§ Sir R. Taskerasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury if he will consider the desirability of instructing officials to cause their names to be typed under signatures on letters issued from public Departments, as in many instances signatures are undecipherable?
§ Captain CrookshankI have considered this suggestion but have come to the conclusion that it is impracticable and undesirable since it would, I think, encourage members of the public to reply to the signatory, instead of addressing
Department. Post. Name of Present Holder. Treasury … … … Chief Press Liaison Officer … … G. F. Steward. Admiralty … … Director of Press Division … … Captain C. A. H. Brooking, R.N. Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries. Press Adviser … … … … L. F. Easterbrook. Air Ministry … … Director of Public Relations … … Air-Commodore H. Peake. Ministry of Aircraft Production. Public Relations Officer … … … A. E. Mash. Colonial Office … … Public Relations Officer … … … N. J. B. Sabine. Dominions Office … Public Relations Officer … … … E. Rawdon Smith. Ministry of Economic Warfare. Head of Press Section … … … Hon. D. B. Bowes-Lyon. Board of Education … Director of Intelligence and Public Relations. W. R. Richardson. Export Credit Guarantees Department. Publicity Officer … … … … H. V. Davies. Ministry of Food … Director of Public Relations … … Howard Marshall. Foreign Office … … Head of News Department … … W. Ridsdale Ministry of Health … Press Officer … … … … T. Fife Clark. Home Office and Ministry of Home Security. Director of Public Relations … … S. C. Leslie. India and Burma Offices Adviser on Publicity … … … A. H. Joyce. Ministry of Labour and National Service. Public Relations Officer … … … A. S. Frere. Mines and Petroleum Department. Press Officer … … … … M. Romain. National Savings Committee. Director of Propaganda … … … Paul Addis. General Post Office … Public Relations Officer … … … T. B. Braund. Ministry of War Transport Public Relations Officer … … … Fleetwood C. Pritchard. Ministry of Supply … Director of Publicity and Public Relations J. L. Henderson. Board of Trade … … Press Officer … … … … A. Lawson. War Office … … Director of Public Relations … … Colonel W. E. Elliot, M.P. Ministry of Works and Buildings. Publicity Officer … … … … H. Lewis. Scottish Home Department. Intelligence and Public Relations Officer N. F. McNicoll.