The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-07
WORLD CONGRESS OF LABOR CLASS
 IN WASHINGTON
Plans for This Great Event Are Rapidly Being Form
 ed and Shaped
PEACE TREATY HAS
 PROVIDED FOR MEET
Wilson Is Expected to Open the Conference to Dis
 cuSS Problems

Washington. August 1.-The great est labor convocation the world has ever known will come together In Washington during the latter part of October.
 Plans far the International Labor Conference, provided for in the Treaty of Versailles, are rapidly talk ing shape. By no means are all the details determined, but in the main the resolution passed by the House a few days ago authorizing the Presi- dent to proceed with the invitation and call for the conference, accord ing to the request made of the United States in the treaty. has hastened anu suhstantiated the work so that the whole project is taking shape.
 Twenty-two nations have signffed their intention of sending delegates to the conference. None of these na- tons, except Great Britain, Argentina and Spain, who have ratified the Peace Treaty, is elisible at the pres ent writing; but tho notices of inten- ton to participate gives a heartening assurance to the supporters of the Presidents peace program and the treaty and Covenant that the treaty will be ratified all over the world by action that can reasonably be expect ed some time between now and No venber 1, when the conference will be on.
 The twenty-two notifications which have been received by cable are those of Great Britain, Belgium, Canada, Australia. New Zealand, India, Cze- cho-SIovakia, France, Italy, Hedjaz, Japan, Peru, Poland, Rumania, Ser via, Siam, Argentina. Chilli, Holland. Norway, Spain and Switzerland
 Keen Interest Is being displayed in the arrangements for the conference by the representatives of foreign Gov ernments iE Washington. It is under stood that the Secretary Of Labor, to whom all tine plans for the conference have been turned over by President Wilson, may soon announce the dis patch of the official invitations and the exact date in October. Secretary Wilson has set apart offices and as sistants for the work of the confer ence, and is already concerning him self with the important steps to be taken. He is deeply interested in the signihance of this meeting. Nothing ever has been held in labor circles which will approach the standing and scope of this conference. It will be attended by several hundred dele gates.
 About forty five nations. those on the original list of the roster of the League of Nations and the nations who were invited to become members, may send delegates to the conference each nation in addition having the right to appoint expert advisers in the special labor fields which will be considered.
 There was some thought at first of having the conference held in the White House. The prospect of at tendance, however. almost prec1udes such meeting place and 1t is un- likely that the plan will be followed. Wherever the stage is set. in all prob ability the President will open the conference with an address - and those who are now engaged in scan ming the outlook believe that there will follow a wealth of important dis cussion in which many countries will take part without formality and more in the nature of an inclusive sym posium.
 The conference may last for q month and even longer. The pro- gram of topics specified in the la bor clauses of the treaty is enough in itself to bring out lengthy discus sion and it is more than likely that the tfmeliness and importance of the meeting will draw to 1t, perhaps only in informal manner, the consideration of other current problems in the worlds labor situation. No more sig nificant time could be chosen for an international labor conferences; and although this seems a noteworthy fact to outside observers. it is said to be