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).
Restricting the use of the company telephone for private calls.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 27\3\ Scan036 | |
| Date | 2nd March 1939 | |
| 22 1204 ALL TESTERS To all Officials, Superintendents & Foremen. Please note Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} 2/3/1939. A complaint is made that the telephone switchboard is blocked with private calls and that this interferes with the normal business of the Company. The use of the telephone for private purposes is restricted to urgent matters such as illness, or anything of that character; and private calls should not be made indiscriminately. Please give instructions to your staff accordingly that private telephone calls other than of urgency are disapproved of. E.W.HIVES Director & General Works Manager. | ||