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conference and an international labor

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from the government and one each
ed; each of them may vote individ-
ually. 1t will be deliberative leg
islation body, it's measures taking the
form of draft conventions or recon-
mendations for legislation, which if
passed by two thirds vote, must be
submitted to the law making author
ity in every state participating.
Each government may either enact the
terms into law; approve the prin-
ciple, but modify them to local needs;
leave the actual legislation in case
of federal state to local legislatures,
or reject the convention altogether
without further obligation.
Locate Labor Office.
The international labor office is
established at the seat of the league
of nations as part of it's organiza-
ton. 1t is to collect and distribute in
formation on labor throughout the
world and prepare agenda for the
conference. 1t will publish a periodi-
cal in French and English and pos
sibly other languages. Each state
agrees to make to it for presentation
to the conference an annual report of
measures taken to execute accepted
conventions; the governing body is
it's executive. It consists of twenty
four members, twelve, representing
the governments, six the employers
and six the employees, to serve for
| three years.
On complaint that any government
has failed to carry out convention
to which it is a party the governing
body may make inquiries directly to
that government and in case the re-
ply is unsatisfactory may publish the
complaint with comment. A complairn
by one government against another
may be referred by the governing
body to commission Of inquiry NOM
mated by the secretary-genera of
the league. If the commission report
fails to bring satisfactory action. the
matter may be taken to a permanent
court of international justice for re-
lief. The chief reliance for securing
enforcement of the law will be public
! ity with a possibility of economic act
ion in the background.
First Session Plans.
The first meeting of the conference
will take place in October, 1919, at
Washington, to discuss the eight hour
day or forty eight hour week; pre-
vention of unemployment; extension
and application of the international
conventions adopted at Berne in 1906,
prohibiting night work for women and
the use of white phosphorus in the
manufacture of machtes; employment
of women and children at night or in
unhealthy work, of women before and
after child birth, including maternity
benefit, and of children as regards
minimum wage.
! Labor clauses: Nine principles Of
labor conditions were recognized on
the ground that Gthe we'll being, physi-
cal and moral of the industrial wage
earners is of supreme international
Importance" with exceptions necessi-
tated by differences of climate. habits
and economic development, they in
clude the guiding principle that labor
should not be regarded merely as
commodity or article of commerce.;
right of association of employers and
employees; a wage adequate to main
tain reasonable standard of life;
the eight hour day or forty eight
hour week; weekly rest of at least
"a hours, which should include Sun
day wherever practicable; abolition
of child labor and assurance of the
education and proper physical develop
ment of children; equal pay for equal
work as between men and women;
equitable treatment of all workers
lawfully resident therein, including
foreigners; and system of inspect
ion in which women should take part
Will Occupy Territory.
Guarantees Western Europe as
a guarantee for the execution of the
treaty: German territory to the west
of the Rhine together with the bridge
heads. will be occupied by allied and
associated troops for Is years. If the
conditions are faithfully carried out
by Germany. certain districts. in
s'cluding the bridgehead of Cologne.
will be evacuated at the expiration of
five years: certain other districts in
Guiding the bridgehead of Coblenz,
land the territories nearest the Bel
|gian frontier will be evacuated after
10. years and the remainder, including
the bridgehead of Mainz. will be
evacuated after Is years. In case the
inter-allied reparation commission
finds that Germany has failed to OBJ
serve the whole or part of her obliga-
tions either during the occupation or
after the Is years have expired, the
whole or part of the areas specified
will be re-occupied Immediately. If
before the expiration of the Is years
Germany complies with all the treaty
undertakings, the occupying forces
will be withdrawn Immediately.
Eastern Europe: All German troops
at present in territories to the east
of the new frontier shall return as
soon as the allied and associated gov
ernments deem wise. They are to abb
stain from all acquisitions and are in
no way to interfere with measures
for national defense taken by the gov
eminent concerned.
Other. Regulations.