The Connecticut labor news., 1921-10-28

plOyment i'll agricultural pursuits IS one of the subjects included in the Agenda of the Third International Labor Conference which convened i'll Geneva, Switzerland this week, where delegates from some htty countries gathered to discuss many problems with a view towards further legislative and other measures being taken throughout the world for the betterment of working conditions Preliminary re ports for the use of delegates to the Con- ference, compiled by the International Labor Office from answers made by various member Governments to ques- tlonnaireS sent out by the Office, have Just been received in this country One of these deals with the adoption to agri- cultural labor of measures for the pre- vention of unemployment
 The conclusion which emerges from the replies of the Governments is that none of them contests the right of agricul- tural workers to enjoy the same protec- tlon against unemployment as industrial workers. All have recognized that the problem of agricultural unemployment Is ot capital importance and merits profound study.
 Some of the solutions to the problem, which are to be considered at the Con- ference, are as follows:
 Increase of the area under cultivation, either by rendering land susceptible of cultivation which IS not at the present uncultivated or insufficiently cultivated"
 The transfOrmation of extensive cul- tivation into intensive cultivation, in crease of the labor employed per unit of cultivated land"
 Creation of small landed properties or landed farms by the development of agricultural credits"
 Facilities for transport of agricul- tural workers"
 Creation of agricultural workers CO., operative societies for the working and purchase or renting of land"
 Among the measures suggested may be mentioned particularly the organization of work for unemployed, and the en- Couragement of economy among young workers to enable them to save up gradu- ally sum of money such as will even- tually enable them to buy a holding on their own account
 Further information relative to this re- port which contains the exact answers of the various Governments to the various questions, may be obtained from the Washington Office of the International Labor Office, 618 Seventeenth Street, N. w.
 It was definitely understood that Lord Burnham, proprietor of the London Daily Telegraph, would be the President of the Labor Conference. Lord Burn hams name was presented to the Govern ing Body of the International Labor Organization and approved, according to advices received at the Washington Office of the International Labor Office. No other candidate for President of the Con- ference is contemplated
 Lord Burnham has decided the policies of the Daily Telegraph for the last fif- teen years. He is affiliated with the Unionist Party in politics and was a member of the House of Commons until he succeeded to the peerage.
 Lord Burnham is of strong person. ality, an excellent speaker with thorough knowledge of Parliamentary procedure, and although a capitalist, en joys the con- fdence and respect of the labor element in Great Britain.
 The suggestion of Lord Burnham's name for President of the International Labor Conference is significant as show ing the value which is placed upon the importance of the press in international discussions.
 The Conference will consider pro- gram covering the following subjects:
 Reform of constitution of the Gov erning Body of the International Labor Office.
 2-Adaptation to agricultural labor of the Washington decisions concerning the regulation of the hours of work.
 (a) measures for the prevention of or providing against unemployment;
 (b) protection of women and children.
 -4-Special measures for the protection of agricultural workers,
 (a) technical agricultural education;
 (b) 1iving-in conditions of agricultural workers;
 Co guarantee of the rights of associa- tion and combination;
 (d) protection against accident, sick ness, invalidity and old age.
 5-Disinfection of wool infected with anthrax spores.
 6-Prohibition of the use of white lead in painting.
 7-The weekly rest day in industrial and commercial employment
 8-The prohibition of the employment of any person under the age of Is years as trimmer or StOker;
 Compulsory medical examination of all children employed on board ship.
 A weekly rest day in industrial and commercial employment IS one of the important subjects.
 It is the custom of the International Labor Office in order to facilitate the work of the International Labor Confer ence each year, to send out questionnaires on the various subjects included in the program of the conference to all govern ments and members of the International Labor Organization, and to the represen- tative employers and workers organiz ations in those countries. The ques- tionnaire sent out this year on the weekly rest day was very extensive and involves, among other points, the subject of con- fining the weekly rest day to- Sunday, or compensation for work done on Sunday by higher wages, by an increased period of rest during the week, or by periodical holidays on full pay. The questionnalre also requested full information with re- gard to industries and commercial estab- lishments in which Sunday work is abso- lutely necessary, due to continuous pro- cess or work of a seasonable character.
 The Office has now published reports for the benefit of the delegates to the conference, containing the answers of the various governments to the queStlonnalres distributed. The report on the weekly rest day is extremely interesting and con- tains much valuable information as to the regulations or customs now m force Tn the various countries, and the attitude ot the different governments towards tur- ther regulation of the weekly day ot rest
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