5 APRIL 1930, Page 33

The ten years of uphill work of the International Labour

Organization (1919-1929) are clearly described and pleasingly illustrated by a recent publication of the International Labour Office. The story is told by Mr. Arthur Fontaine, Chairman of the. Governing Body, taken up by two vice-chair- men, Signor Olivetti, and Mr. E. L. Poulton and brought to a climax by the characteristic resounding chords of M. Albert Thomas: Mr. H. B. Butler shows how the " romantic, even foolhardy experiment " of international administration has become the " prosaic matter of fact " of to-day. Diagrams and ingenious tables in colour complete a most refreshing and meritorious publication.

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