The British State Telegraphs: A Study of the Problem of a Large Body of Civil Servants in a DemocracyMeyer, Hugo Richard
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The British State Telegraphs: A Study of the Problem of a Large Body of Civil Servants in a Democracy
Meyer, Hugo Richard
Government ownership; Telegraph -- Great Britain
Hanbury, R. W., on penny postage, 124;
to Postmaster General, 172-73;
on political pressure, 176-79;
cost of concessions, 180;
on political influence and pressure, 184-87, 382;
on Steadman's motion, 187-89;
on wages of employees, 192;
opposed new Committee, 193, 197;
denounces Civil Service pressure as intolerable, 197;
on "soft heartedness" on the part of heads of departments, 253;
on framing answers to questions from members, 278;
would represent Postmaster General in House of Commons only
conditionally, 304
Harcourt, Sir W., on Post Office employees, 238-39
Hardie, J. Keir, on concessions of Tweedmouth Committee, 202-3;
intervention by, 299-300, 314;
for specific retirements, 339
Harley, H., offers telegraphers chance to learn postal work, 344-45
Harrison, ----, Case of, 159
Hartington, Marquis of, presents a Bill for purchase money, 73;
on the bargain, 73-74, 76;
erroneous estimates of, 73, 79, 80-81, 87n
Harvey, A. S., on probationary period of service, 260;
on trades union spirit, 302
Hay, C. G. D., Intervention by, for telegraphists, 337-38
Heaton, J. H., on political patronage, 237-40;
censured by constituents, 240
Hegnett, ----, promoted by merit. Interference in case of, 284
Helsby, ----, promoted by merit. Interference in case of, 284
Henderson, A., intervened for one Chandler, 348
Hill, E. B. L., Testimony before Tweedmouth Committee, 137;
against and for amalgamation of telegraphers into one class, 343
Hill, Lewin, on yielding to Civil Service pressure, 142;
on increased expenditures, 160n;
on Civil Service positions, 162n;
no service like the public service, 166-67;
recommendation to Tweedmouth Committee, 167;
on comparison of postmen with other classes of employment, 257-58;
on messenger boys in Post Office Department, 261
Hobhouse, C. E. H., Intervention by, 300
Hobson, Mr., postmaster at Glasgow, obliged to promote by seniority,
269;
mistake of, 270
Holidays, Tweedmouth Committee on, 350;
Sir R. E. Welby on, 351;
news distributors' complaint about, 352-53
Horse races, Betting on, subsidized, 124-26
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