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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).
The economic depression in America, G.M.'s spending, a report on Harrisons, and a slipping clutch.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 173\1\  img240
Date  19th January 1934 guessed
  
from the x steering tube.
America is very depressed, I understand that G.M. scarcely spent 5 million dollars on tools for their 1934 cars.
In view of my report on Harrisons, I hope that you will be able to get Steadman onto working on this job because I anticipate that he will still be doing aero work when I return.
The clutch on my car tends to slip, you will
  
  


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