article_snippet.sent: Andrew Aldridge, from the auctioneers, said: 'White Star Line is asking for £20, which was a colossal amount of money in 1912, for the return of the body of one of their own officers. '
article_snippet.sent: It is an horrific act on the part of White Star.
article_snippet.sent: What's more, White Star White Star were asking for did not cover getting the body home or to the undertakers once the body arrived in England. '
article_snippet.sent: The implications are huge - how many families of the deceased did White Star ask for payment from? '
article_snippet.sent: It appears that White Star treated White Star body as a commodity, which callous in the extreme.'