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"ALL ABSENT AND CORRECT, MUM !”

THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, AUGUST 11, 1956.

World Copyright by arrangement with the Slangbeater Guardian

In the third article of this series,

LIFE

WITH

ALLEN

A TESTING TIME

THE notice in the small window of Jou's Cafe reads:-

T

By Gerald Allen-

national Incident, Marilyn Mon- roo'y future, a cricket match --- may lead to an exchange of views between the regulora

Lucas and I were having

A little man, who had beeri

"Not this one, you haven't," listening, broke in-

replied the little man, quito, unabashed. "Only those in the "It's easy to say Bo-and-so secret trial and Fred himself and somebody else should be know about it." picked, but how d'you know

how do you know?"

"Well,

as

mack lunch at Joe's recently, they'll come off? There's such a asited Lugas. and some of the patrons were thing 03 temperament, and "They had to inforın, me, FRESH-CUT SAND. growing positively garrullous there's factors that the general WICHES (VARIOUS) over the selection of the Eng- public know nothing about. Myofkin, in case Fred got Lynched by the Australians, brother Fred land feam for the coming series

nearly Well, the long and short of TEA. COFFEE. MINERALS.

but was that Fred trained in secret of Test matches, Opinions were played for England once. widely divergent, one enthusiast it wasn't to be. Remember the all that winter and all the next The sandwiches are fresh pressing for tho democratic Australian team that came over spring. Then at last, all Eng-

here and really enough,

the ideal of ten amateurs captain- her although

mince lund's best batsmen made meat of us? No, you wouldn't, sembled sworn to secrecy, and on- variety is a little limited. ed by a professional,

A lot of you would have been course-at other (a Bradford-born man)

A famous country The coffee is good. Ten is pleading that,

twinkles in your fathers' eyes house. for the sake of

I can't mention names, nover quite ready, nover England's prestige.

at the time. Nineteen-let's see but tire entire

the place belonged to -nineteen twenty-one it would well-lenown has been, never will be. We Yorkshire team be selected,

sporting be. It seemed nothing could stop There's a lovely pitch have given up asking for coffee any-

ten. We'd

way.

Kut

The customers are more varied than the recta, mind it's not at all unusual to soe comparative Micces and abject failure stand-

A third insisted that with eleven bowlers in the side (the wickelkeeper must be able to

.

kinder.

"Fred had been ordinary club cricket the year

playing in

before. He was a fastish bowler

were

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SPRUDISTERIO TRADE MARKS

SANDEMAN

SCOTCH WHISKY

The King of Whiskies

A

peer. in the

WHISKY

the Aussies thai year und grounds. and an eleven com- nothing did, though Fred might posed entirely of crack batsmen. have done if only Fale had been faced an eleven comprising Fred, hts lordship and staff. Fred bowled at both ends and

dis his length was erratic at first, missed the cracks for forty-six

bui he was unplayable later. His but very strong. In one Satur- Ave, and the stars baited again," made twenty- day afternoon game, he hnd difficulty in keeping his footing but atte His after a shower of rain, Three or four times the ball flew out of his hand as he slipped when

ing side by side, drinking coffee falce a turn with the ball) the with an awkward action, clumsy Lordship's Icum

Lune

or chewing a fresh-cut andwich (Various). A Rox half of Jues clients, however,

offer workers, some of whom seem to have been eating there, five days a week, for years.

There is little general cutver- sation but, on decashal, a matter of world import such as the H-Bomb, football pools, an inlet-

PAUL EINZIG answers the question:

D

baiting could largely look after

itself,

Lucas talked quietly knowingly on the subject. brother knows a man who is a member of the MCC, at St John's Wood- can't re- member which int airily refers to him friend at Lords."

or lives bringing his arm over, Twice, "Just a moment," someone

the ball went straight up in the guid. Lucas

air and nearly caught the bats- "My

man on the head, The second straight up into the air?"

B3

MUST AUTOMATION

BRING

OES automation

necessarily

Li

UNEMPLOYMENT?

unemployment? anything that exists 11 the

one

1931

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CAMPAN

peuticut, the redundantling

elisarflakkenery

Opinions are sharp- United States. according to theordi Jy divided on this qui stoon, evidence given before the Con-

m1 plesalonel Sub-Comunhiee hand, Op the

D J Dayli trade unionists firmly la. Automation by Mi

at the exreatives of the lieve that they must resist

Alter Company. or delay automation in or

1955 der to avoid "trehnologiend unemployment."

On

Best

ol

Ꮨ

time it happened. the balsman trod on his wicket.

"There was a County oMelal wulching

"How did your brother keep a length, if he bowled

"Fred's length was upwards Instend of longways," explained the little man. "Anyway, ha played himself into the England team that day"

"But you said---” The little man ignored the "Fred bowled his

ties днат and he interruption, offered Fred a trist. But when best. Sometimes, the ball almost my brother turned up the disappeared from View STIC

found

County ground, he wasn't any ordinary trial: was a very bush-hush

AP perently. this official was wel in with the Test Selectors and had an idea of turning Fred into a a special kinasl of bowler, something new altogether. This chap was a wonderful talker-."

"So's syncome else."

ht

wan

u voice.

mur-

seemed literally to drop from the

of the clouds. Only one famous batsman had stood up to him in the first kunings a play- er whose name is still mention- ed wherever good cricket is dis- cussed, He'd carried his bat in the first knock.

"Fred was anxious to get this great man's wicket, so he fairly hurling tore up to the crease, the bail heavenwards.

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There

that

Ave

Fred

dictabl The Renault pretence on ferias onder when

by the resolution passated-bit it took him all his time was 屋 mean werks he Paris are supposed to

Executive of the Amalgamated to be worthwhile for Rods

moment tense be even more adv need thank fine to intru larg expenditure The conclusions that erreges Engineering Union 121 April to explain things to Fred B stretched into a tease minule...

utomatic equipment-but from what has been said above 1956. They decided to pul for-to make the Selectors swallow and then Into a tense

abstabang from doing that the effect of automation ward a wage elatin amounting his scheme at the same time. min

minutes. They brought ang Ting which ward prevent on fmployment depends over- to something like £150 million Briefly, the idea was that Fred, another ball, then another, and

drny matomation

and So long whelmingly on the probly of

year

to demand

the

pecullar bowling another. He hurled them all up the need for drastle adoption of a 40-hour working action, could be trained to tose and then broke down, know- a whole chvieting DAN

the the ball very high, almost per ing The Aussica So week which measures

would

would never kurkers can podle and employ. king fis prices remain reasonably industry

pendicular, another

* that it would have la face him. Janckus trip shots, the Goverment will not £120 million

At the came down in the vicinity you

"How do you mean?" Lucas the buisman's head-a sort uf frowned. not ever he

allow industry to go abrat same time, they put forward a mly The ukhustries.

fut will even peinand that workers must a high-velocity donkey-drop," " Jul. 5771 741 #Temurage to dy en It is no piruumstanjevs be dismissed bely if the expansion of pro- through redundancy but must cnction ** accompanied

by be kept at full pay. growing

Indiation that the Government nuust feel impelled

L

ola

The M

Get Buy, tan, benefiting by tivest for rehundling itidistrus that were destroyed yah

It-

1. +

Any

their staf

Is

Demand Down!

other tak, enthusiastic Fermented thing an after

supporters

to

b

of automation the war, is adopting the later

it equipment, Soviet Russia ridicule the idea that

known

moking will reduce employment.

spectacular progress in automa- Both camps are inclinal ta

lan see only one side of the org ment.

Trade unionials full to reall: that technologluai 1313

mem may trige not ohly should

redundancy but

obsolescene.

un

If, as a result of the alutude Pl

pHE extent to which the effect

of organised labour, automation be delayed In Britain. must mean that British ex- And Lots will lose their overseas

also

to step in, and to take measures

is

as a result of which automation

able to lead to unemploy ment

those who reject the suggestion markets. This woukt necessarily that pestud the Austin Motor the remedy is in their handw

automation

through

that progress. may reduce the number of púa meat, hose

their

opinion the

ridedly on the boom-like pl-

war conditions.

The recent

of

number

-

the

.1

tilstndsval of workers by Stardard Motor Company as result of the installation of an Bolomatic transfer machine in

their Ignetor works gave rise to a strong feeling of hostility to words automation among organt:od labour.

ร

That feeling always been there beneath the surfact, even though trade union spokesmen

seldom mis

an opportunity to pay lip or vice to the need for technolo itical progress.

Acute Form

large-renje

unemploy meat. not only because Tes would be sold abroad but also because balance of payment dimeuities would force

Чте Government to restrict credit at KORIC

N

New Jobs

*

IS

concerne

Cutting Costs

conceivable that

thesu

responsible for these resolu- tions did not

the realise that creation of an additional pur-

ul.

& nulomaatian ou employ- me depends on the gYDİ

II the workers and their shown by ceutyunie" ellmate is

unions are anxious to avoid un- The expericneo

the British color industry during 1954-50

emplayn:eat through redun- chasing power of £270 millon duncy resulting from automail-

Ryear would compel the Govern Company

iment to butomate

reinforce considerably By modernting their wage de- #repler!

the disinflationary mcasure transfer machines, es result of

mands they

the con remove

It ready laken? necessarily which it was able to increase main enuzo of the Inflationary

if. notwithstanding means that weekly output from 3,500 to

that sooner or later these measures, employers were pressure 5.000 units. In spite of thi

this no

the Government to no must for

to proceed with automation, they resort workers

were dismissed, be-

disinflationary

could only do so for the Lasse owing to the expanding

measures So long ts waga of cutting their costs. nemand I was possible to and demands remain moderate. clayment for the industry is able to proceed with raductive me displaced by the automatic automation unhindered. machine. This experience was stared by the Ford works. in Britain,

the alber hati. so long as the economy as a whole prosperous, ww mployment through redundancy is bound to the

And alternative

Du the other hand, by 1930

elimate evonorte

jobs.

when

effort to

Com-

10

to

full advantage of the labour end, they would have to take

suving effect of automatic equipment by diamissing the workers who have become re- Cundant.

In such circumstances, a ban on redundancy dismissals would necessarily meon automation.

ban on

there would be no

No Moderation

INDEED, wage Increases are be temporary Provided that changed as a result of the credit

essential in order to ensure labour is sufficiently Bexible,

squeezes and alre-purchase market for the additional out- the unemployed can easily and strictlens imposed by the put socured through automation. If the unions moderated thetr

Lit Government in muickly

The poraisivat rise of prices in wage claims to check inflation This will not be the case with cheek inflation. Consequently. Britain during 1954-56 shows, and to enable the Government

ob- through

the Standard Motor unemployment

that the extent of to

relax its disinflationary solescence. The loss of over pany carried out its automation wever,

101 wage Increases has materially me

measures, seus markets and the restrictive Leitme this year it no longer exceeded the extent required to need for them to worry about monetary measures that would red to be possible to enable consumers to absorb the dismissals through redundancy:

from a fall in exports retain the workers displaced by increased output.

The Arms engaged in automa- Sa result of the appearance would mean an all-round de- machines. Even the Auslin A of the problem in acute form, elle

workers have themselves tion The

would be only too In demand,

to the Motor Company had

cut to blame. and

As a result of their pleas

pleased to retain 21 their however, many trade unionicis werkers dismissed as a result working hours lo kcop its lack of moderation, the Govern- workers, notwithstanding the are now inclined to discard all of the indequate competitive employers on the payroll. mont

hnu found itself adenton of

adoption

labour - saving pretence und openly oppose capacity of our Industries With the decline in demand, reluctantly compelled to resort equipment. But, by pressing Automation Their demand that would not be able to find al- automation had to serve the to restrictive measures, leading forward with exaggerated wago there must be connative jobs.

purpose of producing The to unemployment

claims, the Unions mako before managements

The way to aveld unemploy-essary goods with the aid of The extent of ignorance that employment in one form or an- any automatic equipment ment IN hol to hold back a smaller number of workers, prevalls among some trade ether inevitable. pursues either the object of automation whether through instead of retaining the same unionists about these element- inducing managements to ab- direct resistance to it, or through number of workers in order to ary facts of life is illustrated stain from making the change

or of delaying it, or of adopting

It under conditlims that would

greatly

reduce

the benent

result

derived from the ..costly...... operation.

Those

remember the

who THESS

unemployment of the thirties fully realise the feel. ings that- even a remote possibilty of a· recurrence of that experience must arouse among workers. Their attitude must be treated with sympathy. and understanding.

But they should realise that their opposition to automation, or their rearguard betion against it, does not safeguard them against unemployment, For automation in other countrie

to bring about un- in Britain by the competitive

18

copacity Industries.

of:

our

obsolescent

while unemployment redundancy resulti

"from" the progress of nut tion is likely to be tempor

moderate, unemployment

and

Through being left behind in

the

automation rene is likely to

bo permanent and abetmilial

150

In Installing automatio, equip, ement Britishianótor, works ary

merely following the excmploy of their average wi

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High Time

*

circum In spite of the stances, the managements were to proceed with automa». tian, they must do so for the purpose of reducing their costs. In the deflationary atmosphere created by the reinforced disin- Stationary measures this may mcan same technological unem

piosement result of the credit!

As a

and of trade union resistance to automation,

pto managements feel impelled to - abandon or defer their automa→ tion schemes, the result is bound "to be" loss of markets abroad and even at home, lead- ing to unemployment through obsolescence

* it is high time trade unionista. * that their cholce lies excessive: wage. 3n- with

large-scale unem-

more modorato increased with full

WATTP employment Sa long as they Imagine that they can have it both ways they will continue to press for excessive, wisps,and In doing so, will continue

'hinder akomation f

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Pred was too good. The balls never came down again, Good- day all."

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