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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 concerning the unauthorized reproduction and alteration of a personal letter by the Veedol Oil company in a booklet.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 32\4\  Scan227
Date  19th January 1926
  
COPY.

Springfield.
January 19th, 1926.

Mr. Basil Johnson.

Dear Mr. Johnson,

Mr. Olley has been discussing with me your letter of December 23rd 1925, BJ3/H231225, relative to a booklet which the Veedol Oil people have issued incorporating a letter from Mr. Olley.

Mr. Olley assured me that he gave the Veedol people no permission to reproduce the letter, which was wholly intended as a personal letter of introduction, and not quoted in full.

In addition, it would appear the Veedol people inserted the title "Chief Engineer" after Mr. Olley's name.

They have taken liberties and we are much surprised. Mr. Olley does not use any such title, but where any title is considered necessary he uses the title "Engineer in Charge of Production", which, it seems to us, suggests the responsibilities for seeing that Mr. Royce's ideas are carried out in the car we build here, which accords with Mr. Olley's understanding of his original commission, as given to him in 1919.

In view of the above facts you will doubtless wish to request the Veedol people to desist in further circularisation of the booklet, which contains only in part the letter intended as a personal introductory communication from one department to another department of our companies, and as you correctly state intended to be of more or less private nature and with no authority, implied or direct, to permit its use for advertising or other purposes of exploitation.

With kind regards, I am
Yours very truly,

(Sgd.) H.C. Beaver.
Treasurer.
  
  


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