New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-11-05
TELLS HORRORS
Of B0LSHEv|SM
AMERICAN BRANCH OF lNTERNA.
TIoNAL LABOR OFFICE RE-
PORTS ON RUSSIA.
OFFICE NOW GOING CONCERN
Brief Description of Its Constitution,
With Its Diplomatic and Scientific
Divisions and Its Six Technical
Sections.
BY JAMEs p. HoRNApAY.


Washington.-The international la
Dor office" of the League of Nations
now has an active branch here.
Through this branch both employers
and employees are obtaining, for dis
tribution on an extensive scale, the re-
port which the scientific division has
rendered on conditions in soviet Rus
STA. The report presents an intimate
picture of the horrible conditions ex-
listing throughout Russia, and it is as
serted that no American wOrkingman
can study it without a feeling of dis
gust.
The international labor office is now
a going concern. 1t consists of two
parts, the International labor confer
ence, which is held once a wear or
oftener, and the International labor
office itself, with headquarters at Ge-
neva. This last ia turn is subdivided
into two principal divisions, a diplo-
matte division and a scientific division.
The international labor conference is
made up of delegates from all the
emb states, four from each, two
of whom are direct representatives of
the government; n is appointed by
the government in agreement with the
labor organizations, n in agreement
with the organizations of employers.
As many of the states, notably in South
America, have as yet no organizations
of either employers or employees, in
the working out of the representation
the governments are found to contrib
ute a preponderating majority.
Makeup of the Office.
The international labor office con-
sists of IA governing body of "A men,
bers, of which II are government Off
Gals, six represent the employers and
six labor. Eight of the government
members are selected from the eight
countries of chief industrial impor-
lance, viz: Belgium, France, Great
Britain, Italy, Japan, Germany, Swift
zerland and Spain. The four other
countries represented are Argentina,
Canada, Poland and Denmark; but
hSui'N III tht MT Why III
the place of the United States, and
would retire should the United States
ever enter the League of Nations and
~ become eligible to membership in |
the international labor Office. The d.
rector general of the international la
Dor Office is Albert Thomas of France
and the deputy director general Har-
old II. Butler of Great Britain. who
already had served ass secretary gen.
eral of the International labor con-
convened under authority of
by President Wilson in Wash
in 1919.
The international labor office In turn
Is divided into two principal divisions.
a diplomatic division and a scientific
division. +. j. Phelan Of Great Brit
ain is chief of the former, and Or.
Royal Meeker, formerly United States
commissioner of labor statistics, Is
of the scientific division. Mr..
Meeker is recognized as the leading
of the world in the compilation
Of statistical data relating to labor.
md his appointment was made wholly
upon merit.
Six Technical Sections.
So far the international labor Office
has correspondents in five countries
England, France, Italy, Denmark and
the United States. The American cor
respondent serves unofiicially, of
course, as far as the United States is
concerned, and the expenses of the Of
fee are paid wholly from the funds of
he central organization, with which
he United States government has moth
.ng 10 do. In addition to the foregoing
ire six technical sections as fol-
.ows: Unemployment, under the direc-
ton of Mr.. l.. Varlez; emigration, I'M
der DIR. W. \. Riddell seamen. under
J. Randall; agriculture. under DR.. G.
Di Palma Castiglione (Dr. Di Palma
Castiglione attended the Washington
conference as one of the delegates
rom Italy) Russian inquiry. under
DR.. G. Parde (Dr. Parde was the dep
Ity secretary general in charge Of edit
ne and translation of the Washington
,%onference) social insurance, under
J. ]. de Roode, and cooperation under
DR.. G. Fauquet. As the work Of the
office progresses other sections will be
organized.
The scope of the work of the scien-
life division is much broader than a
mere compilation of the labor and in
data. Very little idea Of the
character Of this work is conveyed
,y the statement that the division pre-
Dares the agenda for the international
abor conference. Another conference
will be held in Geneva. April 4, 1921,
and already a study Of the topics to be
discussed there is in cours of prep
lration.
Red Cross Plans for Europe.
According TO DIR. Livingstone Far
and. chairman of the central commit
zee of the American Red Cross. who
lust returned from Europe, the
,reatest of the problems confronting
Europe today pertains to the 11.-OOO.-
100 war orphans and the additional
of undernourished. u~ncared-fOr
.hildren who in a few years will re-