WAR AND MONEY INCENTIVE
Sir,—Your leading article is timely; but the discrepancies are greater and less than you state. A tradesman in some trades - gets 3s 9d an hour for£4 hours, and then up goes the rate! The soldier’s 7s per day is what he has left clear after his clothing and maintenance are provided, to help keep his wife and family. In the first case, social and national security and income tax reduce the net available for living by not less than 12J *per cent., and possibly up to 20 per cent., depending on size of family; but there is still too big a discrepancy. The soldier does not feel the increased cost of living; but his family does, and it is there that some increase is needed to bridge the gap—Yours, etc., 6 PLAIN JANE. September 18, 1942.
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Press, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 23748, 21 September 1942, Page 6
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