Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-12
LABOR RPLANS
APPROvEDBY
PARIS MEET
Recommendation for In
ternational Legislation
Adopted at Farley.

Paris, April 12.-The report of
the committee on international
| labor legislation was adopted by
the peace conference.
| recommendation embodied in
the report of the committee on in
teInational labor legislation which
vas adopted by the peace confer
ence include the follows:
| tLeading features of the report
including provisions for an inter
national labor conference and a
permanent organization for pro-
| noting international legislation
for labor condition, were cabIed
last night.
Employers and workers should
be allowed the right of association
for all lawful purposes.
Bars Child Labor.
No child should be permitted to
be employed in industry or COM
merce before the age of IA in or
| der that every child be insured
reasonable opportunities for men
tai and physical education. Be-
tween the years of IA and IS young
persons of either sex may be en-
| ployed at work which is not harm
full to their physical development
on condition that their technical
organism is assured.
Every worker has the right to
wage adequate to maintain a rea-
sonable standard of life, having re-
gard to the civilization of his time
and his country.
Equal Pay for All.
Equal pay should be given to
women and men for work of equal
value in quantity and quality.
Limitation is recommended of
the hours of work in industry on
the basis of eight hours a day and
4S hours a week, subject to excep-
tion in countries in which climatic
conditions, imperfect development
OF industrial organization or other
special circumstances render the
industrial efficiency of the workers
substantially different. The inter-
national labor conference will rec
ommend a basis approximately
equivalent to the above for the
adoption of such countries.
In all matters concerning their
status as workers and in social in
surance, foreign workmen lawfully
admitted to another countries and
their families should be insured
the same treatment as the nation
ais of that country All states
should institute a system of in
spection in which women should
take part, in order to insure the
enforcement of the laws and regu-
iatiOns for the protection of work
orS
Belgian in Minority Report.
At the meeting of the peace con-
ference yesterday before the re-
port of the committee on Interna-
tional labor legislation was adopt
ed, Emile Vandervelde, the Belgian
labor delegate, made what was in
effect a minority report. He advo-
Gated the admission to the interna-
tional labor conference of dele
gates from countries, with which
state of war still exists, saying
that otherwise he felt there might
be held another conference where
the proletariat from all countries
could be represented and which
would WELD more power than the
conference to be held in Washing
ton next October.
Two Ways Open.
He concluded by saying that
questions relative to the adoption
of an eight hour day, equality of
salaries for men and women work
ers and legislation dealing with
night work must be settled
There are two ways to arrive
at these results" he said. "One is
the Russian way and the other the
British method. 1 prefer the lat
ter"
NJ. Colliard, the French labor
delegate, spoke briefly, beseeching
French support and approval of
the report.