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Show SPIRITED FIGHT ' IN THE LABOR CONFERENCE I WASHINGTON. NoV 5 A spirited fight In the international labor con-1 ference of the Issue of a -18-hour Week 1 was forecast today after meetings of the labor committee and the empi. y-1 crs' group. The committee roteri to rec onunend in favor of the 44 or 48 hour I week, with 48 hours sts a maximum,' , while the employers decided to subtuit ; a counter proposition, the nature of! 'which was not disclosed. An address by M. Doranye, advisor I of the Japanese delegates, wa;? a feature fea-ture of the meeting of the labor com- , mittee. He urged the adoption of ne eight hour day without reservation and declared that the wreck of the heaith and happiness of workers came from long hours at labor. Pointing out that there was no labor ':nion !n Japan because be-cause of goernment prouibition. he I said the Japanese government "was perfectly controlled bj the capitalists." nn |