Quis Coordinabit . . . ?
We're the Co-ordinators, And we are the schemers of schemes, Super-administrators And clearers of bogged-up streams ; Not planners but plan-integrators, Commanding functional teams ; Draughtsmen, craftsmen, creators Of a brave new world of our dreams.
Dispensing, as proper and fit is, With groups and cliques and committees, We apply common sense and statistics To a nation's entire logistics.
One man with a memorandum Shall settle an industry's fate, And .three—for who may ;withstand 'em ?- Shall put a whole commonwealth straight.
From our intellectual Harwell - We will set new energies free, And the cleansing currents of Cherwell Shall open the way to the sea.
Like His Majesty's captains aboard ship We accept the terms of the trade: The guerdon of overlordship Is overload (underpaid).
JOHN PETRIE.
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