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).
To all officials and superintendents regarding petrol rationing.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 151\1\ scan0100 | |
| Date | 27th May 1940 | |
| Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} 1282 To:- All Officials and Superintendents. Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} 2/DK.27.5.40. Petrol Rationing. Many employees are using their own cars for journeys which could equally well be done by train. I shall be glad if you will make sure that your staff reduce wherever possible the amount of motoring that they are doing. It is not in the National interest to use petrol except on occasions where it is fully justified. We must, above all, avoid getting a reputation that RR. employees have an unlimited supply of petrol coupons. Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} | ||