MANAGER CHIDDEN

Dominion, Volume 36, Issue 33, 3 November 1942, Page 5

MANAGER CHIDDEN

Firm’s Appeal For Employee ■•You have led us to believe nearly all the work of your hrm was tor essentia undertakings, and we hud, on quest mm i„ vou and others, th,at it is not true, M • A. Hayward, a member ot the No. 1 Al - , d Forces Appeal Board, Hmm to Bernard A. Cook, manager ot H m '• Motor Bodies, I.iinited, iiftei . hianDn evidence in support of the hrm s appeal against the calling up tor nub tHl J vice of two apprentices, • s ' , ','.\' ll ' l ’’'V' liiee Graham and A ernon Milton hub-

U Evidence had been given by Cook that the voting men could not be spared, because the staff, reduced to the minimum by wm- service culls, was required for defence works. He said that nt least b(). per eent. of the firm’s work was tor Army services, and tlie balance was also essential. No luxury work was done at an. A good deal of overtime was worked, ineluding Saturday mornings. . Air. N. S. Johnson, appearing’ * or Roberta. who objected to the quoted Ihe time-book o f s !l "o|her employee showing he hud ' v " rl i , ' <l i Ihe past vear or so of which 111 horns were on caravans and 93 hours on liiuiiclies, while ho spent only 201 hours on trucks for the Army. Stewart W. Graham said he woikcd • erv little overtime, mid rarely worked „n ■Saturdays. The staff wns kept going, but it was not rushed. lie csidtied ho could easily be spared for toe Armv. He hud worked only 191 hours overtime in the past five months The appeal for Graham was dismissed, ~nd decision was reserved in respect m' Roberts.