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REFERENCE BOOKS.

As the public is still very imperfectly informed regarding the International Labour Office, which is an important part of the League of Nations, it may be well to call attention to this massive publication, of over 1,100 pages, which contains full details of the organization and membership. Under the name of each country are given particulars of the employers' asso- ciations and trade unions which participate in the work of the Office. In the opening pages there is an account of the Office and its work, with full information concerning the Labour Ministries or departments in the various countries. The reader who merely glances through the book must realize that the Labour Office, representing however incompletely the Governments, the employers and workmen of the civilized world, has in it far greater potentialities for good than any Socialist International ever formed.