Whereas it is essential and indispensable that a State should possess complete administrative integrity as regards labour questions in order to enable it to fulfil its obligations "s a Member of the International Labour Organization; Whereas it is impossible for a State its labour legislation satis-within its territory if the industrial and commercial undertakgs in the country which are managed by certain foreigners are not subject to the application of ssu legislation by the State, whilst other industrial and commercial undertakings are subject thereto:
Whereas the industrial and commercial undertakings in the country managed by certain foreigners, who are. not- subject either selves or thei kings to the application of labour legislation. nevertheless employ large numbers of the nationals of the country in question. whom they thus deprive of the legitimate protection of the national legislation applied by their own Government: modifications of the provisions of the Draft Convention on the reduction of hours of work in the textile industry for such countries with a view to the placing of this question on the Agenda of the Conference.
(3) Conference of Asiatic Countries Whereas it is urgently necessary, both in the interest df the workers directly concerned and as a contribution to the economic prosperity of the world as a whole, to promote far-reaching improvements in condi-
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