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THE SCANDINAVIAN AMERICAN
Sweden To Organize Standardization
0f Screws, Ball Bearings And Metals
STOCKHOLM ~At the confor
(nw of the International Oig‘ani
mlinn of Standardization recently
).(I(l in Paris. Sweden was entrust
cd with the task of standardizing
svnw threads. ball-bearings and
hard metals. The establishing of a
humid system for building mater—
‘nis Will also probably be handled
by Swedish experts.
The Swedish delegates to the
ronferenco , in which about 25 na
tions were represented, were the
Greater Opportunity for Swedish Scientists
To Study In USA Through New Agreement
STOCKHOLM. June—(By airmaill—An agreement has
been reached between the Swedish Government Scien
tific Research Council and the Rockerfeller Foundation
for closer collaboration, which will mean that Swedish
scientists will have much greater opportunity to continue
their studies in the l'nited States than hitherto. A repre
sentative of the Rockefeller Foundation, Dr. G. Pomerat,
is soon expected in Stockholm to discuss the plans in De.-
‘lflll. The negotiations have been; "_’_‘_"""_‘“—"""_"‘"W fi‘“
carried on by Professor Arne Ti-f
seiius of Upsala University, chair-1
man of the Research Council. and}
Dr. Costa. Funke. its secretary,
both of whom have recently re-I
turned from a trip to the United,
States. i
“What impressed me particular-i
1y." said Dr. Funke in a newspaper!
interview upon his return, “wasi
that scientific research in Americai
depends to such a great extent on;
the enterprise of the individual."
People seem to fear that the Gov-l
crnment, by means of appropria-i
tions. may gain too great an .influ-;
ence. which might jeopardize the1
freedom of science. As somebody
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“Lindgmn Inq‘e, and Mr. Folke
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l ted that) th y, Dr. Tornebnhm sta
.‘and be” .o production of screws
_l,‘ s m specialized fa ">
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ll value of nearly V0 amounts to a
[The establish'm‘ér‘mto'ogo'ooo a year.
a “ma! 3 _ 0. an interna
- ‘ iINo]V(:ttr»,1hnedard.m thls field would
!!(‘Ollars. saungs of millions of
told me: Science should not be
come a football for politicians.
“I am 'aiso strongly convinced
that we could very well reduce
our requirements for academic de
grees, especially the doctor’s de-‘
gree. In the USA. the require
ments are considerably lower. and
the doctor's degree is in a. very ef
fective manner geared to the va-:
rious needs and demands of the‘
community. Industry, for instance,‘
utilizes scientists with academic‘
training at a much younger age%
than we do in Sweden. Something:
between the American and the
Swedish system seems to me would
'suit us ideally." i
Delegates To Lutheran Convention
“'ht'n ‘hfi- “Gripshulm.” Swedish Amt-rival) Line. rt-(‘vntly Iv" Nn-u
York with 1.370 passe-ng‘Prs aboard. it ('arria-d a dvlvgation m Un-
Luthvmn \Vorld ('mn'e-ntinn. III thv pit-lurv ahuu- arr Dr. (‘unrad
Brrgvndoff. president of Augusmnu (‘ollrgm Dr. I’. H. Roolh, Immi
dvnt of Norihwvslvrn Lutlu‘run Tht-nluuival Srminnry in Minna-upolim
and dr. Abdel “(NS “'t-Iflz, prosidrni of ”w .\nwrivan divisiun at tho-
Luthvrun “'orld Fade-ration. ’l‘hv (loin-gation is on its “an to Lund.
SHI'dt‘ll. “‘hf‘l‘t' thu (‘mn‘rntinn Upt'lls on June 3011:.
Woman Included in Swedish U. N.
Delegation of Twelve Members
STOCKHOLM—The Swedish delegation to the next reg"—
ular meeting of the United Nations General Assembly sched
uled for September 16 in New York, has now been named
‘by the Government. The delegates are Foreign Minister
Osten Unden; Minister of Com-:
merce Axel Gjb‘res; Provincial Gov-i
ernor Rickard Sandler. who served7
as Minister for Foreign Affairs al-i
most uninterruptedly from 1932 to,
‘1939; Herman Eriksson. Swedish
ienvoy to the United States. and.
:Professor Gtista Bagge. former'
1Minister of Education and Church?
Affairs and one-time leader of the.
(Conservative Party. .
: Other members are Vilmar S.
Ljungdahl. a member of the Far
mers“ Party in the First Chamber
of the Riksdag and former Min
ister of Finance; John H. Berg-‘
vall. former Chairman of the
Swedish 0. P. A. and a representa
tive of the People’s Party in the?
Riksdag‘: Minister Gonnar Hagg
lof, former Minister to the Soviet‘
Union, who is stationed in New
York as Swedish U. N. representa
ttive; Rolf Sohlman. Mr. Higgidf's
'Siircessor in Moscow. and for two
years head of the trade division of
the Foreign Office: Mrs. Ulla
Lintlsti’oni. a Social -Denmeratio
member of the Riksdag's First
‘Chamher. who has made a life
long stony of Swedish education
methorls; G. Vahlberg. \‘ice presi
dent of Swedish Federation of La
} hor. and G. A. Sandberg’. a For
i eign Office expert on international
ilaw. who attended last year's Uni
:ted Nation's assembly as an ad
| visor.
Signe Hasso has just signed a
mntract with Universal Films to
play the leading role in (lursun
Kanin's new film, “Imagination."
in which she will appear opposite
Ronald Coleman.
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Sweden's first sports musvi'm
has been opened in Stockholm by
Crown Prince Gustaf Adoll. Lo
cated in the new Central Institute
of Gymnastics, it contains 3 MPH
collection of sports and athletim
trophies. Among these are a num
ber of prizes won by King Gus
taf in tennis from 1897 to 19m
Above the main entrance tn the
Chancery Building in Stnr‘mn‘m.
where the cabinet members have
their offices, has been hung a
beautiful relief in sandstone.
carved by a noted Dutch artist.
In this manner the four largest
Netherlands cities the Hague.
Utrecht, Amsterdam. and Ruth-xv
dam express their gratitude l‘nr
the aid given them by Swedm‘
during the war years. The mtxv:
are represented by fumale figures
carrying garlands.
Living Conditions for Families with Many
Children Greatly Improved in Sweden
i STCCKHOLM—(By wirel‘essl—A family with two (‘l’lll
dren receives annually between 500 and 900 kmnm‘ ($235.)
‘a year in various Government benefits. said Gustav Muller.
Minister of Social Welfare in an address at L'psala on May 1.
‘All these aids are of comparatively recent date. Should the
iRiksdag approve the new housing reform. a family with two
«children would receive in all 1,200 kronor, one with three
‘children 1.700 kronor (1.200 without housmg aid». and one
iwith four children a maximum ‘2.-
'210 kronor (1.500 to 1.600 kronor
'withnut the housing benefit». All
1 these grants are tax fn-e.
‘ The housing reform concerns
‘Ihoth new Construction and rents
j and means a radical Change of the
HGovernment housing policy. in-
Hcluding a great simplification of
iils building loan activity. It fur
".ther calls for a grant for each
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OSLO .\'ur\\‘aj"s Sh‘ll‘t' in the
support (if \':ll'il)ll." iiitvrnnlirmal
‘orzanizatiuns during the i-nmina‘
year has boon tuntatn'er si-t at
zihout l 3 of the total Norwegian
Foreign Ministry budget for the
same period, uccnrduig to esti
mates now released. Figures
quoted by Foreign Minister Hal
vard Lang‘e, during a recent par
liamentary debate, tentatively
‘placo Norway's 1947-48 commit
ments to various international
bodies in excess of 5.000.000 Kr.
181.000.000l, with 3,500.000 of
‘that amount oar-marked for the
International Relief Organization.
‘Anticipatod payments to other
groups include the United Nations
[682.000 Kn, United Nations Edu
cation. Scientific and Cultural Or
ganization 200,000 Kri. the Inter
national Labor Office 154.000 Kr..
‘as well as nbligations to various
1 other world groups.
Regarding Norwegian participa
t'on in the Refugee Organization
and the size M the 1947-48 grant
for this purpose Prime Minister
Lange had this to say: “If there is
any field of international work
where Norway has traditions to
consider and a name to protect.
that field is work for the refugees.
It is because we assumed it to be
self—evident that Norway. the land.
of Nansen. could do nothing other
than participate and participate
actively in effectivelv shaping up
this work, that we without waiting
for ratification by Parliament
i (which we assumed a hatter of
course) have set up what we at.
the time believed would be our
subscription to the International
Refugee Organization."
Norway's 3 million citizens gen
erally agree that despite the
, heavy demands of remwrv and re
construction at home. lip—service.
alone will not forward the vital
[work of international peace and
progress.
\‘iveca Lindfors. Swedish artress,
who will make her Amerimn
Screen debut in "Night l'nto
Night." will star in Warner
Brothers “‘To the \‘iMorC' from
a story a‘mm p )St-\\'1l‘ Europe by
Ric-hard Brooks. author of “The
Bt‘tt'k Foxhole,”
child vf 130 krnnur a your and for
mmpensation for fuel amnunting
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depending on where the home 13
located. Grants to families with
two children are paid only to those
with an annual taxable mmme up
to 4.000 031.110: and for families
‘ wilh five children up to 7,000 ($1.-
‘950! kronor a year.
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