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bers will represent the Governments,
six will be elected by the delegates to
the conference repre- sentlng the employ
ers. and six by the delegates represent
ing the workpeople. of the twelve MEM
bers, representing the Governments, eight
will be nominated by the Governments
OF chief industrial Importance.
Each delegate to the International
Labor Conference will vote individu-
ally. On this point the report says:
ut was strongly felt by the COM
mission that II the conference was really
to be representative OF all those con-
cerned with Industry and to command
their confidence, the employers and
work people must be allowed to express
their views with complete frankness
and freedom and that a departure from
the traditional procedure of voting by
national units was therefore necessary.
IL was accordingly thought that the
employers and work peoples delegates
should be entitled to speak AND vote
independently of their governments"
The governing body will from time
to time elect one OF its own members
az chairman. 1t will regulate its own
procedure and fix it's own times of
meeting. The Director of the Interna-
tional Labor Office will be appointed
by the governing body, and in turn he
possible, will be of different national
tiles and a certain number Of whom
should be women.
To Disseminate InfOrma ton.
The functions OF the International
Labor Office" says the convention,
shall include the collection and dis
tribution of information. on all subjects
relating to the international adjustment
OF conditions of industrial life and labor.
and particularly the examination Of
subjects which II is proposed to bring
before the conference with view to
the conclusion of International conven-
tons, and the conduct OF such special
investigations as may be ordered by the
conference"
1t will also publish q periodical In
French and English and other languages
II desirable, dealing with industry and
employment.
The governments will pay the ex-
penses of their delegates, representatives
end advisers. All the other expense OF
the International Labor ONCE and Of
meetings OF the conference or govern
Ing body will be paid out OF the gen.
eral funds Of the League OF Nations.
There are twelve articles providing
machinery whereby a State failing to
carry out its obligations may be sub
jected to economic measures. An In
dustrial association of employers and
work people may make representations
to the International Labor Office against
an offending State. These will be COM
municated to the State.
The report says: III no satisfactory
reply is received the governing body
may publish the correspondence, which
in most cases will probably create suf-
ficient pressure by public opinion to
cause the complaint to be remedied
Otherwise the issue will be adtudSed
by a commission of inquiry or the per-
manent Court of International Justice
to be established by the League OF Ma
tons, which will indicate the economic
measures to be enforced against the
offender II 1t still fails to comply.
The first meeting ofthe annual Labor
Conference. to be held in Washington
in October. will be organized by a COM
mittee consisting of seven members APP
pointed by the United States Great
Britain, France, Italy. Japan. Belgium
and Switzerland. The topics to be con-
sidered at this meeting are as follows {.
81. Application OF the principle of
the eight hour day or Of the forty-eight
hour week.
"2. Question Of preventing or provid-
ing against unemployment.
"3. women's employment-(a) Before
and after childbirth. including the
question OF maternity benefit. tb) Dur
ing the night. (c) In unhealthy proc
esses.
-. Employment OF children-(a)
Minimum age of employment. OBJ
During the night. tc) In unhealthy
processes.
20 Extension and application OF the
International conventions adopted at
Bern in 1906 on the prohibition Of
night work for women employed In in
dustry and the prohibition OF the use
of white phosphorus in the manufac-
+ture OF matches"