from a special correspondent
In his presidential address to the Civil Service Clerical Association conference which is being held in Margate this week, Mr. J. Bryce, said that the caste system in the Civil Service was getting worse. "Over the years the divisions between the classes have tended to harden," he declared, ",e+eePractical experience and the ability to do the job are of less importance than the school you attended and the academic certificates that you hold," Mr. Bryce went on to say that the antiquated cast&YSi#la be campa~ igned against by the union. His remarks on the move of the Post Office Savings ‘Bank to Glasgow have been widely reported in the press. On the -' first day of the conference there were 3 main policy decisions: the execu tive's acceptance of a 10% increase over 3 yee §;was overwhelmingly approved; the proposals on machine grades pay were Scores Finis means that the executive will have to renegotiate these) ; and conference passed, against the advice of the executive, a resolution calling for minimum overtima rates of time-and~a-half with double time for Sundays and Bank holidays.