§ "To consider in the light of modern conditions how local government might best continue to attract and retain people (both elected representatives and principal officers) of the calibre necessary to ensure its maximum effectiveness."
§ Chairman Sir John Maud, G.C.B., C.B.E.—Master, University College, Oxford.
§ Mr. F. C. Bagnall, C.B.E.—Managing Director, British Nylon Spinners Limited.
§ Mr. W. J. Bennett, C.B.E., D.L —Alderman, Essex County Council.
§ Sir Philip Dingle, C.B.E., LL.D.—Town Clerk, Manchester.
§ Mr. V. Feathter—Assistant General Secretary. Trades Union Congress.
§ The Earl of Gainsborough—Chairman of Oakham Rural District Council. (Chairman of the Council of the Rural District Councils Association.)
§ Sir Francis Hill, C.B.E.—Alderman, Lincoln City. (Chairman of General Purposes Committee, Association of Municipal Corporations.)
§ Mr. T. S. G. Hunter—General Manager and Director of Financial Times
1107§ Miss G. Lack, M.A.—Headmistress, Rosebery Grammar School, Epsom.
§ Professor W. J. M. Mackenzie—Mackenzie University.
§ Mr. F. V. Magness, C.B.E.—Member, Willenhall Urban District Council. (Chairman of Executive Council of Urban District Councils Association.)
§ Mr. E. B. Mayne, C.B.E.—Lately head of Shell Management Services.
§ Mr. P. Mursell, M.B.E., D.L.—Chairman, West Sussex County Council.
§ Mr. R. A. J. Porter—Member, Godstone Rural District Council.
§ Mr. Morley Thomas, M.B.E.—Member, Connah's Quay Urban District Council.
§ Mr. H. Watton, J.P.—Alderman, City of Birmingham.
§ Mr. G. A. Wheatley, C.B.E.—clerk of Hampshire County Council.