not the time to go into; various'details of the Report. We are dealing with the'
acceptance in principle or the objection in principle to the Report, and I have
heard nobody-least of all those who attempt to indicate to us that the S.G.A.C is
opposed to the Holmes Report-put, forward any argument that would make me-
feel justified in jettisoning the Report. I cannot see that it will present any bar
to Federation, and I cannot see that Federation will put an end to the necessity
for unification; and as far as the recommendation of the Holmes Report-that a
Public Service Commission 'be established is concerned-that is definitely
recommended by tpe S.C.A.C.
 For tTese reasons, I must say that I am no6t convinced that this Council should
 callously reject 'on so little grounds the Report of'the Holmes Commission.

 COUNCIL ADJOURNED.

 COUNCIL RESUMED AT 2.15 P.M.
 (Debate on the Counter-Motion continuing) :--
 Honourable Member for- South Windward: Your Honour, Honourable
 Members of Council, I would-like to make some small contribution to this debate.
-Personally, I must support the counter-motion which -has been put forward by the
Honourable Crown Attorney. I do so because I genuinely feel that it will- be in
 the best interests of the entire West Iridies eventually. I have been surprised to
 find thatthis. Colony's representative to the S.C.A.C. has practically turned his
 back,on the Report which he signed. There is no doubt in my mind that the
 S.C.A.C. recommended support for this Report of the -Commission on the
 Unification of the Public Services,' and I shall quote or at least emphasize again
 one small portion of the section of the Report which was read at length by the
 Honourable Mr. Hughes :-
 "We cannot but agree with the Commission that the present system
 makes it virtually impossible for the young West Indian vith' a University
 degree to consider direct entry into the Administrative class of the public
 service. It is opportune that this obstacle should be speedily rem ved..................."
 Together with that-, Sir, there is this other paragraph from Sir Maurice Holmes'
 Report that I would like to read, that is paragraph-45 :-
 ".45. Local opinion naturally favours the manning. of the public
 services by persons of local origin. The filling of the higher- posts in the
 a. administrative service by officers from outside the region is, to put it at its
 highest, greeted with no show of enthusiasm. But such a course is, and will
 remain, inevitable, so long as the present mode of entry .into the
 administrative service remains the only mode, for it would be unreasonable
 to rely on the lowest 6ierical grades being able, save in very rare instances,
 to throw up persons with the attributes looked f6r in, say, a Colonial
 Secretary. In other words, so long as a sufficient number of highly educated .
 West Indians are not recruited direct to the administrative class, so long will
 it need to be strengthened by recruitment from outside the region."
 Well, Sir,. I have been trying to understand exactly what was meant by this
 paragraph of the Report, and as far as I see, it is giving the West Indies an
 opportunity to find in the Service an Administrator or a Colonial Secretary to
 take'the place of the English Administrators or Colonial Secretaries-'ho are sent
 out to us today, and I feel that'any opposition to this Report- and I am going to
 say it strongly as I hope those who are listening today will testify to this-is an
 enemy to-the immediate future progress of the West Indies.