R.A.F. RELEASE
,SIR,—You state in your editorial in last week's issue that the present scheme for Release from the Forces devised by Mr. Bevin is generally 'approved but that the speed of release must be increased. Most men in the R.A.F. would agree with this statement. If your statements are correct it is thus evident that the present situation is the fault of the Service Ministries and not of the Minister of Labour.
The R.A.F. have up to the end of this month released the groups com- paratively quickly, but the latest order is a very considerable slowing down. In the period from November 1st to the end of the year the general release will only advance one group to 23 with releases to 25 in some trades. It is quite obvious to those in the services that very little serious effort is being made to speed up release. A few clerks on each R.A.F. station do nearly all the release work. The Personnel Dispatch centres are not handling half the men. they are equipped and staffed to
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