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Show Senate Approves ! Of a Conference Of World Labor WASHINGTON. All. 1. So thai the first meeting of tho International (labor conference, created b th Vr-r-i failles treaty, may be held in Wasn-Ington Wasn-Ington nrit October, regardless of I whether sw trem- is ratified the senate unanimously adopted today a Joint resolution authorizing the president presi-dent to call such a meeting but giving no authority for American ropresen- 1 tailon "unless and until" the treaty's ratification has been accomplished. The action was taken after Secre tary Wilson of tb labor department bad told the forelpn relation commit- ! tee that, even if the treaty were re ! Jected here, its acceptance by other powers would validate the request it contains that the president call the first conference to meet here in Oc- t tober. He said, under existing law the nxaciitive was without authority to act and that it was necessary to begin be-gin preparations soon as more than a score of nations already had signified sig-nified their intention to be n-pr sented. In committee, the resolution introduced intro-duced by Senator Kenyon, Republi can, Iowa, was stripped of all reference ref-erence to the fact that the conference confer-ence was created under the treat v. the authorization as finally frameo merely referring to "an international labor conference.' Unanimous consent con-sent for consideration of the measure ' in the senate was secured only after Chairman lx4s had MtDTMl treat 9 1 opponents that action In tho matter could have "no effect whatever" toward to-ward giving assent to the treaty. Action on the resolution by tho 1 house Is necessary before the presi-' presi-' dent's authority la complete. oo |