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40-HQUR WEEK 1.L.0. CONFERENCE DECISION POSTPONED United Press Association—Uy Electric Tel#» graoh—Copyricbt. (.Received June 11, 1 p.m.) GENEVA, June 10. The International Labour Conference adopted a motion having the effect of postponing a decision respecting thi 40-hour week in the textiles trade. A heated argument arose from • statement by M. Waline, one of the French employers' representatives, to the effect that though the employers might be forced to accept the 40-hou? week imposed by M. Blum's Govern* ment they had not changed their opinion against it. M. Jouhaux, secretary of the French Federation of Labour, declared that that statement was untrue and said that the employers supported this and other plans of the new Government. ! The Mines Commission also discus* ed the 40-hour week. Mr. Edwards, representing the British workers, protested against the British Government not being represented. The French ,and American delegated agreed, whereupon the meeting adp journed so as to give Britain an oppor» tunity of being represented.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXI, Issue 137, 11 June 1936, Page 9
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162HEATED ARGUMENT Evening Post, Volume CXXI, Issue 137, 11 June 1936, Page 9
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