LABOR CONFERENCE, INTER

NATIONAL, a yearly conference of labor representatives held under the auspices of the International Labor Organization of the League of Nations. It represents the activities of the International Labor Office, which is in charge ‘between conferences, first located in London, but in 1920 removed to Geneva, Switzerland. The first general conference was convened by the United States Government, in "Washington, during October, 1919. Forty-one coun- ‘tries were represented through govern- ‘mental employers and labor delegates. ‘The conference pa ed a number of ‘decisions, each country being pledged to ‘pa legislation embodying them. ‘The ‘chief questions considered were the Nim it a tions of the hours of labor to 48, ‘Kegulating the employment of women (and children, and insurance against unemployment. The Second Conference was held in Geneva, in 1920, and considered especially the condition of seae men. The Third Conference, held in 1921, concerned itself chiefly with problems pertaining to the disturbing labor situation then developing in all industria] countries.