The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-05-30
! COMMENT ON WORLD
EVENTS

maze IL necessary 10 postpone lIle III
ternational Labor Conference, which
was to have opened in Geneva on June
5, the international Labor Organiza-
ton is continuing with it's work at its
headquarters in Geneva and through
it's five branch and eighteen CORE
spondents' offices throughout t h c
world. Through the emergency COM
mittee made up of members Of the
Governing Body in or near Geneva
working with the director of the In
ternational Labor Office, John G. Wi
nant of the United States, any matters
involving policy can be determined.
Several months before the outbreak
of war in Europe, the Governing Body
decided that the International Labor
Organization would carry on it's work
even if hostilities occurred. This de-
cision had the support of the govern
ments of the various member countries
and of the worker and employer rep
resentatives.
1t was felt that not only should the
regular work of the organization be
continued so far as possible but that
existing conditions made urgent the
need for additional work. The organ
ization has, therefore, in recent months
been giving especial attention to So
cial problems in wartime and the So
luton of labor problems which will
arise in the postwar period.
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In view of the destructive and wide
spread character of the European war
it is remarkable that the LILO is still
functioning. But after eight months
of war, the LILO, with certain adapta-
tions, is still carrying on it's work sue
cessfully.
In November December, the Second
Regional Conference of American
States was held in Havana, Cuba. The
Governing Body met in Geneva, Switz-
erland, in February of the present
year.
The progress of ratification Of LILO
conventions, or international treaties
has continued, new ratifcations hav-
ing come from European countries
Since September 1889, thirteen ratifi-
cations have been received. These in
clude, among others, the following
ratification Of Convention No. 63 on
Statistics of Wages and Hours of
Work by Australia, the Netherlands
New Zealand, and Norway; Conven-
ton No. 9 on the Placing Of Seamen
and No. as on Hours of Work in Coal
Mines, No. So on Officers Competency
Certificates and No. 55 on Shipown-
ers' Liability for Sick and Injured Sea-
men by Mexico; No. SO on Minimum
Age in Industry by China; No. % or
Seamen's Articles of Agreement by
Norway; No. 20 on Night Work ir
Bakeries by Sweden; and No. 5S or
Minimum Age at Sea by Iraq.
The committee of experts appointed
to examine the annual reports sub
mitted by member countries on the
measures they have taken to apply
the international labor conventions
they have ratified met in Geneva or
April 20. Nearly 600 reports-all pre-
pared and sent to the lilo since the
outbreak of hostilities-were submit
ted by member states for the commit.
tee to examine.
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The international Labor Office
which is the secretariat of the Inter
national Labor Organization and g
world research center on labor and in
dustrial problems, is continuing it's in.
vestigations, technical consultations
and the publication of it's reports.
Among the studies which are being
conducted and planned for 1910 are
those dealing with problems of organ
ization of the labor market arising out
of the war; migration; the influence OF
the war and mobilization on nationa
regulations concerning hours of WORK
and rest periods; the influence of the
war and mobilization on the conditions
of women's work; the adjustment OF
wage rates to changing prices; meth
DDS of cooperation between public au
thorities, workers organizations anC
employers organizations; the adapta
tion of social insurance to mobiliZa
ton and war; and the right of meT
disabled in the war to compensation
and their vocational and social reha
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