* * * The United States and the I.L.O.
Too little attention has been paid in this country to the recently published report of the United States official " observers " at the last International Labour Conference at Geneva. The report,' addressed to the Secretary for Labour, was unequivocal. It laid stress on the im- portance of the Conference to the United States, and the disabilities the American observers suffered through not being able to take a full part in the discussions and votes. The Standing Orders have since been revised to give fuller powers to observers, and what is much more important, it is confidently rumoured that Miss Frances Perkins, the present Secretary for Labour, is likely to attend this year's Labour Conference in person. It is not surprising in these circumstances that the question of actual American membership of the International Labour Organization is being seriously discussed. This would not, of course, involve the United States in any of the political activities of the League of Nations, but it would undoubtedly establish it more firmly and promin- ently at Geneva than at present.
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