§ 78. Mr. W. R. SMITHasked the Post master-General whether members of the established staff of the Post Office who appealed against military service on conscientious grounds have been reduced to the status of temporary employés with a corresponding reduction in wages; and whether, in view of the fact that these men have broken no law and their record as Post Office servants is beyond reproach, he will reconsider this matter?
§ Mr. ILLINGWORTHCivil servants exempted from military service on grounds of conscientious objection, and allowed to remain in their own Departments, were, by a decision of the Government, reduced to the status of temporary employés. I have no power to grant any special treatment in the matter to Post Office servants.