Switzerland Gottlieb Duttweiler (b/w photo)

Gottlieb Duttweiler (1888-1962), founder of the cooperation “Migros”, in his residence in Rueschlikon, canton of Zurich, Switzerland, pictured in April 1960. Fifty years ago he caused a sensation with his legendary “stone's throw” at the federal parliament: The political party “Landesring der Independengigen” (LDU). But without this “stone's throw” against the federal parliament building, Migros founder Gottlieb Duttweiler (1888-1962) would have gone down in history as one of the most colorful characters in Switzerland's history. the actual cause for his “stone's throw” of October 8, 1948, that actually smashed two windows at the federal parliament building, what the Parliament did not take any action when it brought its motion (written proposal) demanding a sufficient supply of the population through an adequate stock piling.