'File 10/1 G BAPCO labour' [‎262r] (527/586)

but that His Highness was very anxious that pay should be
given to the men for Fridays and that I considered his request
to be reasonable and had told him so. Mr, Anderson was non
plussed by this request and explained to me that it would
involve difficult accounting, a further increase of M.4/8/-
for the lowest paid employees with correspondingly higher
increases for the higher paid employees, possible difficulty
with the California Arabian Standard Oil rromoany who did not
pay for Friday work^ ana other^employers le<7flly, T 7e talked
the matter over for a considerable time and eventually it was
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deci&^f that Ir. Anderson should consult his experts and see
if there was any way by which he could add a little more to
allowances and couple it with the an ma rri Friday. I dis
covered that the notifications, &c., had not been translated
and offered to send two interpreters early the following
morning to do the work as expeditiously as nossible. I then
returned to the Shaikh.
I acquainted the Shaikh with I»ir. Anderson's difficulties
regarding Friday pry told him that we would do our utmost
to find a reasonable way round the obstacle but .it was -n oues-
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tion which not be decided at a moment's notice and/he
would have to leave it in our hands for.the present. His
Highness quite understood the position and exnlained to me
that he had not meant that every emoloyee of the Company shoulc
receive pay on Fridays but only those who had an assured
position and were and had been permanent employees for some
time. His Highness made no mention of this view before my
visit to Mr. Anderson but that was not unnatural for there
are instincts in r the Highest\ inmU ^After
His Highness had made various references to the unity of
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purpose Of the British Government and the Bahrain Government
and himself -and myself I was able to interrupt him and take
leave, especially as it was some time after the call for^pra^i
had sounded.-
His Highness pointed out to me that the a ^ency employees
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had received a 40S incre- se in pay and seemed/to comna^e/un-
tedyto
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