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Best guess as to the determining reason why the Windsor tour was finally abandoned last week was that the British Government had convinced the Duke that for a member of the British royal family to pay a visit to the U. S. inspired, arranged, or aided by Efficiency Expert Bedaux might have had unpleasant diplomatic consequences.
While the Duke and Duchess spent the day on which they were to have sailed for the U. S. shopping in Paris and wondering what to do next, the U. S. press, which had been looking forward to a royal circus that would have made the 1926 tour of Queen Marie of Rumania look pale by comparison, consoled itself with the hope that it might still occur later in the year. Final word on the whole affair came from London. In a chorus of congratulations to the Duke for giving up the tour, the liberal evening Star politely expressed the view that it was increasingly apparent that the Duke of Windsor was "as much in need of wise and experienced counsellors as ... when he was King." By this time the Windsors, who had just unpacked their trunks, were considering repacking them and coming to the U. S. after all.
—Basis of the Bedaux system is the B (for Be-daux) unit, representing a given quantity of production varying for different tasks in different plants. When Bedaux analysts have determined how many B-units the average worker produces per hour, a basic wage rate is established, bonuses granted to workers who produce more than the average number of B's. U. S. Labor's complaint against the Bedaux system is that employers—who pay Charles Bedaux royalties for using it—often set the basic Brate too high, raise it unfairly as an incentive to speed production.