Tue_ixrmasarioxac Lasoo Oncaxtsalox The First Decade. Preface by "Albert Thomas. Pablished for the "International Labour Offee league of Nations)" by George Aiten'& Unwin Ltd, Lenéon, 'This is a most valuable book for' the guidance of all interested in the Labour side of the League of Nations? work. It gives a record of the first ten years of international cooperation. It is necessarily un-Provocative, but this does not mean that it lacks the enthusiasm of men who have thrown themselves wholeheartedly into the very complex {gxestions of the ce-ordination—of Lebour Legislation and Conventions. The book should dissipate—the optimism of those who believe that a new heaven and a new earth can be brought into being by the internationalization of Labour practice, Although the writers do not conceal] the fact that many of the Conven-are no more than pious aspirations, they do show that effective Fesults have been achieved, and a very useful analysis faces the facts} and enlightens the reader on this! particular aspect of the problem. This analysis divides up the Conven. tions into four classes:
Conventions widely raised and] involving "serious legislative" proconventions sparsely ratified, put, having "inspired. considerable 'Conventions widely ratified, but involving' relatively alight]
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