“Within the building and construction industry itself we know perfectly well that exorbitant profits have been and are bein’ made by a high proportion of builders and construction companies, and that these, rather than wages, have been responsible for the spectacular rise in building costs,” said Mr F. L. Langley, in submissions to the Court of Arbitration for a wage increase for carpenters. “Our difficulty,” he added, "is, as usual, to prove it conclusively from available returns and statistics.”— (P.AJ
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Press, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 27047, 23 May 1953, Page 5
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