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| __THE OSHAWA TIMES,.Seturdey,. September. 21, 1963 U.K. Government Scatters Staffs © By M. McINTYRE HOOD Special London (Eng.) Correspondent For The Oshawa Times -- LONDON -- Firmly commit- ted to a policy of decentraliza- tion, the moving of the staffs of many of the government de- ents out of London to var- ious parts of England and Wales is now well under way. Nearly all the branches of the govern- ment will be affected by the dis- persal program, which is being carried out on the recommenda- tion of Sir Gilbert Flemming. In the early part of this year, he was commissioned by vernment to make a compre- msive survey of all govern- ment departments, with a view of determining what personnel 'could work just as effectively if gga elsewhere than in Lon- ion. As a result of his recommend- ations, some 31,000 civil servants have already been moved to other locations. An- other 18,000 are now in the pro- cess of being moved, and before the program is completed, the total number of civil servants involved in these moves will reach over 60,000. DEPARTMENTS INVOLVED Government departments Which have been involved in the dispersal to other areas include the post office savings depart- ment, the ministry of public buildings and works, the Board of Trade, the department of sci- entific and industrial research, the statignery office, the pay- master. gfoeral's office, the min- istry of labor, the civil service commission, the Home Office, the education ministry, the housing ministry, the inland rev- enue office, the forestry com- mission, the transport ministry, the treasury and the ministry of pensions, In all of these de- partments, Sir Gilbert Flem- their office work outside Lon- don. The government has set up a bureau to encourage this. The nationalized industries, such as the coal, electricity and gas boards, had also been asked to consider moving out of London as many as possible of their staffs. : MIXED VIEWS There have always been mixed views on this thorny question of dispersal of civil servants to the provinces. The government has gone ahead with it for two main reasons, strategic considerations of re- lieving the congestion in London, and to provide a useful form of local employment in other areas of England and Wales. It also considered that this step would help to curb the rapid growth of the population of Greater London and at the same time prevent depopulation of provincial areas, principally in the northeast depressed areas. While most of the depart- ments moved out of London will be within two hours journey of the city in their new locations, several branches are moving into the northeast and north- western sections of the country and to Wales. CIVIL SERVANTS' VIEWS Civil servants working in Lon- don have not taken too kindly to the dispersal plans, but have heen mollified by the govern- ment's guarantee that it will ac- cept the needs for suitable office accommodation, reasonable housing, schools and transport facilities. Provincial civil servants, on the other hand, are in favor of the dispersal. Many of them, in- deed, have been known to re- fuse promotion if it involved liv- ing in London. An article in the magazine _joffers.. some 0 sound reasons their -attitude, . Evervane avho works in--Lendon...knows _ that travel and traffic conditions there are appalling. It is more expensive to live in London than elsewhere, Housing in the Great- er London area is far more cost- ly than in most provincial cen- tres -- and far more difficult to find. These conditions are steadily growing worse. Hence the anxiety of the government to give a constructive and substan- tial lead in popularizing the idea of dispersal of office staffs to less congested areas. PROMOTES ECONOMY There is another aspect of the government's program in that it is to some extent an economy measure. As departments are moved out of London, other de- partments which are to stay here will be concentrated in the vacant offices. Some are scatter- ed in various sections of the city, and many are unsuitable leased premises. Many buildings which are now leased by the ministry of works are likely to be returned to their owners, with substantial savings in rent- al charges. The process of dispersal is timed to go on for the next few years. The government is seek- ing the help of local authorities in areas to which it is intended to move some of its work. But time will be needed to acquire sites and build or acquire the necessary accommodation, UNION SUPPORT Strong support for. the decentralization policy has'come from C, C. Baillie, of the Na- tional Executive of the Society of Civil Servants. He terms it the only sane solution to relieve overcrowding in London. Writ- ing in "Civil Service Opinion', Mr. Baillie said most depart- ments had no real connections with London, and that a small nucleus of ministerial aides should suffice as the links with main government. He said that London is already over- "151 Days Ship Quits Berth CHICAGO (CP-AP) -- The Howard L. Shaw, a Canadian yessel which arrived empty in Chicago 151 days ago, left Fri- day after union workmen defied a court order and again refused to pour grain into the freighter's hold. The 450-foot ship steamed out of the Calumet River, under po- lice guard and without benefit of tugs, and headed for Fort William. The vessel's owner, Upper Lakes Shipping Limited of Tor- onto, said the Shaw had been kept idle in Chicago "'at an out- of-pocket cost'in excess of $300,- 000" and despite repeated at- tempts to load it, "The continued cost of keep- ing the Shaw idle and, more importantly, the risk of serious and even fatal injury to mem- bers of the crew and damage to the vessel . . . make it imper- ative that the Shaw be returned to Canada," the company said in a statement. WILL AWAIT ACTION In Toronto, J. D. Leitch, Up- per Lakes president, said "at such time as the Canadian and the United States governments have taken such action as may be necessary to enable the Shaw to be loaded at Chicago, either many ministries was carried out mainly in branches or regions. Few civil servants needed to be in daily contact with ministers, and the service departments could function just as easily in other parts of Britain, Staffing problems, such as the recruit- ment of clerical and typing grades, would be solved by a move away from the London \per Lakes Shipping once drew In Port that ship or another ship of the Upper Lakes fleet will retum to that port." An unsolved bombing that knocked a hole in the Shaw's side Sept. 7 still is under inves- tigation by the FBI. The Shaw was left idle by a dispute between two unions, Up- in a flap Friday when Princess Princess At. _. Reception 10 Minutes Early OTTAWA (CP)--City hall was Alice arrived 10 minutes early for a city council reception. The red carpet wasn't com- pletely unrolled and Mayor! Charlotte Whitton was nowhere| in sight when the royal visitor's car arrived at the main door, Princess Alice and her party sat in the car for a few. minutes until the mavor arrived from her second-storey office and the carpet was: put in place. From then on, everything went as scheduled. Princess Alice, the Queen's great-aunt, visited the council chambers where she signed the oid friend; "Rev: Mother ~ St: Thenies-A guina ct Instat DIVIDENDS Jeanne @ Arc, who died iast year. The princess was honor- ary president of the s chool's auxiliary: when her late hus- band, the Earl of Athlone, was Canada's rig general guest book with her own pen "because I like it.' Later she met cowncil members and their wives in the mayor's office where tea was served. Earlier in the day, Princess] All the McIntosh apple trees) in North America are directly |20. descended from a tree found in Ontario by farmer John Mclin- Alice visited the grave. of her' tosh in 1811. Casslar Asbestos Corporation Ltd., 10 cents plus five cents extra, Oct. 25, record Oct. 3. erage Fund Ltd., common four cents, Oct. 21, record Sept. Neon Products of Canada Ltd, 25 cents, Oct. 18, record Sep crews from the Seafarers Inter- national Union, but switched last year to the Canadian Mari- time Union (CLC). Members of Local 418 of the Grain Elevator Workers Union, acting as individuals and in sympathy with the SIU, refused consistently to load_ grain aboard the Shaw from the ele- vators of the Continental Grain Corp. British Health Minister Gives Election Hint LONDON (CP) -- A leading government tinister told Brit- ons Friday night to stand by for a general election and dropped the broadest hint yet that Prime Minister Macmillan may call a vote this fall. "You may expect the next election any day from now on," Health Minister Enoch Powell told a Conservative party rally in Somerset. Powell, 51, did not predict any specific date for the election. Meanwhile the possibility of a November trek to the polls is being discussed guardedly in area. crowded, 'that it is rapidly being choked to death by its traffic until one day it must drag it- self to a standstill. ming recommended, various sections of the staff could carry on their work just as efficiently in other locations. These dispersals of staff are expected to promote efficiency because the civil servants in- volved will be relieved of some of their personal problems. Be- hind the whole scheme is an ef- fort on the part of the govern- 'ment to relieve the traffic con-| gestion in and around London, to enable civil servants to live in areas of better housing con- ditions, and indirectly to relieve unemployment in the areas to 'which departments are being moved by securing any staff additions required locally. | The government also feels| that by carrying out its policy 'of decentralization it is setting wn example to private manu-| facturing and business concerns| to do likewise. In a recent an-| mouncement, Mr. Boyd Carpen-| ter, chief secretary to the treas- | ury, said there was an urgent| need for private firms also to| decentralize at least. some of "Town and Country Planning," Mr. Baillie said the work of | DRUG STORES OPEN THIS SUNDAY 12:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. .. JURY. & LOVELL LIMITED ROSSLYNN PLAZA 728-4668 CENTRAL PHARMACY 211 SIMCOE ST. S. 723-1070 TAMBLYN DRUG STORE 6 KING ST. 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