§ "To consider the existing methods of recruiting local government officers and of using them; and what changes might help local authorities to get the best possible service and help their officers to give it".
§ Chairman: Sir George Mallaby, K.C.M.G., O.B.E.—lately First Commissioner, Civil Service Commission.
§ Dr. Elsie Briggs, B.Sc.—Secretary, Bristol University Appointments Board.
§ Mr. S. T. Broad, M.A.—County Education Officer, Hertfordshire.
§ Mr. A. H. Buckley—Principal Administrative Assistant, Education Department, Bolton.
§ Mr. E. T. Butcher—Headmaster—Colne Valley (Comprehensive) High School Nr. Huddersfield.
§ Mr. G. H. Carnall—lately Director of the Clayton Aniline Co. Ltd (Dyestuffs Manufacturers) and currently a Director of the Associated Company, CIBA Clayton Ltd.
§ Mr. W. H. G. Cocks—County Treasurer, Glamorgan.
§ Mr. J. R. Coxon, J.P.—Alderman, Durham County Council.
§ Mr. A. Elliott, M.D., Ch.B., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., D.P.H.—County Medical Officer of Health, Kent.
§ Mr. M. Henig—Alderman, Leicester City.
§ Mr. G. F. Hickson, M.A.—Alderman, Cambridge City.
§ Mr. W. Isaac—Town Clerk, Macclesfield.
§ Mr. H. D. Jeffries—Clerk to Beeston & Stapleford Urban District Council.
§ Mr. Bryan Keith-Lucas, M.A.—Nuffield College, Oxford.
§ Mr. D. W. Newport, M.B.E —Clerk to Stratford-on-Avon Rural District Council. (Chairman of General Purposes Committee, Rural District Councils Association).
§ Mr. P. J. Timms, A.I.M.T.A., D.P.A.—Establishment O. & M. Officer, Clerk's Department, Devon County Council.