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nounced today. The body now is in

BURIAL OF INSULL | the chapel of the American Cathe= TO BE AT LONDON | dral here, Plans for the funeral

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES | authorities had mailed a wararnt 747-Pound ‘World's Fattest

THURSDAY, JULY 21, 1938 Forbidden —- her with murder and rob- |

WAITS EXTRADITION

sonap Strike’

Under Swedish Statute;

Labor Tribunal Uniqu

Also Swift! | —Myrtle Barnes, 35-year-old Oak-

Punishment Is Dealt Quickly;

Action

After Breach of Collective Bargaining

Contract by

Either Side.

(Sweden's Labor Court is swift in levving penalties azainst either emplovee or

employer if there is violation of a cellective bargaining agreement,

Webh Miller

writes in the third dispatch of his series on lader laws in Sweden and Great Britain.)

By WEBB MILL ER

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STOCKHOL) M A.A xork by unt wor RE tC

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I was given two examples of how hey

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per Sons

employed Halsinborg

their

rickiayers Karlsso for higher wag res after {ive agreeThe Case Labor Court gh investigawas that lat ed th

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of ick n had sig: ed a coll s and You Irs the nade & thorou decision had vio h worker ; their ot was fi tow alk out act.

ment. Eac fined £125 and $2500 for allowing in violation of the Stern With Both The Court is equally stern a is involved Co of break-

ined them cont Sides h ’n

ani ta of contract,

wit employer who violates even if only one Ww orker For instar the Oreb was accused by the union ing a collective bargainin with a single workman Cay rt sustained the un d ordered the manage a "$250 fine, for the costs of the litigation and to credit the employee in question with 96 hours working time. From 1929 to 1935 the Court handled 1272 which the workers Employers referred Court and the brought by consent

ce ro Shoe

miract Labor

ng «« The ion's

ent

charge

Labor actions of brought 238 cases to the were of both parties

remainder

Sweden is a democracy, ality of King Gustav has to do with the developpgislation on labor and inHe probably is the best-loved king in Europe and thers respect for the crown part of both and capital. The King an ive interest in the working out of Sweden's problems Both tatives of prised world-wide system. They have come the system for granted, they still do not fect. Erik Broden, Swedish Employers’ sort of out what he considered some of the flaws

strial problems

1S on

takes

seemed surthem of the

employers I told

interest

oY i

whe take

it director of the

consider

Prefer Strong Unions

“Employers generally have found it preferable for workers to be strongly organized,” he told me Ve find it better to deal with them | when they have responsible leaders and strong organizations. But one difficulty with the collect agreement system for fixed periods is that a quick alteration in wage rates when industry is afflicted by depressions is ruled out a certain wage level is reached is hard to scale it downward. Through education and experience the workers have the employers do not make profits, wages will be lost. As a result, they usually do not begrudge employers fair and reasonable profits.

“We are somewhat surprised by |

national interest in our We do not think we have anything sensational. It a matter experience

the inter system. discovered

is largely of

and education and the spirit under |

which the system operates plied me other conditions are different, tem might not work as smoothly it does here. “Capital and !abor are on an absolutely equal footing in negotiations and in the signing of collective agreements.” The Employers’ Federation sald that during the deflation period of 1921 it compelled the trade unions to agree to wage reductions ranging from 30 to 50 per cent. The reductions were given back to the workers gradually as conditions improved Wage Scale Increases

in so country

our Sys-

The Confederation of Trade Unions contends there has been a steady increase in the wage scale despite fluctuations caused by depressions. an index of the wage scale in 1913, the unions claim the index figure for 1936, most recent vear for which official figures are available, had climbed to 143. But there is need | for wage increases in certain industries, Frithiof Thunborg, secretary of the Confederations of Trade] Unions, told me “You ask what is the reason for

snap s \ ers, iS impossible 0 give a week sn otice before Valine out. ick pun

| that

to pay | to pay $60 to the union |

1026. |

labor

labor leaders and represen- | in the Swedish |

although | per- |

Federation—a | 2 , : " | capitalists’ union"—pointed |

ive | And once | it |

learned that if |

If ap-|

where |

Using the figure 100 as |

Press) a sudden abandonment of for the law compels

by United trike,’ in Sweden,

from the Labor Court, the

the comparative peacefulness of capital and labor,” he said. “That is qifficult to explain. It seems to us so natural to settle differences by negotiation. But more important, we have tried to educate our leaders and members to understand the economic problems invelved in our relations with employers. “We understand their problems and they understand ours. We have no minimum wage laws here, and all wage rates are settled by nego# tiation. Jurisdictional disputes, seldom arise, are settled ourselves in the ConfederaWe realize we have, in gena fairly good standard of livBut there are certain groups, instance, the Forest Workers’ Assistants whose standards are low is our policy to raise them At nresent there is a period of calm on the labor front due to the fact there is a comparative boom in industry. There are only a few thousand unemployed and wage conditions in the bigger industries have been settled by collective agreements which have two or three years more | years more to run.”

CLOUD ARRAIGNMENT SET FOR TOMORROW

State-Wide Bank Fraud Is Charged to Seven.

which amon tion. eral, ing

and it

| | SOUTH BEND, Ind. July 21 (U. | P —Seven persons charged with {intent to commit conspiracy involving an alleged state-wide fraud f 31 banks, loan companies and individuals, will be arraigned in Circuit Court Friday, it was indicated today. An eighth person named indictment returned by Joseph County grand | sought by authorities. | was not revealed. Authorities said operations of the | group would reveal fraud of more than $75,000. Richard Cloud, was released from last night after posting $5000 bond. Bond was reduced from $5000 to $2000 for the follow ing persons: Mrs. Paul Cloud, 27, Bourbon; W. Henry Erwin, 24, and his wife, Vir- | ginia, 23, Bourbon, and Orvan Van Lue, 29, Rochester. Bond remained the same for | Rte hard Cloud, 29, and Paul Cloud, 33, both of Bourbon. Otto Cloud, { 53, alleged leader of the group is | seriously ill at Macy, Ind, and will | not be removed to jail. Carl Broo, Kokomo city attorney, and Paul M. Butler, South Bend at- | torney, will represent the defendants.

‘MARDI GRAS DRAWS 80,000 ON 2 NIGHTS

The 12th annual Madri Gras of the Sherman-Emerson Civic League {is to offer a program of amateur | entertainment tonight. The show so far has attracted a crowd estimated sponsors at about 80,000. The | Mardi Gras will continue through { Saturday night, with a special children's program Saturday afternoon. Last night, officials said about | 40,000 persons attended, matching the first night's attendance. F. A. Muehlbacher, general chairman, addressed the crowd and promised that | the League will continue to work for the development of the East Side. Prizes were awarded the amateurs judged to be the best performers on last night's Ss program,

SORE FEET

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Human’ Dies in Circus Tent

| pofies restaurant with a man named

“Nick.” Reply to Murder Charge. |

| She said

weeks” man

‘Nick and another named “Sam.” she said, drew a gun and | | forced her to go into the basement. shots but | | | that later she was released from the ! AN ly ¢ ). | basement and taken by the two men | GARAND, Cal, WY n 4 * lon a nonstop auto trip to Pitts- | burgh, Pa. There, she said, she was and later taken by another to California under repeated |

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WASHINGTON, July 21 (U. P).—Johnny Webb, Altoona, Pa, who claimed his 747 pounds made him the world’s fattest human, died yes- | terday in his sideshow tent at the Erick B. Hyde shows. He was 32.

PARIS, July 21 (U., P).—The

body of Samuel Insull, former CIN. cago utilities magnate who died last

Saturday, will be sent to London Saturday for burial, it was an-

H. L. Harding, and two sisters, Mary Webb, 24, who weighs 450 pounds, and Mrs. Cecilia Wheeler, 28, who | | weighs 515 pounds. A special casket, reinforced with | | iron, will be made for funeral serve | ices. Webb requested that he | be buried close to a highway or a the public

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