Coll 28/115 ‘Persia. Khorramshahr – intelligence summaries.’ [‎17r] (33/52)

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the tujitkilled worfcerc*
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Bials <G/«* day ** an iucreaa* of
present wage and| on being warnad
eartainly laid to a rice in price*; locally f suggested that the
proposed increase should not actually be paid to the workdr8 f but
held by the Company and credited to e&ch individual workerla
account* In view of the immense increase cf work in accountancy
which such a step would entail* the Company agreed to examine
the feasibility of the proposal and discussions were still pro*
eecdlngi when the Minister cf Labour wade a public announcement to
the affect that the Company had in fact agreed to pay a minimal
wage at this rate to it* unskilled workers* and that the wage* of
other employee* will be determined in accordance with the provis
ion* of the labour Law* These increase* will involve the Company
in an enormous anount of extra expenditure and it i* expected
that* a* a result f they may have tc make drastic reduction* In the
number of their employee**
57. It was feared 9 during the month* that there might be so*e
communal trouble amonget the Indian arti?ana of th© Company* a* a
result of the disorder* in India* wb^re tfcc relation* of sore of
the MusIIm employee* here had suffered at the hands of the Mkha*
Threat* of local reprisal* had the effect of making a niaber of
; ikh erplivyee* leave their norms! quarters and sleep in the Abadan
baxaar at nights* The Publicity Assistant of this Consulate*
accompanied by aox* of the Vuallir Cewaittee member* of the Artis
an* 1 Hindustan Club* went to see they, end aa ?ur*d there that they
bad nothing to fear fro® the Muslim*, The Likhs thereupon
returned tc their house**
58. Heierenc* paragraph 40 of Diary Ho, 2 of 1S47. Miraa
dalal ^uvakkar. Chairman cf the fab Electric and Water Company*
who was appointed by the Governor General to officiate a* the
Chief of Kunlcipallty in Khcrrawsbehr, is still busily nngap^d
in lining hi* pocket* while he is in the position to do so* much
to the dissatisfaction (and envy) of the general public* The
Tehran Cocuaisslon continued its Inspection of the merchants 1
account* and Customs registers* and a few merchants wore arrested
on a charge of smuggling* but later released on bail*
59* References paragraph 39 of Diary Ho* 2* Afhal Abul ^aala
Kirouhar* dintater of Roods end Coc^unioatlens, paid a visit to
HhorrmHhQhr tvm the 11th to 13th March to see if it Is possible
to relieve the congestion in the Khorramshahr Custer.* and provide
more adequate storage space* It is roported that godown*
are to be built and that quicker method* of releasing good* are
to be instituted* The lack of an all-weather road fror; Khorram-
shahr to Ahwax 1* <*n« of the main reason* for the congestion* and
the Minister is considering the feasibility of it* repair* He ha*
hinted thet this might be undertaken by the Oil Cca-tony in the
interests of the general public*
{ 8d) 7 .W *D, Willoughljy,
Bis Majesty*3 Consul*
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