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No. 19.

COLONIAL OFFICE DEPARTMENTAL COUNCIL.

MINUTES OF THE NINTH MEETING OF THE COUNCIL, HELD ON FRIDAY, THE 15TH JULY, 1921, AT 3.0 P.M.

1.

Present:

MR. G. E. A. GRINDLE, (Chairman) representing the Official Side.

MR. A. FIDDIAN,

MR. W. F. WESTBROOK (Vice-Chairman), (representing the Association MR. G. VENNING,

of Executive Officers.

MR. R. A. WISEMAN, representing the Association of 1st Division Civil

Servants.

MR. F. W. BRETT, representing, in the absence of Mr. F. H. Harper, the

Civil Service Union.

MR. F. KENNEDY,

M188 F. I. ATKINS, representing the Association of Clerical Officers. MR. EGLINTON, representing the Government Minor Grades Association. MR. H. A. THEOBALD and MR. W. H. A. FOSTER also attended, the former claiming to represent the Public Services Clerical and Technical Association, and the latter the Association of ex-Service Civil Servants.

MR. H. T. ALLEN,

MR. J. H. EMMENS, Secretaries.

Absent:

MR. C. W. DIXON (Official Side).

ATTENTION was drawn to the presence of two gentlemen, representing different Associations among the Temporary Clerks. Mr. Foster stated that the Colonial Office branch of the Public Services Clerical and Technical Association had been dissolved by resolution of the members, and a branch of the Association of Ex-Service Civil Servants formed instead; and that that branch had elected him to represent them at this meeting. Mr. Theobald stated that the representation of the Temporary Clerks on that Council had from the beginning been in the hands of the Public Services Clerical and Technical Association, and that the Colonial Office branch of that Association was still in existence, and had elected him to represent them at this meeting..

The Vice-Chairman explained that the matter had been discussed by the Temporary Clerks Grade Committee, and that it had been recommended, as an interim measure and without prejudice, that Mr. Foster should continue to repre- sent the Temporary Clerks at this meeting, it being understood that he would bring forward any representations or requests with which he was entrusted by any section of the Temporary Clerks.

The Chairman pointed out that this difficulty was not provided for in the constitution of the Office Council, nor in the Model Constitution; and at the suggestion of the Vice-Chairman a Committee, consisting of the Vice-Chairman, Mr. Fiddian, Mr. Venning, and Mr. Kennedy, was nominated to consider the corre- spondence on the subject, and to report as to the representation of the Temporary Clerks on the Council. The Chairman stated that the Official Side would consult the Treasury in the matter. In order to avoid the appearance of pre-judging the claims of the two representatives, it was agreed that both should remain during the meeting of the Council.

2. The minutes of the Eighth Meeting* of the Council, held on the 29th April, 1921, were confirmed.

3. The Vice-Chairman again drew attention to the inadequate representation

of the Official Side, two members only being present.

4. The following papers were laid before the Council:-

1. Minutes of meetings of Clerical Officers Grade Committee on the 15th

and 22nd April, 1921.

2.

Minutes of meeting of Refreshment Committee on the 27th April, 1921.

3.

Minutes of First Meeting of Messengers Grade Committee on the 28th April, 1921.

* No. 18.

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