Internal memorandum instructing managers that employees cannot hold full-time positions in civil defence organisations.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 144\4\ scan0118 | |
| Date | 4th September 1940 | |
| Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} 1210 Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} 31210 To:- All Officials and Superintendents. Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} 2/DK.4.9.40. Will you please tell everyone in your department that they must not undertake full time work in the A.R.P., A.F.S., etc . organisations. In cases where they are under such an obligation they must alter it to a part time agreement, so that in no circumstances whatever are they expected to report for duty away from the Works during their working hours at Rolls-Royce. Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} | ||
From the Rolls-Royce experimental archive: a quarter of a million communications from Rolls-Royce, 1906 to 1960's. Documents from the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation (SHRMF).