THE FORTY-HOUR WEEK
* Introduction Urged By America OTHER COUNTRIES OBJECT (ujrn'ED rnsss association —et electrio TELEGRAM—COPYRIGHT.) (Received January 31, 7.20 p.m.) GENEVA, January 30. Mr Lubin, representing the United States Government, speaking at the conference of the International Labour Office, demanded a 40-hour week to apply to as many industries as possible throughout the world. He said the results of such a policy in the United States had been most satisfactory. The workers' delegates approved Mr Lubin's proposal, but all the Government representatives except Italy opposed it on the ground that the 40-hour week would upset the economic structure. Voting o.n Mr Lubin's proposal will be taken on Friday. [The 40-hour week has been introduced into many American industries by the codes adopted under the National Recovery Act, and it is claimed that this has increased employment. A message published yesterday stated that in Italy the introduction of the 40-hour week there had meant work for 177,711 men.l
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Press, Volume LXXI, Issue 21387, 1 February 1935, Page 11
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