INQUIRY PROMISED

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 23, 19 September 1931, Page 5

INQUIRY PROMISED

Press Assoei-ation-

— "Post" Special Service.

NAVAL GRIEVANCES FIRST LORD PAYS TRIBUTE TO COMMON SENSE OF .OFFICERS STRICTURE ON LOWER DECK Rec. Sept. 17, 5.5 p.m.

— Copvrieht.

By Telephone-

RUGBY, Thursday. In the House of Commons at question time, Sir Austen Chamberlain, First* Lord of the Admiralty, paid a tribute to the senior offieers commanding the Atlantie fleet for their tact and common sense. , Their action would he believed, be echoed by the men of the Fleet. As regards the lower deck, although their action could not be excused, he might almost say, if such an action were taken at all, it spoke well for the general discipline of the navy, that it should have passed off' so quietly, and without disturbance. He felt , confident that, in accordance with the traditions of the service, the men would loyally uphold it and would not look back to what had happened, but look forward to render further service to their country. Inquiry Promised After dealing with a critieism of the cuts made, Sir Austen Chamberlain, said that with regard to special cases of hardship and unfairness, the Admiralty was going to make an inquiry in the hope of finding a method of alleviating hardship. The general scheme of econ. my laid down byw the Government was re-: quireq in order to restore national prosperity and regain national credit. They could not allow it to be wittled away in detail but they were going to right any cases of exceptional hardship and to provide a remedy if they could. That was the purpose of the inquiry which would be opened before the respective commanders-in -chief at the earliest possible moment, after the arrival of the ships at their ho-me ports. It is understood that the Command-ers-in-Chief at home ports, have been summoned by the Admiralty to discuss a plan for holding an inquiry into the grievances of the men regarding pay cuts.