Republican farmer., 1919-01-31
Wilson Likely To Get Presidency Of
 Commission Of League Of Nations
Commission is Permanent Executive Body to Con duct Leagues Affairs. PRESS ADMITTED
 TO PEACE MEETING First Subject For Tomor- rows Meeting is Legisla-
 tion on Labor.

Paris, Jan. 24 - President Wilson is likely to be offered the presidency of the commits sion of the League cs Nations, the Echo de Paris says today.
 By the commission of the League of Nations is probably meant the permanent execu- tive body fQr the conduct of the proposed leagues affairs.
 The second session of the Peace Congress, to be held tomorrow, will like the first, be open to the press.
 The first subject on the order of business, as was announced yester- dy by the Supreme Council, will be international legislation on labor. Un- der instructions given at the first ses- sion, various national delegations have been preparing written state ments of their views on the subject, and it is understood that, under a special order, these will be received by the congress and referred to a committee, which will give careful study to the various reports and en- deavor to amalgamate them into a general project to be recommended to the congress for approval
 Americas view has been crystallized and is believed to harmonize in many respects with those held by the Brit 1St GE1rN {r.r l. based upon full recognition of the principles of international protection of labor by governmental agencies, thus offsetting what is regarded as a dangerous tendency toward class con- troI of governments.
 Data is being prepared to demon strate a simultaneous movement in this direction by labor organizations in the United States England and France, culm1nating in the adoption by the French Chamber of Deputies of the report of the Berne conferenc. }, held before the war, as amphfied by the conference held at Leeds, Eng land, in 1916. These, in general. look to the relief of labor from interna- tional capitalistic control, the free dom to choose employment and place of labor, guarantees of employment, social insurance, the right of organ ization and the enforcement of hy- | gienic conditions at places of employ n1ent.
 1 Of interest to the southwestern sec ton of the United States. as well as Mexico, is the demand for freedom to 1 work in any country on terms of ! Inn foI provisions are said to relate to child and female labor, the prohibition of night work for minors, a basic eight 1 hour day and the prohibition of in ternational trade fin products made by minors. It is expected the American delegates will present data to show the necessity for international stan dardization of sailors wages, as al- ready required by American law, if unfair and injurious. Competition for the worlds freight business is to i be avoided, it is understood, and a
 spirit of mutual cooperation is to govern as the best guarantee of avoiding wars resulting from such competition.
 l Paris. Jan. 24-The Supreme Coun. l cil of the Peace Congress, at it's sec | ond session today, decided to appoint
 a committee to inquire into the i strength of the forces to be maintain
 ed by the Allied and associated powers ] on the western front during the per. iod of the armistice.
 The committee will be composed o1 | Marshal Foch, General Tasker H Bliss, General Diaz. Winston Spencer Churchill, the British minister of war
 and M. Loucheur, French minister O
 reconstruction. s9ss