Show I Plane Record I Commercial planes were darting about the world faster and faster Latest speed record for commercial planes was claimed by Pan American Ameri Amen can lines which reported its strato- strato cruiser Westward Ho landed at London in 9 hours and 12 minutes after leaving New York Cap Robert D. D Fordyce Jackson heights N. N Y commander of the Westward Ho did it with the aid ofa ofa of ot ota a tail wind which at times reached a speed of 75 miles an hour The plane traveled the Great Circle route and its average speed was about miles an hour The plane carried 21 passengers and a crew of 10 Only a day before a Pan American American Amer Amer- ican jean plane flew from New York to London in 9 hours 21 minutes which had bettered the existing mark by 20 minutes BRITISH LABOR More for More It has been a fairly well established established philosophy of trade unions to frown on the eager cager beaver who likes to demonstrate how fast he can work or how much he can produce produce pro pro- duce in a given time In fact some unions prohibit members from engaging engaging engaging en en- in any type of production speed contest The philosophy is understandable if it not popular It is one which takes care of the union member who hasn't the ability the skills or the physical stamina to keep up with the would-be would speed demon The philosophy has been applied often enough for critics to char charge e that it has amounted in many instances to an actual work slow down ALL THIS being a matter of record England's labor governments government's governments governments government's govern govern- ments ment's move to allocate higher rewards rewards re wards for greater labor productivity ity came as a surprise to many U. U S. S supporters of the Atlee re gime They began to speculate whether the prime minister wa va laying up trouble for himself among his labor adherents The British governments government's away from this traditional phil phi philosophy philosophy of labor was explained on the basis that it must be done to I meet growing demands for higher wages to offset higher living costs Therefore the ministry is is advocating advocating ting a system of tying lying wages to the rate of production rather than the price index |