21 MARCH 1947, Page 17

PAYMENT BY RESULTS

Sta,—What is not generally apparent in current articles and corre- spondence, and is ignored by the T.U.C., is the fact that some years ago Stalin and his Comintern found it was time to encourage the more efficient and energetic workers by introducting piece-work wherever practicable. No employer of the white-collar brigade would allow himself to be denied the right to differentiate the remuneration payable to his clerical staff. Equally the man who is capable and prepared to lay several hundred more bricks per diem than the Trade Union minimum during the same working hours should receive a greater return for his labour. At present the T.U.C. is the skid on the wheel: possibly some

erfiployers may be included.—Yours faithfully, E. 0. W. OLDHAM. " Alabama," Chorleywood, Herts.