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arrive at about a Government which is almost painfully sensitive to public opinion, but it nevertheless seems to be quite widely held. However the C.D.0.s' experience in dealing with other departments is that apart from the occasional natural defence of a colleague
there is usually sympathy and understanding when appeals are made. While the C.D.O. has no statutory authority he has the great advantage of having no limit to the subjects he can deal with. The point is overlooked by those who
advocate some form of statutory powers for an investigator, and I do not think much importance
should be attached to this criticism which is
in no way related to anything we have ever
said the C.D.O.s would do.
113.
The scale on which the scheme has been
launched seems to be about right. It has been a najor undertaking to find all the staff required in ao short a time. A significantly larger organisation could not have been built up to cover the urban areas in the time and anything substantially smaller would have failed to make an impact. Some C.D.O.s could naturally deploy a larger staff and they are all worked very hard. Before making any recommendations for the next stage of development I should like to sec how we manage when all the offices are fully
staffed.
I propose therefore to defer a review of staff requirements until the summer of this year with a view to making recommendations for the financial year 1970/71.
114.
The question of quality is more important than quantity. The point was made more than once during planning that the scheme would stand
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