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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).
Letter to Geoffrey Summers regarding a potential employee and selling Bentleys in America.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 169\2\  img126
Date  17th April 1934
  
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Exptl. Dept.

Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}5/KW.
17th April, 1934.
(Dictated 16.4.34).

Geoffrey Summers, Esq.,
Messrs. John Summers & Sons, Ltd.,
Hawarden Bridge Steel Works,
Shotton,
Chester.

Dear Geoffrey,

Thank you for your letter of the 9th April.

I had not forgotten Barnes, and as a matter of fact was sorry I went away without doing anything about him. I don't know now that we can find him employment, but I can at least find out what he can do. As you will realise, we do not use much unskilled labour in our Department.

I did not try to sell Bentleys in America, which was fortunate as their attitude seems to be how many cubic feet of automobile you get per dollar expended!

I understand Dick will be at the Works to-morrow, and I am looking forward to seeing him.

Kind regards to Mrs. Summers.

Yours sincerely,
  
  


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