June 16, 1965

From Arsen Jovanovic

Thank you for your letter of May 15th.

I am very happy to let you know that I have been awarded a Ford Foundation Fellowship for the academic year 1965-66 and that I stay in correspondence with the Institute of International Education in New York which is planning my studies in the U.S.

I hope that I will have the possibility to spend at least some of my time in Harvard which would give me the privilege of meeting you and ~~of~~ the friends of the Seminar next autumn. Such a prospect makes me feel encouraged to submit a personal request consisting of the following:

I need urgently some books and I will be able to cover the costs of providing and sending them to my address by air mail as soon as I arrive in New York. I am not able to indicate the bibliographical data but can only specify the field.

(1) The nature of the collective agreement is an institute of law. In my country the issue is a part of the theory of the labor law. It is a part of another discipline in the U.S. I suppose (general theory of law, obligatory law?). The book--a textbook contending a corresponding chapter would suit best, I think--should deal with the three known schools of thought in the field: collective agreement is (a) a contract (b) a statute (c) a combination of both.

(2) A book (or several books and ~~magazines~~ or publications) on the content of the collective agreements in the U.S. with a particular emphasis on the job protection clauses. Such as guaranteed annual wages supplemental unemployment benefits, severance pays, important fringe benefits, etc. A number of printed collective agreements in important industries contending such clauses would be very useful. The AFL-CIO headquarters, I suppose, should have disposable publications of this kind, too.

I would be obliged indeed to you and other people who would take the trouble of finding out the right publications and to sending them to my address as urgently as possible. In the hope that ~~all~~ this request of mine could be met without taking too much of your time, I want to assure you now how much I would appreciate such a favor and I am

Sincerely,

Dictated by George Brown

to Jovanović

There is no general treatise on American Labor Law, so we
are sending you the standard case book on the subject together
with a supplement containing statutes of two collective bargaining
agreements. The materials which will interest you are between
pages 497-707.

In American law, collective bargaining agreements are a separate
institute of law rather than a part of the law of contracts or
any other branch of the general law. Collective bargaining
agreements could probably be described as a mixture of contract
and statute. They are enforceable in the Federal courts by all
parties, and including employees, but a special law applies.
The purpose of this law is to further the national labor policy
i.e. the encouragement of collective bargaining. Arbitrators
tend to treat collective bargaining agreements as statutes. See
for example, the textile workers case on page 513.

Besides the two agreements in the supplement, there are excerpts
from agreements on pages 499, 500, and 546.

Henry A. Klaariker

Sincerely yours,

With kind regards.

March but I hope to see you then.
almost constantly until the middle of
Cambridge. I will be out of town
How nice to know that you are in

My dear Mr. Jovmovic:

Cambridge, Massachusetts
36 Preuss Street
Mr. Arsen Jovmovic

February 14, 1966

Henry A. Klaasen

Sincerely yours,

Kind regards and every good wish,

enjoying it. It was very thoughtful of you, and will certainly think of me while I am doing, however, very much appreciate the diff you stopped by my office the other day. I was very sorry to miss you when

Dear Mr. Joasovic:

Indalsais
Makepions 32
Belgrade
and Economy
Institute for International Politics
Mr. Arsen Joasovic

December 16, 1966