the basic remedy for the situation. There is, however, no sign as yet of the marked decrease which might have been expected, while it is to be feared that such reductions as do take place will be very substantially offset by increases in the staffs of Departments concerned with reconversion and the administration of new social legislation. (It would be of great help to the Ministry of Works in devising its plans to provide adequate accommodation, if Departments would provide estimates of the strength of their H.