REPORT TO THE NATION No. 16 AND THE EXPERIMENT A tale from the mills WITH APOLOGIES TO STANLEY HOLLOWAY Our Albert, at tea, on a Friday, Explained to his wife how he'd earned An extra fifteen and a tanner —And without overtime, she soon learned, "They tried an experiment, Gladys," He said, as he passed her his cup. "They couldn't get many more workers, Yet output had got to go up. "The experts and us got together (I dropped in a hint now and then), For there's nothing so handy as brainwork To make five as efficient as ten.
- Collection ID
- HATOM
- Document Reference
- HATOM/3/322
- Document Types
- Ephemera
- File Reference
- HATOM/3
- Identifier
- 10.1080/wtss.hatom.000003.322
- Keywords
- Cereals Employment Factories Industrial Production Industry Labour Supply Milling Skilled Labour
- Language
- English
- Note
- In the case of the advertising collections, the Government Department War Cabinet" has also been applied to materials released under the imprint of "HM Government" during the period 1945-1951."
- Pages
- 1
- Published in
- United Kingdom
- Themes
- Industry Infrastructure Manufacturing Materials
