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6) A.provident, fund, such us the Company i3 con-
sidoring now will if installed, talce care of
this.
7) No oonsidorod worthy of discussion.

8) A vacation plan for Class III men is being con­
sidered at the present time. This should add
to the permanence of the Class III labor — as
absences without leave would automatically limit
their vacation. At the present time they are
given six holidays a year with pay. If they
work on one of the36 holidays they get paid
double time.

9) Practically every Indian here has a Bahreini
apprentice working with him. Also the Company
has a Welding School, The men building the
new big tank are all Bahreinis who are getting
specialized training doing this v/ork under
Indian and Class I supervision.

10) Agreed that there was no basis for this complaint
as there is a strict watch being kept to prevent
I any abuses of thi3 nature.
id Taken care of elsewhere in this memorandum.
12) Considered unworthy of discussion.
13) Suggested amount of time off for 10 years work
out of reason. Some system such as this is in
use by the local Government but, of course,
nothing of this magnitude, Some such plan
worthy of investigation and consideration.
14) The Company has two schools in which it teaches
English and Arithmetic, There is also one
typing school held at the Main Office. About
16 or 17 attend the school at the refinery and
about 7 or 8 at Av/ali with a similar number at
the typing classes, Four of the men who have
been attending the typing classes are now employed
doing copying and filing work.
15) Considered unworthy of discussion.
16) Provident fund is being considered at the present
time. Mr. Belgrave pointed out that the
Government Provident fund did not extend beyond
the clerical class and did not apply to labor.
17) Only discussed generally. What the Arabian
Company had dofle was pointed out — a contribution
toward the cost.

In conclusion, Mr. Weight man said he thought they had
been put in a position to answer most of the points raised in
the Committee’s letter and that the subjedt of what constitutes
a living wage would be studied further.

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