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EMPLOYMENT OF EX-SERVICE
MEN.
Previous Reference: Cabinet 24 (28), Con-
clusion 7).
14.
The Secretary of State for War informed
the Cabinet that the Chancellor of the
Exchequer had objected to the decision of
the Cabinet referred to in the margin, which
had been taken in his absence, to set up
an Inter-Departmental Committee to consider
the question of continuous pensions for
service in one or other of the Fighting
Services and subsequently in the Civil
Service, with a view to the possible improve-
ment in the prospects of ex-Service men,
and consequently in recruiting men to the
Fighting Services.
In present financial conditions Sir
Laming Worthington-Evans felt that he could
not press further for this enquiry, which
had been decided on at his suggestion.
Consequently, without withdrawing his belief
that an investigation of the kind should be
made one day, he would not press for the
enquiry at the present time. In the
meanwhile he asked for the approval of the
Cabinet to the Report of the Inter-Depart-
mental Committee (C.P. 106 (28)), which had
been held over pending the proposed enquiry
on the larger question.
The Cabinet agreed
Subject to the Chancellor of the Exchequer finding no objections from a financial point of view, to approve the Report of the Inter-Departmental Committee in regard to the employment of ex-Service men, contained in C.P. 106 (28).
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