These are serious criticisms, but it seems almost Mere. dible
that they were not made several years ago. The raising of such doubts now will probably confirm the workers' representatives of all countries in their impres- sion that the British Government have yielded to pressure from some employers. That impression must unfortunatelY be strengthened by the Minister's references to overtime, where again he appealed for a closer and less ambiguous definition, but then went on to suggest that perhaps it was not necessary, after all, to have any specific overtime regulations, the payment of an increased rate being a sufficient safeguard. Obviously this is the very situation which the organized workers are determined to prevent, since it leaves the door open to that kind of bargaining which is fatal to settled peace.
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