Politician. Born Leonard David Gammans. He entered parliament and served as Assistant Postmaster-General in the 1951 - 55 government. In 1952 there was 'public outrage' that the Post Office cats had not had a pay rise since 1873. Next year there was a question in the House of Commons, and Gammans was asked when the allowance payable for the maintenance of cats in his department was last raised. He replied, 'There is, I am afraid, a certain amount of industrial chaos in The Post Office cat world. Allowances vary in different places, possibly according to the alleged efficiency of the animals and other factors. It has proved impossible to organise any scheme for payment by results or output bonus ... there has been a general wage freeze since July 1918, but there have been no complaints!'. See the Postal Museum.
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