THE PEACE CONFERENCE

Evening Star, Issue 25169, 8 May 1944, Page 3

THE PEACE CONFERENCE

1.L.0. SHOULD BE REPRESENTED CANADA SUPPORTS AMERICAN PROPOSAL PHILADELPHIA, May 6. The Australian Government delegates to the 1.L.0. conference have circulated a resolution among the committee on the recommendations for present and post-war social policy, providing, first, that countries not fully developed and dependent on a narrow range of exports may use economic measures to ensure continued stability; secondly, that steps should be taken to establish an international agreement for economic collaboration, with provisions to guard all the United Nations from producing identical goods which might pile up into surpluses; and, thirdly, that tue United Nations should exchange information on post-war industrial programmes. The United States Government delegation submitted a resolution demanding action now to prepare the 1.L.0 for the role it would be called on to piay in framing the peace terms. Miss Frances Perkins, Secretary of Labour, explained that opportunity should be taken at the peace negotiations to secure binding obligations concerning labour conditions. The Canadian delegation supported the United States resolution.

The ' New York ' Herald-Tribune's ' Philadelphia correspondent quotes informed quarters as saying that the United States resolution about the participation of the 1.L.0. in the peace conference constitutes an action unprecedented in the history of international relations. The appointment of a committee would represent a substantial victory for Britain and Canada, who consistently objected to binding their Governments now on post-war issues, while many of the smaller nations insisted that post-war matters should be settled at the present meetings.