SEVENTY-FOURTH SESSION OF THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE INTERNATIONAL LABOR OFFICE1 (Geneva, Switzerland, February 20-22, 1936) Representative: Isidor Lubin, Ph.D., of Massachusetts, Commissioner of Labor Statistics, Department of Labor. The Governments of the following countries were represented at this meeting: Argentina, Brazil, Canada, China, Czechoslovakia, Finland, France, Great Britain, India, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Poland, Spain, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, and United States of America. A report was submitted concerning the activities of the Preparatory Technical Tripartite Meeting on Maritime Questions, which was held at Geneva from November 25 to December 6, 1935.2 The Governing Body voted that the existing conventions applying to child labor be revised and that in accordance with statutory procedure the individual member governments be asked for their observations on this question. The resolution of the Assembly of the League of Nations concerning the status of women as regards their right to work was fully discussed, and the International Labor Office was instructed by the Governing Body to prepare a report for the Assembly on the regulation of women's work and the restrictions on employment of women. A report was submitted to the Governing Body on the First Regional Conference of Representatives of Labor Inspection Services, which was held at The Hague in October. This Conference concerned methods of inspection for the enforcement of labor laws. The Director of the International Labor Office submitted a preliminary report on the work of the Conference of American States held by the International Labor Organization at Santiago from January 2 to January 14, 1936.3 Other reports concerning accident prevention, industrial hygiene, and professional workers were also submitted to the Governing Body by the International Labor Office. The Governing Body voted to place the following questions on the agenda of the 1937 session of the International Labor Conference: (1) Organization of public works in relation to employment; (2) Reduction of hours of work in the printing and kindred trades; 1 (3) Reduction of hours of work in the chemical industry. For an account of the origin and functions of the International Labor Organization, see p. 106 of this publication. See p. 54 of this publication. 3 See p. 56 of this publication. Further information concerning the proceedings of the Seventyfourth Session of the Governing Body may be obtained from the Department of Labor at Washington, D.C., or from the International Labor Office at Geneva. SESSIONS OF THE FIRST, SECOND, THIRD, AND FOURTH COMMISSIONS OF THE INTERNATIONAL TECHNICAL COMMITTEE OF AERIAL LEGAL EXPERTS 1 1 (Paris, France, February 24–26, 1936) Members on the part of the United States: Stephen Latchford, of Maryland, Treaty Division, Department of State; Arnold Whitman Knauth, New York, New York.2 Secretary: Arthur L. Lebel, of Massachusetts, Department of State. The sessions were attended by representatives of the following countries: Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Poland, Rumania, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, United States of America, and Yugoslavia. The principal documents considered by the commissions were as follows: (1) First commission (a) Interpretation of conventions on private air law. (2) Second commission (a) Hiring or chartering. (3) Third commission (a) Limitation of liability; (b) Salvage on land; (c) Insurance under the Rome convention; (d) Aviation salvage at sea. (4) Fourth commission (a) Legal status of air personnel. 1For an account of the origin and functions of the International Technical Committee of Aerial Legal Experts, see p. 101 of this publication. 2 Mr. Knauth was appointed a member of the American Section of the International Technical Committee of Aerial Legal Experts for this meeting only. FIRST INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF MUSICAL EDUCATION Delegates: • (Prague, Czechoslovakia, April 4–9, 1936) Frederic B. Stiven, Professor of Music and Director of the School of Music, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, Chairman of the Delegation; Carleton Sprague Smith, Ph.D., Chief, Music Division, New York Public Library, New York, New York; Olga Samaroff Stokowski, Founder and Director, The Layman's Music Courses, Incorporated, New York, New York. The following countries were officially represented at the Congress by approximately 25 delegates: Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Estonia, France, Great Britain, Japan, Netherlands, Palestine, Rumania, Spain, Switzerland, United States of America, and Yugoslavia. More than 600 persons were present in either an official or an unofficial capacity. The sessions of the Congress were devoted to addresses on various subjects relating to musical education. Each evening there was an operatic performance or a concert for the benefit of the delegates. The following resolutions were adopted: (1) That the. Society of Musical Education of Prague be chosen as an international center for the exchange of pedagogic methods and materials and for their distribution; (2) That Prague be chosen as the meeting place for the Second International Congress of Musical Education. The original resolution regarding the place for holding the next Congress included a specific date (September 1937), but this was not agreed to and the time of the meeting will be decided later. Further information concerning the activities and results of the Congress may be obtained from the Society of Musical Education, Prague IV, Tòskansk pàlac. THIRD PAN AMERICAN CONFERENCE OF NATIONAL Delegates: (Washington, D. C., April 4-15, 1936) Hugh S. Cumming, of Virginia, Surgeon General, United States J. P. Leake, of Missouri, Medical Director, United States Public Health Service; Bolivar J. Lloyd, of Texas, Medical Director, United States Public Health Service; John D. Long, of Pennsylvania, Medical Director, United States Public Health Service; George W. McCoy, of Pennsylvania, Director, National Institute of Health, United States Public Health Service; J. W. Mountin, of Wisconsin, Surgeon, United States Public Health Service; Thomas Parran, of Maryland, Surgeon General, United States Public Health Service;1 W. L. Treadway, of Illinois, Assistant Surgeon General, United States Public Health Service; C. L. Williams, of Massachusetts, Senior Surgeon, United States Public Health Service; L. L. Williams, of Virginia, Senior Surgeon, United States Public Health Service; R. C. Williams, of Alabama, Assistant Surgeon General, United States Public Health Service. In addition to the United States of America, the following countries were represented by official delegates: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Haiti, Mexico, Nicaragua, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela. The agenda of the Conference comprised the following topics: (2) Evaluation of measures for the prevention of the spread (4) Evaluation of the use of vaccines (immunization) in the 1Dr. Parran was appointed Surgeon General of the United States Public Health Service on April 6, 1936. (5) Prophylaxis of amebiasis and of bacillary dysenteries. (7) Problems of school and industrial hygiene. (8) Modern trends in public health. (9) The narcotic problem. (10) Is the closing of schools, churches, and theatres ever justified as a public-health measure? If so, under what conditions? (11) Problems of maternal and child welfare. (12) Problems of rural sanitation. (13) Essentials of a campaign against the venereal diseases. (14) Problems of nutrition. (15) Evaluation of measures for combating bubonic plague. (16) Problems of poliomyelitis. (17) Problems in the control of trachoma and onchocerciasis. (19) Moderation in the employment of quarantine measures. (22) Necessity for devising new methods for combating malaria. Numerous resolutions were passed. These resolutions and the proceedings of the Conference will be published in English and Spanish by the Pan American Sanitary Bureau, Washington, D.C. It is expected that the Fourth Conference will be held at Washington in 1941. FIRST INTER-BALKAN CONFERENCE FOR THE PROTECTION OF CHILDREN Delegates: (Athens, Greece, April 5–9, 1936) Homer W. Davis, Pd.D., President of Athens College, Athens, Greece; Belle Greve, Secretary, International Development Committee, International Society for Crippled Children, Cleveland, Ohio. The following countries were represented at the Conference by 320 delegates: Albania, Belgium, Bulgaria, France, Greece, Netherlands, Rumania, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, United States of America, and Yugoslavia. In addition to the official delegates from the United States, the following organizations were represented at the meeting by Americans: Near East Foundation, Athens, Greece; American |