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vention establishing the 4O-hour week
in all industries in countries whose
governments are members Of the In
ternational Labor Organization.
Workers representatives base their
demand for the blanket convention on
the extreme slowness Of the previous
method whereby the conference has
sought to secure the establishment of
the 4O-hour week by separte conven-
tions in separate industries.
Motor Drivers Work Considered
A separate item on the agenda is
the "Regulation of Hours of Work and
Rest Periods for Professional Drivers
of Vehicles Engaged in Road Trans
portation. 1t is believed that the con-
ference is likely to make distinction
between actual driving time" and
"employment time" with the former
probably limited to 40 hours per week
while the latter might exceed that
limit.
The conference will also consider
hours for shops, hospitals, hotels and
theaters, with employer representa-
tives insisting that the 40-hOur week
is inapplicable and that hours should
be varied from 44 upward.
Vocational Training Included in
Agenda
"Technical and Vocational Education
and Apprenticeship" is a new item on
the agenda. 1t illustrates the way the
|. l.. O. is constantly exploring new
fields concerning those who work for
a living. Here again there is differ
ence Of opinion among the delegates.
Employer representatives stressed the
alleged lack of skilled men in certain
industries and the alleged failure to
train sufficient number of appren-
tees during the depression to meet
the needs of industry. Workers repre-
sentatives on the other hand desire
to prevent the inordinate use Of ap-
prentices to break down recognized la
Dor standards for adult workers.
But there is general recognition
that the question of vocational train
ing for reemployed persons has be-
come one of great urgency, due to the
need for reabsorbing large numbers
of the unemployed in occupations diff
fering from those in which they were
originally trained.
Mr.. Butler, the retiring director,
tersely summed up the matter when
he said "the whole question of indus
trial education is undergoing some
thing like revolution"
List of u. S. Delegates
The appointment of the following
persons to attend the conference was
approved by President Roosevelt:
United States Government Dele
gates: Frances Perkins, Washington,
ID. c., Secretary of Labor; Miss Frieda
S. Miller, Of New York City, director
of the division of women and industry,
New York State Labor Department.
United States Employers Delegate:
Henry l. Hartman, of Boston, chair
man of the board New England Power
Association.
United States Workers Delegate:
Robert j. Watt, former secretary
treasurer Of the Massachusetts State
Federation of Labor and member
OF the Governing BODY or the l. l.. y.
There are also a number of advisers
for each group.
The advisers for the u. S. Work
ers Delegate include: George l..
Googe, of Atlanta, Ga, chief of the
Southern Organization Campaign Of
the American Federation of Labor;
Joseph f. Cohen, of Philadelphia,
chairman Of the legislative committee,
Typographical Union of Philadelphia;
Hyman Bloomberg of New York City,
vice president of the Amalgamated
Clothing Workers of America; Marion
Hedges of Washington, ID. c., director
of research, International Brotherhood
of Electrical Workers.
William r. Foster, of Boston, di-
rector of the Pollack Foundation for
Economic Research, is adviser for the
U. S. employers delegate.