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PREFACE

CHAPTER I Introduction

CHAPTER II The Argument for the Nationalization of the Telegraphs

CHAPTER III The Alleged Break-down of Laissez-Faire

CHAPTER IV The Purchase of the Telegraphs

CHAPTER V None of Mr. Scudamore’s Financial Forecasts Were Realized

CHAPTER VI The Party Leaders Ignore Their Fear of an Organized Civil Service

CHAPTER VII The House of Commons Is Responsible for the Financial Failure of the State Telegraphs

CHAPTER VIII The State Telegraphs Subsidize the Newspaper Press

CHAPTER IX The Post Office Employees Press the House of Commons for Increases of Wages and Salaries

CHAPTER X The Tweedmouth Committee Report

CHAPTER XI The Post Office Employees Continue to Press the House of Commons for Increases of Wages and Salaries

CHAPTER XII The Bradford Committee Report

CHAPTER XIII The House of Commons Select Committee on Post Office Servants , 1906

CHAPTER XIV The House of Commons, Under Pressure from the Civil Service Unions, Curtails the Executive’s Power to Dismiss Incompetent and Redundant Employees

CHAPTER XV The House of Commons, Under Pressure from the Civil Service Unions, Curtails the Executive’s Power to Promote Employees According to Merit

CHAPTER XVI Members of the House of Commons Intervene on Behalf of Public Servants Who Have Been Disciplined

CHAPTER XVII The Spirit of the Civil Service

CHAPTER XVIII The House of Commons Stands For Extravagance

CHAPTER XIX Conclusion

INDEX