The Connecticut labor press. (New Haven, Conn.) 191?-1921, 1919-05-03

The text of the nine clauses, includ-
ing Endorsement of the eight hour day,
equal pay for men and women and
the unemployment of children under
the age OF "A years, which were proposed
Py the Commission on International
LABOR Legislation for inclusion in the
peace treaty and adopted by the Peace
conference on April II as part of the
COMMISSIONS report, appears in the re-
port as issued by the American Peace
| Mission tor publication in this country,
ne labor commission, of which Sam
uel Nompers was president, made its
report III Paris on March "a.
| -, Inc clauses proposed for insertion in
| the treaty of peace follow:
| j., Inc hlgh contracting parties declare
| their acceptance of the following Drin-
ciples and engage to take ali NECESSARY
steps to secure their realization IN ac
| cordarce with the Recommendation to be
made by the international Labor Con-
terence as to their practical aDpljca
ton:
Il. In right and ir fact the labor of
a human being should not be treated
| as merchandise OF an article of COM
| merce.
,,'2. Employers and workers should be
alloWeo the right OF association for all
| lawful PURPOSES
5. No child should be permitted to
be employed in industry or commerce
before the age of IA years, in order
that every child may be insured reason
able opportunities for mental and Dhvsi
cal education
Between the years of II and 18
young persons of either sex may ONLY
be employed on work which is not harm
tul to their physical development and
on condition that the continuation of
f06Ir fRTh71Nol
insured.
4. Every worker has a right to a
wage adequate to maintain reasonable
standard of life having regard to the
civilization Of his time and country.
). Equal pay should be given to
women and to men for work of equal
value IN quantity and quality
o. A weekly rest, including Sunday,
or It's equivalent for all workers.
T. Llmite ton of the hours of work
IN industry on the basis of eight hours
a day or forty-eight hours a week, sub
Ject to an exception for countries in
which climatic conditions, the imrcrfect
development of industrial organization
or other sDecial circumstances render
the industrial efficiency of the workers
substantially different
he international Labor Conference
viii recommend a basis aDprc ximate1y
A0Onf1nn
such countries
g. In all matters concerning their
status as workers and social insurance
foreign workmen lawfully admitted to
any country ard their families should
be insured the same treatment as the
nationals of that country.
y. All States should institute a svs-
tenn of inspection in which women
should take part In order to insure the
enforcement of the laws and regulations
tor the protection of the workers."
Parts of the report have been pub
| 4shed plecemeal in America as cabled
from Paris. In the complete document
now at hand it is said that the conven-
ton providing for the establishment of
a permanent organization for interna-
tloral labor legislation which will have
| its first conference in WASHINGTON in
October, was based on draft presented
bv the British delegation. Of the fore
gong clauses to appear in the peace
treat the report says
The commissioners were unanimous
IN thinking that their work would not
be complete if it were simply confined
10 setting up permanent machinery for
international labor legislation. 1t was not
Wlth1h their competence or within their
| terms of reference to deal with specific
questions relating to industrial condi-
tons and to work them out with the
detail necessary for the framing of
proposals which could be accepted in
binding torm.' So impressed were they
however, with the urgent need for rec
.ognlzlng explicitly certain fundamental
principles as necessary to social prog
ress that they decided to submit a series
| OF declarations for insertion in the
peace treaty, They did not feel called
| upon. however, to draw up a charter
containing all the reforms which NAV
be hoped for in a more or less distant
future, but confined themselves to prin-
c1ples the realization of which may
be contemplated in the near future.
1t will be seen that the high con-
tracing parties are not asked to give
| immediate effect to them; but onlv to
| 1ndorse them generally. 1t will be the
duty of the International Labor Con-
terence to examine them thoroughly
and to put them in the form of recon-
mendations or draft conventions e1abo-
rated with the detail necessary for their
practical application"
The preamble to the draft convention
creating a permanent organization for
the promotion of the international reg
| ulatlon of labor conditions" says:
Whereas, also the failure of any ma
ton to adopt humane conditions of labor
is an obstacle in the way of other ma
tons which desire to improve the con-
ditions of their own countries;
The high contracting parties, moved
by sentiments of justice and humanity,
as well as by the desire to secure the
permanent peace of the world, agree to
the following convention"
Then follows the convention, contain
ing forty-one articles.