Show red tape at its highest circumlocution in the civil service Is not always the tho result of the system A toy few weeks ago an official in one departing made nn an inquiry about h a certain case to a subordinate official in mother another section who allowed the matter to mide lost last week the first official addressed a complaint to io the subordinates superior and tho the superior passed on tho the minute to the subordinate with the query has nothing been done the minute was returned marked yes and was wag sent back to tho the subordinate with a laconic what nothing was the comment on t the he minute |