction of its owii income, but is quite willing) nay, anxious,_ to reduce the income at others I Whil& this spirit is abroad there seems little hope .of quick recovery to a normal prosperity. As a matter of fact rents, rates °' interest, anjl most, if not all, other things, are finding their pioper levef. Compulsion, either by arbitrary action of Parliament or otherwise, is danger-
ous and likely to jelard rather than help the situation. Salaries and wages must find their proper level, oven if *t proves that recent standards of living hav& been too high, and belts nave to .be tightened. No amount of squealing and resistance will succeed in _ delaying the adjustment indefinitely. Yours, etc., _ SPECTATOR. March 3rd. 1932.
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Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20488, 5 March 1932, Page 11
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