§ Mr. Grovesasked the Postmaster-General whether he is aware that hardship has arisen by reason of the refusal to cancel forthwith the contracts for telephones and telephonic extensions of doctors on their joining the medical services of the armed Forces; and whether he will do so in case of all applications requesting this concession?
§ Major TryonI am not aware of this hardship. Special arrangements have been made to cover the case of all subscribers renting a single telephone line, with or without extensions, who join any branch of the fighting Forces. If the service has been rented for the minimum term of a year, the normal month's notice is dispensed with. Where the service is in its first year, only half the rent for the outstanding period up to the full year is charged, subject to a maximum waiver of three months rent.