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Schumacher does not limit his examples to Third World countries. The British worker-owned plastics factory which he describes, and of which he is currently a director, applies his views in an advanced industrialized economy. The Scott Bader Commonwealth is solidly placed in the ranks of modern industry, a leading producer of polyester resins as well as alkyds, polymers, and plasticizers. Its unique construction limits the size of the corporation to 350 people, however, in order that "every person in it can embrace it in his mind and imagination." If growth beyond this size appears necessary, new fully independent units...
...Scott Bader products may be sold to customers who are known to use them for war-related purposes. Profits are divided three-fifths for taxes and re-investment, one fifth for charitable purposes outside the company, and one fifth to partners in the Commonwealth...
Married. Douglas Bader, 62, never-say-die R.A.F. hero who overcame the loss of both legs in a '30s air crash, became a World War II ace credited with downing 22½ German planes, escaped three times from P.O.W. camps, and saw his exploits portrayed in a 1957 movie (Reach for the Sky); and Joan Murray, 54; both for the second time; in Coventry, England...
...career in 1969, after Founder Ferdinand Koos was forced to abandon his vacation because most French hotels were put off by the fact that he planned to bring along his three Great Danes. It now boasts 800 host families and 1,000 satisfied customers. One of them is William Bader, an American foundation official who left his Irish setter, Shenandoah, with the club for two weeks. "When the young driver called for my setter," he reported, "he asked to take along the dog's blanket and an old slipper. When I said goodbye, I felt as if I were...
...foibles of people for whom banking is a fresh experience. Many lavish spenders tell hoteliers and shopkeepers to send their bills directly to their banks, consider it an insult to have to carry credit cards to prove that they are good risks. The beauteous wife of Kuwait Millionaire Bader Almulla scorns checks, prefers to scribble notes on her calling cards ("Give this person $5,000"), which her banker is pleased to honor...