Mr. Morley, Postmaster General, summed up with the statement that "he should be the last to deny that change and amelioration might be required in certain respects, but, having examined all the cases, he believed the men of the Postal Service, the Telegraph Staff as well as the Postal Staff, were better treated than people from the same class in private employment. But that opinion was not altogether shared by the public, or by certain Members of the House of Commons, and therefore the Government was prepared to appoint a strong Committee, composed of men who would have special and practical knowledge and experience of administration, and who would, he hoped, be assisted by a Member of the Labor Department of the Board of Trade.... There must be upon the Committee one official of the Post Office in order to assist the Committee, but apart from that one appointment, he proposed that the Committee should be appointed from executive officers of the Government not connected with the Post Office." Sir James Fergusson, who had preceded Mr. Morley as Postmaster General, said: "He could not shut his eyes to the fact that there was no difficulty whatever in finding candidates for employment in the Post Office. In fact, it was impossible to meet the wishes of many of those who desired to enter the Department. In those circumstances he thought it could hardly be contended seriously that the remuneration offered was grossly inadequate, or that the conditions of service were unduly onerous." The House of Commons accepted the compromise offered by the Government. Lord Tweedmouth, Lord Privy Seal and a Member of the Cabinet, was made Chairman of the Committee, which consisted, in addition, of Sir F. Mowatt, Permanent Secretary of the Treasury; Sir A. Godley, Under Secretary of State for India; Mr. Spencer Walpole, Permanent Secretary to the Post Office; and Mr. Llewellyn Smith, of the Labor Department of the Board of Trade.[168] FOOTNOTES: [120] _Report of the Inter-Departmental Committee on Post Office Establishments_, 1897; q. 15,119; Mr. Lewin Hill, Assistant Secretary, General Post Office, London. [121] _Return to an Order of the Honorable, The House of Commons_, dated March 16th, 1898. [122] _Parliamentary Paper_, No. 34, Session of 1876, Lord John Manners, Postmaster General; and _Report of the Inter-Departmental Committee on Post Office Establishments_, 1897, Mr. L. Hill, Assistant Secretary, General Post Office, London; Appendix, pp. 1,095 and 1,099. [123] _Report of a Committee Appointed by the Treasury to investigate the Causes of the Increased Cost of the Telegraph Service since the Acquisition of the Telegraphs by the State_, 1875, p. 5; _First Report of the Civil Service Inquiry Commission_, 1875, p. 9; and _Report from the Select Committee on Post Office_ (_Telegraph Department_), 1876; Mr. E. Graves, Divisional Engineer; q. 1,566 and following.