Apr. 7.
No progress was mage at the first public sitting of the Governing Body of the International Labour Office to-day, which was devoted to the report of the Standing Orders Committee, chiefly on the method of dealing with proposals to revise conventions, The question arose of the British Government's proposals for revision of the Washington Hours Convention. This the workers' group strenuously opposed.
Eventually, at the suggestion of German delegate, the sitting was adjourned until to-morrow—Reuter,
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