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JAMES A. WILSON, Labor Relations Counsellor, International Labor Office, with headquarters in Washington, D. C., and a native ivnnsvlvanian, expressed his appreciation at being invited to address .n industrial safety conference in his home State. "Safety and the International Labor Organisation" was the subject of his talk. In in told how three of the Organization's treaties, dealing with long M-rrmcn and seamen; and a fourth, referring to safety of workers ,:i ihc building industry, are meeting with success. He also told .* ii.nv the Recommendations on Safety adopted by the I. L. 0., while y do not have the force of treaties, have enjoyed wide acceptance :.v the member states and have had their provisions worked into National legislation. Following are excerpts taken from the address of Mr. Wilson: The record discloses that much progress has been made in reducing !:, number of accidents and the days lost through accidents. The cooi'ration of labor and industrial management {together with their duration and their cooperation) in conjunction with the State Depart ment of Labor ha5 been responsible in large moacurc for the progress that has been made. "What you have been doing here in Pennsylvania to safeguard the live? of ynnr working population ia Analogous to the world-wide efforts : the International Labor Organization in that direction. WORLD PEACE THROUGH SOCIAL JUSTICE "The International Labor Organization, as its title might suggest, is !nt a labor union nor a federation of labor uniono. It is the semi official voice of nearly 50 nations to which is added equal representa*:un from national labor and employer organizations. These three groups--government, employer and worker--are brought together in iio organization for the express purpose of establishing world peace mised upon social justice. The United States has been a member of the organization since 1934 and the three groups from this country have cooperated to the fullest extent. "While the Office cannot under its Constitution dictate to the member states what, they shall and chnll not do in the matter of industrial safety, it is in a unique position to study national methods of tech nique, safety propaganda and instruction, and to determine what methods are most likely to give the maximum benefits to the workers. INDUSTRIAL SAFETY COMMITTEES "An important and indispensable part of the set-up of the Inter national Labor Office is its system of committees, made up of experts on the particular problems with which tho Office ie faced. In thi.- way, the Office is able to consult the best thought in any given field, in the field of safety, this system lias been of inestimable value. "The International Labor Office has published safety monographs dealing with individual problems of accident prevention in such in dustries as hydro-extractors, metal-working presses. ncetvh'W. cellu loid. spray paimiu^,, uud elnv.M*v. ))