§ 4. Mr. ARTHUR HENDERSONasked whether some of the staff of the London telephone service have received notice of the termination of their employment; if so, how many; and whether it is possible to so arrange the work as to avoid placing a number of Government employés in en forced idleness, and thus set an example to private employers during the present crisis?
§ Mr. HOBHOUSESeventy-two temporary clerks in the London telephone service have been warned that their services may no longer be required. I hope to find employment, for the present at any rate, for them either in other branches of the Post Office or in other Departments.