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confusion in the argument put forward and I am not quite clear as to the reason
fdr th- ,opp6sition td the Holmes Commission Report. Is it that the Honourable
Member is opposing Unificationi as such, or is it that he thinks that unification
will prove a- bar to Fedeiation, or that unification \yill be, of no value-.before
Federation, or is it that he thinks that a Federal Servie in itself will,be a unified
service? If the last premise is the.one on h ich he is basing his argument,: then
I believe I am right ini saying that only a certain number of services .will be
affected by Federation.
 The Federal, Government Will 'only federate the Administration,. Judiciary,
 Customs; and Post .Office.S&'ivices at some future date. Those are the. only
 federal, services that will' come int6 force 6ri Federation, therefore it is not. a.
 choice of ".unified or "federal" services. On referring to that portion of the
 resolution which reads as follows : "Whereas stlps are now being taken'to effect
 early establishment of a Federation of these British Caribbean territories, whereby
 a Federal Service would automatically come into existence ", ohe would be inclined
 to think that a Federal Ser.ice v. i t ae ithie place of a Unified Service, but that is
 not so. The question of unification will still remain to be decided upon.
 The Honourable Member maintains that the Holmes- C'omnlssion, .backed by;
 the Federation ofCivil Service A'so. iati:n., of the British Caribbean area. believe
 that. Unification will b1e no bar to Fe- dl,-.r iiio,, but that the Rance- Committee takes
.the opposite view. if, however, you look, at paragraph 119 of the.Rance Report,
you will see that this is not so. That paragraph, reads as follows :
 "We 'turn now. to. the. question of the. unLifiC.tior of the public services.
 This has been the u1'l:,lect. of.an exhaustive report by the Commission under
 Sir; Maurice -Hoilm, s. and we,,refer, to the matter,.in so far as it directly
 irmpigfrii oii federation, ,iinthe' precediri, .Part of this Report;. So far as
 c:ncern-, re i.-fedlr':al ctiliQl, and nation in respect of such services as are not
 ,:-deralisie* iand which therefore remain subject to- local control, we cannot
 usefully do more than commend, the findingsof 'the Holmes-Commission to
 the careful ponsideratiob of all concerned. In particular, we attach cardinal
 importance to thl ci' icptioni of the Pablic, Service Commission, which
 cannot fail even ii1 present circumstances to: exercise. a steady and wholly
 benefiial ufifyi: in fltuence on the secr ices .with:,which it deals, even while
 their, control remains as at present. distributed among numerous different
 Governments. In .addition, we wish to draw particular, attention to the
 Commission's; observations on the matter of entry into the-public services of
 the.region, in particular to its proposals for the establishmnentt;of, a cadet.
 grade inl,the administrative services to which university graduates would be -
 appointed-.., We ued not reflearse the Holmep Commission's- discussion of
 this. matter, but we call attention to paragraph 45 of that Reports, in which it
 is stated that-: so long as.a sufficient number, of highly educated West Indians
 arg not recruited, direct to the administrative class, so long will it need to be
 strengthened by recruitment from outside the region.'., We cannot but agree
 with the,.Commission that. the present system makes.it virtually, impossible
 -for the young .West Indian with a University degree to consider direct .entry
 S into the administrative class of the- public service. It is opportune, that-this
 obstacle should be speedily removed, since with the establishment..of :the-
 University,College, of the, West Indies there will in a few years be, a supply of.
 young men of good. education who might play a valuable part in the publicsb
 service,of theregi h, provided that appropriate conditions. of entry.exist. ,
 Your Honour,, I do not propose to take up finch more of the time of this:,
 Councilin .this.ma.ter. Iagree with the mover of the coun.te-mzotp ,tha9t,,' hia:-I