The PoSt master-Generalship
Sia.—Now that we are on the threshold of a general election, would this not be a possible moment for the political parties in the national interest to agree, through the usual or any other channels, to abandon the con- ventional procedure of the last century which has been to appoint to the office of Postmaster-General the dullest dog with any remote claim to ministerial rank. Unless this minor office is given to the very brightest young aspirant instead of the most melancholy nonentity (pace Messrs. Neville Chamberlain and Clement Attlee), what chance can there be of improving upon a situation which has allowed the number of citizens desiring in vain such an elementary amenity as the telephone to rise in two years from 400,000 to 520.000, which is one per cent of the entire population and a very much higher perceniage of the adult population?
When a forceful and brilliant young Minister has remedied this shaming injustice, there may be enough power left in his elbow for him to consider at least a return to the lid. post.—Yours faithfully,
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