D.P.s FOR DOMESTIC SERVICE
Ste,—The attention of this department has been drawn to a letter which appeared in The Spectator published on December 5th, 1947, concerning the engagement of displaced peksons abroad for domestic service in this country. It appears that your correspondent, Mr. Harold Ingham, has been misinformed on the procedure to be adopted in order to obtain such domestics. The first step is the actual nomination by the prospective employer of a displaced person abroad suitable for work in a private household. It should be stressed that this department is unable to select such subjects. Once the candidate has been nominated, application should be made at an Employment Exchange for the necessary Ministry of Labour permit to engage the nominee. This permit, if granted, should be then forwarded to the alien, who must apply locally for permission to travel. If any difficulties are encountered at this stage, this department will be pleased to render any assistance possible.—Yours faithfully, E. H. UNDERWOOD (Acting Director of Information Services).
• Foreign Office, St. James's Square, S.W..r.
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