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After a period in the motor industry he joined Chrysler.

19th February 1960
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The company at that time had recently entered the international field and Mr. Clough was busy making a study of product and markdt probleMs overseas. His work took him for four months to Australia, where he was perfectly happy: but, in the manner of armies and large corporations, he was posted back to Detroit for a brief five days before being exported once more—this time to Kew, England.

That was in September, 1958. In the 'months that followed he took over the reins of office from Mr. Wallace and succeeded him in the chair of the managing director in January, 1959. The latest Kew Dodge truck had been in production for about six months when he took office and he modestly accepts no credit for the greatly increased production which coincided with his arrival. In June, 1959, distribution of the French Simca car was added to the factory activities and the tempo of work accomplished has built up ever since.

Refreshingly free from the reserve with which some British captains of industry choose to shroud themselves, Mr. Clough talks amusingly and knowledgeably—in English. His small daughter's school, near their home in Kensington, does not welcome Americanisms, and as a conscientious parent, he has learnt to do without them. His 12-year-old son, on the other hand, struggles with bilingual idiom in an American school in Regent's Park. To date, Mr. Clough has been too busy in his office and visiting Dodge dealers and users to take much part in the social life of the United States community in London. He is essentially a man who prefers to spend his spare time with his family. Teaching his son to play golf is a pleasure to which he looks forward. Perhaps it is his devotion to family life that creates in him a warm regard for the British working man. He has found loyalty to the company throughout a lifetime a feature of the British industrial scene which just does not exist in America. They are fortunate at Kew in having a man who understands and appreciates our little ways. T.W.

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People: Wallace, Clough
Locations: Detroit, Kew, London

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