STUDY OF LABOUR CONDITIONS

Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22534, 17 October 1938, Page 8

STUDY OF LABOUR CONDITIONS

♦ . i MR H. E. MOSTON’S TOUR ABROAD NO LOSS OF BRITISH PRESTIGE < 'noted S i ] [THR PRESS Special Service.] 1 I AUCKLAND, October 16. 1 “People are apt to talk about Britain’s loss of prestige; but I did not 1 find this to be the case in the coun- i tries I visited,” said Mr Henry E. < Moston, assistant secretary for Labour, t upon his return to the Dominion by t the Aorangi. “In France, Switzerland, and the United States there is no doubt X that Britain’s prestige stands high. The c people are friendly disposed, and at the conferences I attended I could not help but notice the weight that the utterances by British delegates carried.” __ _ ■ Mr Moston was one of the New Zealand delegates to the International Labour Office Conference, held in Ge- f neva last June. At the conclusion of i this he remained in Geneva to attend t the conference of the International t - Public Works Committee. A tribute’ was paid to the work of - the International Labour Office by Mr Moston. He considered that' even if the League of Nations broke down, the International Labour Ofpce would still be a big force, and remain an important factor in the securing of peace. From Geneva Mr Moston went to England. where he spent some time with the Ministry of Labour and the Board of Trade. It was the first occasion on which he had visited England since his departure from Cheshire 30 years ago. Mr Moston continued his investigation into industrial and Labour questions in the United States and Canada. He found economic conditions generally better in England than in • the United States. Strenuous efforts were being made by Mr • Roose- • belt to improve conditions in the United States; but it was a country with great racial and constitutional problems. * Mr Moston, together with Mrs Moston, who accompanied him on his visit overseas, will leave, for Wellington tomorrow.