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HOLIDAYS WITH PAY

AUSTRIAN BARON'S

SCHED

CLAIM TO BANISH UNEMPLOYMENT

Hymes Should Be Pepped Up

the

ister the

Congregrational Church. "The people outside the church to-day will not be attracted by these mineteenth century hymns fand tunes which balk so largely A scheme by which he claimed our pure-war hyma book," he writes that unemployment could be in his church magazine. "They pre- abolished and every worker enjoy sent an intellectual and emotional five weeks" holiday with pay and state of mind which is definitely out without loss to industry, was ex- of date.

plained by Baron de Veitschberger "A hymn book to meet the pre- to the Holidays with Pay Commit-sent needs must contain classical tee at the Ministry of Labour. hymns (those which really live for The baron, a retired Austrian in-ever, and very few of the nine- dustrialist, said that the scheme teenth century reach this standard) was under consideration by the and modern tunes which reflect the Austrian Government.

modern spirit.”

"The amount of work done would

be the same,” he said. "Wages "PIECE OF GLASS” paid would be the same, and the

holidays would be paid at the full FOUND BY GIRL rate of wages. Workers and work WAS $3,000 DIAMOND available would be brought into a logical relation, and unemployment abolished for ever.”

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Pretty Milly Muller, twenty- five-year-old Swiss dancer, saw Points in his scheme, which he something shining in the dust at explained would be kept on an eco the Paris Exhibition. She picked it nomic basis by means of the unem-up and thought it was a piece of ployment fund, were:

glass

Extent of holiday to be related to Because she liked the way it volume of unemployment.

sparkled she kept it, and it was not Workers to be prohibited from until a friend showed her a news- taking up any paid employment paper article telling that a rich during holidays.

Frenchwoman had lost a 3,000 No change in the total of wages diamond that she realised the value paid, working conditions, social in-of her find. surance contributions, or collective Mme. de Bonneval, the owner, de- agreements.

lighted at the return of her jewel, Baron de Veitschberger claimed gave a party to Milly and the three that there would be no increase in girls who dance with her in the general production costs and no re-troupe at the Swiss Pavilion. duction in wages, such as the 40- hour week would entail. Savings in unemployment relief expenditure would make possible an extension of old-age pensions.

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