GREAT BRITAIN: Character

With British statesmen on holiday, dispatches from London last week were nonetheless rich in British character:

¶ Before a judge in Bromley County Court, well-to-do Pie Manufacturer Arthur Kempton explained a device he had secretly installed under the drivers' seats of his pie trucks to record how often the drivers jumped up and down to sell pies. A pie salesman who objected to sitting over this device while on his rounds had removed it, suffered discharge by Mr. Kempton, and was suing for wages thus lost.

Handing down a decision in favor...

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