World economic crisis was _discussed yesterday by the 2nd Committee of the League Assembly, on the occasion of the report made by Signor Bianehini, Italian delegate, on the economic and financial peo: gramme of the sth Assembly.
Yeport examined the activity' of the League of Nations in the domain sin question, during the "past year Though, the report stated the situa tion was not favourable, it admitted that there were reasons to hope for an improvement in the near future.
'Thereafter,- Captain Anthony Eden, Under-Secretary at the British" Foreign Office expressed the sane view. He said the prices had stabilized, and in certain' instances improved, in the course of the past ow months.
WIN. Leon Jouhaux, French delegate and President of the French General Labour Confederation, distributed an expose of the problem of public works. "After having' stated" that the present number of world's Jemiployed is estimated at 0,000,000 people, he reminded that the International Labour Bureau, and its late director, M. Albert 'Thomas, sug gested the execution of important Injernational public' works, to cope with unemployment. He fervently advocated the suggestion—Havas.
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