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Meeting o f the Cabinet t o be held at
10, Downing S t r e e t , S-W.1., on FRIDAY,
OCTOBER £3rd, 1925, at 11.30 A.M.
ADDENDA TO AGENDA.
Add the f o l l o w i n g p a p e r s : Item 1.
GOVERNMENT BUSINESS *
Memorandum by the Chief Whip.
( C P . 442(25) - Circulated h e r o w i t h ) .
L e t t e r from Seoretary of State f o r India
to the Lord Chanoellor.
( C P . 443(25) - Circulated h e r e w i t h ) .
Item 3 .
SUPPLY AND TRANSPORT ORGANISATION - THE QUESTION
OP VOLUNTEERS.
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r
Memorandum by the M i n i s t e r of H e a l t h .
( C P , 441(25) - Circulated h e r e w i t h ) .
Item 4.
BRITISH DYE INDUSTRY.
Noto by Lord President of the Council
oovering copy of l e t t e r to Lord Haldane.
( C P . 433(25)
- Already c i r c u l a t e d ) .
(Signed)
M.P.A. HANKEY,
Secretary to the Cabinet.
2 Whitehall Gardens, S . W . I . ,
October 22nd, 1925.
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C A B I N E T 50 ( 2 5 ) .
Meeting of the Cabinet to be held at 2.0, Downing
S t r e e t . S.W., on Friday, October 23rd, 1925,
at 11.50 a.m.
AGENDA.
1.
GOVERNMENT BUSINES S.
Note by S e c r e t a r y , covering L i s t s of Government
Bills ,
( C P . 418 (25) - Already c i r c u l a t e d ) .
Recommendations of Home A f f a i r s Committee.
(H.A.C. 17th Conclusions (25) - already c i r c u l a t e d .
2.
POOR LAW REFORM
(Reference Cabinet 25 (25) Conclusion 1 ( e ) ) .
Memorandum by the Minister of Health,
( C P . 410 (25) - already c i r c u l a t e d ) .
3.
SUPPLY AND TRANSPORT ORGANISATION
'
"
VOLUNTEERS^
THE QUESTION OF
(Reference Cabinet 47 (25) Conclusion 2 ( b ) and ( c ) ) .
Memorandum by the President of the Board of Education,
( C P . 427 (25) - already c i r c u l a t e d ) .
Memorandum by the Home Secretary,
( C P . 439 ( 2 5 ) - to be c i r c u l a t e d ) .
1
BRITISH DYE
INDUSTRY,
(Reference Cabinet 44 (25) Conclusion 1 0 ) .
Report by the Chairman of the Committee of C i v i l
Research,
(C.P. 430 (25) - already c i r c u l a t e d ) .
TO TAKE NOTE OF:
PAY OF THE FIGHTING SERVICES - PAY OF TRADESMEN IN THE
AIR"PCRT?E7
"
(Reference Cabinet 48 (25) Conclusion 3 ( a ) ) .
Report of Cabinet Committee,
( C P . 429 (25) - already c i r c u l a t e d . )
(Signed)
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21st October, 1925,
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S e c r e t a r y , Cabinet,
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CONCLUSIONS of a Meeting of the Cabinet held
at 10, Downing Street, S.W.I., on FRIDAY,
OCTOBER 23rd, 1925, at 11.30 A.M.
PRESENT:The Bight Hon. Stanley Baldwin, M.P.,
(In the Ohalr).
Prime Minister.
The Right Hon
Austen Chamberlain, M.P.,
Seoretary of State for
Foreign A f f a i r s .
The Right Hon.
Vlsoount Cave, G.C.M.G.,
Lord Chancellor,
The Most Hon.
The Marquess of Salisbury,
E.G. .G.C.V.O. , C B . ,
lord Privy Seal.
The Right Hon.
W.S. Churohill, C.H..M.P.,
Chancellor of the Exchequer.
The Right Hon.
Sir William Joynson-Hick3,
Bart. .M.P., Secretary of
State for Home A f f a i r s .
The Right Hon.
L.S. Amery, M.P., Secretary
of State for Dominion Affairs
and Secretary of State for
the Colonies.
The Right Hon.
Sir laming Worthington-Evans,
Bart,.G.B.E. ,M.P., Secretary
of State for War,
The Right Hon.
The Earl of Birkenhead,
Seoretary of State for India.
The Right Hon.
Sir Samuel Hoare, Bart..,
C.M.G. ,M.P., Secretary of
State for A i r .
The Right Hon.
Sir Phi-ip Cunliffe-Lister,
X.-B.E. ,M.C. ,M.P., President
of the Board of Trade.
Th Right Bon.
Neville Chamberlain, M.P.,
Minister of Health.
The Right Hon.
E.F.L. Wood, M,P,, Minister
of Agrioulture end Fisheries,
The Right Hon.
Sir John Gilmour, Bart..D.S.O.,
M.P., Secretary for Scotland.
The Right Hon.
Visoount Peel, G.B.E., First
Commissioner of Works.
0
e
The Right Hon. Sir Douglas Hogg,
K.0..M.P., AttorneywGeneral.
THE FOLLOWING WERE ALSO PRESENT: Commander The Right Hon.
B.M. Eyres-Monsoll, R.N.,M.P.,
Parliamentary Secretary to the
Treasury.
(For Item 6 ) .
M.P.A.
Hankey, G.C.B
Secretary,
FOREIGN
POLICY.
CHINA,
[(Previous
Reference:
Cabinet 46
(25), Con­
elusion 2 .)
THE GRAECOBULGARIAN
SITUATION.
Previous
[Reference:
Cabinet 44­
(25), Con­
fclusion 12
1(b).)
1, The Secretary of State for Foreign A f f a i r s
41
reported to the Cabinet that the situation in China
was one of extreme confusion, and no-one could
prophesy what was l i k e l y
to happen.
He was inclined
to a n t i c i p a t e , however, that the T a r i f f Commission
would f e e l unable to proceed in present circumstances.
The Secretary of State undertook to
c i r c u l a t e a Memorandum to the Cabinet
i n regard t o the s i t u a t i o n in China,
e x p l a i n i n g , i n t e r a l i a ^ t h e various
p e r s o n a l i t i e s r e f e r r e d to i n the
telegrams were.
2 . The Secretary of State for Foreign A f f a i r s
reported that both o^ the parties to the Incident
which had arisen on the f r o n t i e r between Greece and
Bulgaria had approached the B r i t i s h Government with
contradictory accounts of what had occurred.
Up to
the previous day his reports had l e d him to hope that
the incident would not prove s e r i o u s .
This morning,
however, he had r e c e i v e d information that Bulgaria had
appealed to the League of Nations, and M, Briand had
summoned a Meeting o^ the Council, which ha himself,
as Secretary of State f o r Foreign A f f a i r s , f e l t bound
to a t t e n d .
The Cabinet, while conscious of the
s t r a i n which this would impose on the
Foreign Secretary so soon a f t e r his
return fror­ his arduous labours at
Locarno, recognised th"; d e s i r a b i l i t y
of Mr Austen Chamberlain attending
the forthcoming meeting of the Council.
[IRAQ.
luestion of
Turkish R e i S L ­
Borcerent-s .
iyria.
3. The a t t e n t i o n o f the Cabinet was c a l l e d , as a
matter of urgency, to telegrams from Beirout
reporting
that the Tvirks were seeking authority f o r 6,000 Turkish
troops to pass by r a i l
through the French mandated
t e r r i t o r y i n Sy r i a (Beirout telegrams Nos .53 and 5 4 ) .
Inference:
ibinet 49
5 5 ) , ConLuslon 5(f) ,)
P r e v i o u s l y i t had beer understood that the passage of
600 troops had been authorised.
A
The Secretary of S t a t e f o r Foreign A f f a i r s
said he had spoken to the French Ambassador on the
matter on the p r e v i o u s day, and a note o f his con­
v e r s a t i o n would be c i r c u l a t e d .
He had pointed out
to the Ambassador that the Turks probably did not
mean to attack Mosul, but these troops could
hardly be used for any other purpose than to
had
t h r e a t e n , and he/expressed the-hope that the French
Government would not allow them to pass unless an
equal number were sent westward,
The French
Ambassador had undertaken to r e p o r t his r e p r e ­
ssntations to P a r i s , and had intimated that he had
reason to b e l i e v e that the French Government had
already made r e p r e s e n t a t i o n s and a protest
Constantinople.
He had also b r i e f l y
at
discussed the
s i t u a t i o n i n Syria with the Ambassador.
RUSSIA.
(Previous
Roference:
Cabinet 43
(25), Con­
elusion 1,)
4 . The Secretary of State for Foreign A f f a i r s
r e f e r r e d to the anxiety which had bean expressed
spontaneously both by the French and German
r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s at the Locarno Conference in regard
to the a t t i t u d e o(f Soviet Russia.
M.Chicherin
appeared to be somewhat alarmed "at the f a i l u r e
his p o l i c y .
Russia required c r e d i t s and could not
obtain them without the g o o d w i l l of the Western
Powers.
of
Mr Austan Chamberlain intimated that
before long he might have t o ask the Cabinet to
consider th-: p o s i t i o n .
5. The." a t t e n t i o n of the Cabinet was drawn to a
number of r e c e n t instances of leakage of s e c r e t and
confidential
information in the Press i n regard to
the Cabinet Agenda Paper, other Cabinet Papers and
Departmental matters outside of the Cabinet business.
Among other instances w e r e , - the g i s t of the Report
of the Cabinet 'Gomir.ittee on B r i t i s h Dyes;
Safeguarding of I n d u s t r i e s ;
culture;
the
Poor Law Reform;
National Health Insurance;
b e f o r e the Cabinet Economy Committee;
Agri­
questions
and the a r r e s t
of Communists, of which l a t t e r even the Cabinet had
no t had know ledge ,
The Cabinet agreed —
That each M i n i s t e r should c i r c u l a t e
a Memorandum i n his own Department
c a l l i n g a t t e n t i o n to the fact that
there had b-en some serious leakages,
and enjoining upon a l l the n e c e s s i t y
of e x e r c i s i n g the utmost care i n
- regard to matters of s e c r e t and
confidential information.
6. The Cabinet "had before there; the f o l l o w i n g
docu­
ments i n regard to Parliamentary Business:­
.
;
A Note by the S e c r e t a r y , covering
L i s t a of Government B i l l s (Paper
CP,-418 (g5))J
Recommendations of the Committee of
Home A f f a i r s thereon (H.A,,C. 17th
-Conclusions ( 2 5 ) ) :
A Memorandum by the Chief Whip
(Paper 0 P - 4 4 2 ( 2 5 ) ) :
o
;
o
A L e t t e r from the Secretary of State
f o r India, to the Lord Chancellor,
asking tnat the . Government of India
C i v i l ?co-vice? £ i l l , which had boon
Cls &3lf l-rd by the committee of Home'
A f f a i r s i n Cist A , 2 , should be
promoted to L i s t A.1 o f e s s e n t i a l
B i l l s Gird oli.must be proceeded w i t h ,
and o f f e r i n g that the Indian Divorce
B i l l should be transferred froro
category A .2 to l i s t C," 0 i l l s f o r
i n t r o d u c t i o n o n l y " ( P a p e r G,P*­
445 ( 2 5 ) ) ,
The Prime M i n i s t e r mentioned that he was aiming at
the House r i s i n g a week before Christmas, which
would render p o s s i b l e an extra day* S Parliament ary
time i n the.case of.""great urgency,
A discussion took place i n regard to the Rating
and Valuation B i l l , which, i t was r e p o r t e d , was
unpopular with some s e c t i o n s of the
supporters *
Governments
There was general agreement, however,
that there could be no question of dropping so
important a measure which had already reached an
advanced s t a g e , but i t was suggested that i t s
might be f a c i l i t a t e d i f
passage
the M i n i s t e r of Health
found I t p o s s i b l e to make any concessions.
Among the contir.genci.ea f o r which Parliamentary
time would be required the f o l l o w i n g were mentioned:The
Tho
The
The
Locarno Conference^
French Debt,,
Mosul Question,
a c t i o n of th* Government I n dealing
with Cor.v-unists
The Supply and Transport Organisation,
r
f o r V; hi. ch 1 1 a a c o n s i d r e d ne c e S S a ry t o a 1 1 aw f i v e
f
Parliamentary days in the aggregate .
SAFEGUARDING
OF INDUSTRIES
BILL.
(Previous
Reference:
Cabinet 48
(25), Conelusion 6,)
The President o
r
the Board o f Trade reported
that he was about to c i r c u l a t e a preliminary
draft
of the Safeguarding of Industries B i l l , f o r which
he estimated that from 6-3f to 7 Parliamentary days
would be r e q u i r e d .
The Chancellor of the Exchequer, while agreeing
i n the d e s i r a b i l i t y of passing the Safeguarding of
I n d u s t r i e s B i l l at the present s t a g e , warned the
Cabinet that the P i l l would meet' with very
serious
-
obstruction from, the Parliamentary
Opposition,
which would probably be extended to cover the whole
range of Government business, in order to embarrass
the Government .
NORTHERN
IRELAND
INSURANCE
BILL.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer and the Home
Secretary undertook to enquire and to Inform the
Chief Whip as t o whether i t was e s s e n t i a l
(Previous
Reference:
Cabinet 44
(25), Conelusion 13 .)
to pass
the Northern I r e l a n d Insurance B i l l i n the present
Session,
The Chancellor of the Exohequer stated
that the B i l l would be ready f o r Cabinet considera­
t i o n at an e a r l y d a t e .
EAST AFRICAN
LOAN BILL.
(See f o 11 ow ing Minut e . )
The Home Secretary undertook to enquire as to
R3PRESENTATION OF THE
PEOPLE (ECONOMY whether i t would be p o s s i b l e to postpone the
PROVISIONS)
BILL.
,
Representation of the People (Economy P r o v i s i o n s )
[Previous
Rsference:
Cabinet 32
'35) Conclu­
sion 9,)
B i l l u n t i l next
Session.
MINING
SUBSIDY,
(Previous
Reference:
O&binet 45
(g5), Con­
elusion 7.)
The Chancellor of the Exchequer undertook to
enquire and to inform the Chief Whip aa to whether
a Vote was required, in connection with the Mining
Subsidy.
The Lord Chancellor reported that the Public
PUBLIC
ORDER
BTLLo
Order B i l l should be ready f o r c o n s i d e r a t i o n by
(Previous
Reference:
Cabinet 48
(25), Oor.­
olualon 2*)
NQN--CONTENT-IOUS B I L L S ,
the Cabinet s h o r t l y a f t e r t h e . r e t u r n of the A t t o r n e y General from The Hague.
Among the non-contentious B i l l g
f o r which i t
was hoped Parliamentary time might be found, the
following received particular mention:-
THE LAND
SETTLEMENT
FACILITIES
;\C' f f t v j ^ MF.UT) "' ILL.
The Land Settlement F a c i l i t i e s
Ac t ( Amendment) B i l l ,
r
:
\ I 7-
! or. 3
Reference:
Cabinet ,36
(24), Con­
eiusion 9) .
TEE MINING
WELFARE BILL.
The Mining Welfare
Bill.
(Previous
R^^e^pnc S:
C&bim-t 20
( 2 5 ) , Con­
ftluoion la.)
;
THE AUTUMN
SESSION,
(Previous
Reference:
Cabinet 41
(24), Con*
ftlufiioti 5.)
The a t t e n t i o n of the Cabinet was c a l l e d to t h 0
inconvenience which had arisen from beginning
the
Parliamentary S e s s i o n in the Autumn of tha previous
y e a r , which, without averting an Autumn Session in
the present year, had nev ^r ihelesa led to conaid&r**
a b l e congestion of bus ins. s3 .
The Chief Whip warned the Cabinet that the t i m e ­
t a b l e was already ofewded to extreme l i m i t s .
The Cabinet agreed —
( a ) To approve the proposals of the
Committee o f Rome A f f a i r s (H.A.C.
17th Conclusions ( 2 5 ) , and of the
Chief Whip ( Paper C P . - 4 4 2 ( 2 5 ) ,
subject to the above remarks and
subject' to the i n c l u s i o n in L i s t
A . 1 , " e s s e n t i a l B i l l s " , of the
Government of India. C i v i l Services
B i l l , o r i g i n a l l y included by
inadv.'rtence by the Committee of
Home A f f a i r s i n L i s t A . 2 , " B i l l s
b e l i e v e d to be n o n - c o n t r o v e r s i a l
and to be proceeded with unless
s e r i o u s l y opposed''.
. fb) That the Rating and Valuation B i l l
should be proceeded w i t h .
( c ) That the Locarno Conference should
ne put down f o r discussion at an
e a r l y date, and that the Chief Whip
should arrange, i f p o s s i b l e , that
the Parliamentary. Debates should
take pla.ce before the debate i n
the Reichstag on November 20th.
(d)
IRISH
BOUNDARY
COMMISSION,
(Previous
Reference:
Cabinet 51
(24) , Con­
olrjsion 1) .
That the Chief Whip should arrange
to put the Safeguarding of Indus­
t r i e s B i l l as l a t e in the programme
as would allow s u f f i c i e n t time for
i t s passage, i n order t o g i v e time
f o r the completion o f i n q u i r i e s by
Committees now s i t t i n g .
( e ) That i t might be necessary to provide
time for discussion of the Report
o f the I r i s h Boundary Commission
i f t h i s should be r e c e i v e d during
the Parliamentary Session, and that
the question should be placed on
the Agenda at the next Meeting o f
the Cabinet.
In the oour3e of the discussion r e f e r r e d to
i n the preceding Minute, a t t e n t i o n was drawn to the
Memorandum by the Secretary
of State f o r the ColonieE
proposing an East African Development Loan (Paper
C.P.-434
(25)).
The Cabinet agreed
( a ) To authorise the Seer etary ­ of State
f o r the Colonies Immediately to
announce t h ^ i r p o l i c y i n the f o l l o w i n g
statement, which had "been agreed to
by the Chancellor of the Exchequer
and the Secretary of State for the
Colonies: ­
"The Cabinet have decided to approve
in p r i n c i p l e the recommendation o f
the East A f r i o a n Commission f o r an
Imperial guarantee f o r loans r a i s e d
in connection w i t h transport d e v e l o p ­
ment in East A f r i o a up to an amount
not exceeding ten m i l l i o n s s t e r l i n g .
A B i l l w i l l be required to g i v e the
neesseary guarantee. Surveys, e t c , ,
w i l l be eat on f o o t at once, and the
p r e c i s e wcrke to be undertaken w i l l
be s e t t l e d a f t e r thorough 00rutiny
Of the f i n a n c i a l and economic prospects
of each i n d i v i d u a l p r o j e c t .
It is
a n t i c i p a t e d that the work w i l l i n the
main consist of new railways i n
Tanganyika T e r r i t o r y and Uganda, but
proviaiovi f o r improvements i n harbour
and port f a c i l i t i e s and f o r o^rtain
psrmarent bridges or. main roads i s
also aor.templatod. A small percentage
of the loans w i l l be a pea t a l l y
earmarked f o r c a p i t a l works and
equipment in connection with the
further development of e o l e n t i f i c
ree sarch.
11
(to) That i t wo&ld be unnecessary to pass
a B i l l In the present Session.
8 . The Cabinet had before their- a Memorandum by the
M i n i s t e r of Health, on the subject of Poor Law Reform
(Paper C P . - 4 1 0 (25) ) .
The M i n i s t e r o f Health impressed on the Cabinet
that he was not asking them to commit themselves to
any p a r t i c u l a r Poor Law Reform B i l l , o r to a B i l l
at a l l , at the present
s t a g e , but. that he only sought
a u t h o r i t y f o r discussing the question with Local
A u t h o r i t i e s on the l i n e s i n d i c a t e d i n h i s Memorandum.
On t h i s understanding the Cabinet agreed —
. ( a ) That the M i n i s t e r of Health should
have authority to open n e g o t i a t i o n s
w i t h the Local A u t h o r i t i e s on the
l i n e s proposed i n h i s Memorandum,
but that he should make/it c l e a r that
the Government were not committed t o
these proposals or to a B i l l :
( b ) That the Secretary f o r Scotland,
keeping in touch with the Minister
of Health, should proceed on s i m i l a r
lines .
g
The Cabinet had before them the
SUPPLY AND
TRANSPORT
OR&AMISA­
?I0N.
^documents r e l a t i n g
Question of
enrol lins;
Volunteers .
Transport Organisation with a view t o
Proposed
Instructions
to local
Author i t i as .
(Previous
Reference:
Cabinet 47
(25), Con­
elusion. 2
(b) and Co) . )
to the question of
following
enrolling
volunteers i n connection with the Supply and
safeguarding
the e s s e n t i a l s e r v i c e s of the community i n the event
of a strike:A Memorandum by the President of
the Board of Education (Paper
CP.-427 (25)) : A Memorandum by the Home Secretary
(Paper C P . - 4 5 9 ( 2 5 ) ) .
They also had und--;r consideration a draft
letter,
c i r c u l a t e d by the Minister of Health at the request
of the Home Secretary, describing the emergency
organisation and raising; the question as to whether
the c i r c u l a r should be issued f o r t h w i t h or h e l d over
u n t i l a f t e r the local e l e c t i o n s
(Paper C P . - 4 4 1 ( 2 5 ) )
In accordance with the suggestion of the Home
Secretary
(Paper C P . - 4 3 9 ( 2 5 ) ) , the whole o f the
above documents were remitted in the f i r s t
instance
f o r consideration by tha Supply and Transport Commit­
t e e , who were to be asked to r e p o r t before the next
Meeting of the Cabinet, i f
i,
possible.
BRITISH
DYES.
II,' The Cabinet had before then? the f o l l o w i n g
.
documents on the subject of the B r i t i s h Dye Industry
(Previous
'Refer nee:
Cabinet 44
Con21
A Report by. the Chairman of the
Committe- of C i v i l Research (The
' 7-arl of Balfour) (Paper 0 , 0 , - .
43 0 ( 2 5 ) ) :
A Mote by The Earl of Balfour
covering a copy of a l e t t e r to
Lord Haldane (Paper C P . - 4 S 3 ( 2 5 ) ) .
The Gabinet agreed —
( a ) To approve the f o l l o w i n g reeommenda­
t i o n s contained in the Report of "the
Chairman of the Committee of C i v i l
Research:­
1. That the Government should not
attempt to continue the p a r t i ­
c u l a r r e l a t i o n s which have
h i t h e r t o e x i s t e d "T^i-veen thera
and the B r i t i s h Dyes t u f f s Cor­
p o r a t i o n , and should withdraw
the-ir re pre s en t a t i v e s from the
Board and terminate t h e i r e x i s t ­
ing r i g h t s of veto and c o n t r o l .
2, That the Treasury should therefore
be authorised to dispose o f the
. Government's holding to tho Cor­
porat ion o*- the best terms obt&in­
able
t
o. That aa a condition of the foregoing
the Corporation should be required —
(&)
to g i v e an undertaking under
aeai that they would not, a l t e r
A r t i c l e 38 ( l ) of t h e i r A r t i e l e a
of A s s o c i a t i o n , which provides
that not more than 25 par c e n t ,
of t h e i r shares should ha.held
by f o r e i g n e r s ,
( b ) To give an assurance that in a l l
matters of" t e c h n i c a l information
and research they -*ould keep i n
touch with the Government in a\ioh
manner as the President of the
Board o f Trade for the time b*?ing
might d i r e c t .
4 , That these changes, i f adopted,
Increased r a t h e r than diminished the
necessity o f maintaining the p o l i c y
err'bodied in the provi sions of the
Dye-stuffs (Import Regulation) Act,
1920, and the p r o t e c t i o n afforded
to the f i n e chemical indxxstry by
Part I of the Safeguarding o f
Industries Act, 1920.
b ) That the Committee?a recommendation
in favour o f p r o v i s i o n being made
f o r research in chemical i n v e s t i g a ­
t i o n s , which was an i n t e g r a l p a r t ,
of the arrangement recommended i n
t h e i r Report, should be considered
as part of a general review of
research expenditure to be under­
taken by the Cabinet Economy
Committee.
c ) "hat the President of the Board of
, Trade should be authorised to inform^
the Chairman o f the Board of Directors
of the B r i t i s h Dyestuffs Corporation
of the d e c i s i o n ^ His Majesty's
Government as set f o r t h i n Conclusion
( a ) above.
11 . The Cabinet took note o f , and approved, a
Report by the Acting Chairman ( S i r Arthur S t e e l Malt land) of the Cabinet Committee on the Rates o f
Pay of Army and A i r Force tradesmen (Paper C .P.-429
(25)) .
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2, Whitehall Gardens, S.W.1,
October 23, 1925.
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