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Show LABOR PHI GOESjJNHEEDED Nations Fail to Act In Recommendations Re-commendations Drawn At Washington AMSTERDAM. Feb. 19 Officials of the International Federation of Labor La-bor are not nearly fo optimistic about the progress of labor legislation recommended rec-ommended by the conference held at Vashington in 1919 as are officials of the labor section of the league of nations na-tions at Geneva. Whllo Albert Thomas nf Franco said In a recent report of the leaguo section sec-tion that adoption of the Washington recommendations was coming mores rapidly than had been tho case of few months ago. Kdo Flmmen, secretary of tho International Federation of La bor. has compiled statistics to the con tiary "Up to the present." said Mr. Flm-men. Flm-men. "there Is only one country in the world Greece that has ratifieel the resolutions In their entirety. This, of course, is not much lor the world's laborers "In Belgium, some of the reconi inendations of Washington have been carried out, and, in France the stipulations stipu-lations as to the weirk of mothers before be-fore nnd after childbirth have been regulated. "In other countries, as Argentina. Austria, Luxemberg, and oZCChO-Slo-j valnu, no special measures have been taken by the Kovernment but the con-j ditions of labor there were already) probably even more favorable than th Washinpton program prolded. "Still other countries have either proposed one- or more bills aiming at improvement of labor conditions, or will do so shortly. Among these are South Afrlcu. England, Italy, Venezu els, Germany, Chili, Spain and numa : nia. "Another group includes British In-1 dia. Norway Nicaragua, Panama, 'Po-1 land, Sweden anel Switzerland, which, are still studying the problem. "Columbia. Denmark, Bolivia. Canada, Cana-da, Honduras. Liberia. New Zealand. |