RANDOM REMINDER

Press, Volume XCIX, Issue 29326, 4 October 1960, Page 26

RANDOM REMINDER

ONWARDS AND UPWARDS

In the new “Daily Mirror” building which is raising its glassy head above Fetter lane, London, the lifts for the public and staff travel at 'Booft a minute. The private lift for the chairman, Mr Cecil Hannsworth King, travels at 900 ft a mmute.—News item. Well done, Mr King—even if you were probably quite unaware of the blow you have struck for the oppressed ranks of the employers. For years now, employers have been trying to become ordinary, normal people, interested in the welfare >f their workers, kindly in disposition, philantrophic of nature. It is high time employers got back where they

belong. They are a select group, and it seems unfair that after all their efforts to scale the heights, they should, when they succeed, pull everyone else up alongside them. There are many other ways in which the bosses can show their contempt for the hoi-polloi. Not all employers are afforded the luxury of a private lift, but they should not be dismayed by that The morning entrance to the office can be an effective reminder of the boss’s lofty station. A human carpet of typists and clerks is a possibility, but this sort of demonstration should not be overdone; perhaps wet weather, only should be the rule. Some staunch trades unionists might object to

the use of a whip, but there are sound canons which can produce just as desirable an effect. If possible, employers should hold mortgages on their workers’ properties, and foreclose in mid-winter, with the briefest possible warning. The worker who asks for a holiday because his wife suffers from a consumptive cough should be dismissed with harsh laughter. Eknployees should not be pampered. Heating in winter, fresh air in summer only make them discontented with their lot. Never on any account pay overtime rates; they’re lucky to have the job. In fact, down with the workers, at 800 ft a minute.