BRITAIN LASHED.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 136, 10 June 1936, Page 7

BRITAIN LASHED.

Scathing French Criticism at Geneva. CONDITIONS OF LABOUR. (Received 12.30 p.m.) GENEVA, June 9. Mr. Ernest Brown, British Minister of Labour, intervened in tlie International Labour Conference to oppose the . draft convention for a 40-hour week in the textile industry. He said that by attempting to isolate hours of work from wages and other vital considerations, the International Labour organisation was not helping real progress towards improving labour conditions. M. Jouhaux, secretary to the French Federation of Labour, scathingly attacked Mr. Brown's speech, and warned Governments, and employers that the workers would be obliged in defence of their own national economy to close their frontiers against countries which did not apply the same conditions of labour, also that their opposition would probably result in a revolt of their own workers who would be encouraged to follow the recent French example.

40-HOUR WEEK. ADVOCATED IN ENGLAND. (Received 11 a.m.) LONDON, June 9. Mr. Inglis, in liis presidential address at the annual conference of the Typographical Association at Torquay, advocated the 40-hour week. He said this was long overdue and would not solve unemployment but would relieve a tragic position.