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I was a bit uneasy at the prospect…

1 Jan 1947

388 "I was a bit uneasy at the prospect—just at first ..." CONFESS I was in two minds about "I putting a disabled chap into a top job. It seemed to me his handicap might make for awkwardness, however suitable he might be otherwise. "But I was impressed by his experience and by the hint from our Regional Appoint- ments Office that 'a man's a man for a' that—and often more so! I liked him at once when I saw him. We took him on— one more for our quota. Yes, lost an arm in Burma. But handicap? About as much handicapped as Nelson! He once explained —you have to decide whether to go under or make good.
Collection ID
HATOM
Document Reference
HATOM/5/556
Document Types
Ephemera
File Reference
HATOM/5
Identifier
10.1080/wtss.hatom.000005.556
Keywords
Disability Employment Engineering Labour Supply Recruitment Science Skilled Labour
Language
English
Pages
1
Published in
United Kingdom
Series
History of Advertising Trust: O&M wartime book no 5
Themes
Industry Infrastructure Labour Supply Relations