ment representatives were not opposed to a change in this direction and voted for the revised wording which requests the Governing Body to review the constitution of the Commission and, in the light of experience with other industrial commissions, to consider the desirability of reconstituting the Commission on a tripartite basis. The Governing Body is also requested to consider the desirability of amending the standing orders of the Commission to permit the respective groups as wholes to appoint substitutes. The resolution also requests the Governing Body to increase the Commission membership from 9 to 12 for each group. There was no opposition expressed to this last proposal but objection was made by the employers both in the committee and at the plenary session against the proposal for a tripartite body. RESOLUTION CONCERNING SAFETY OF LIFE AT SEA The workers' delegate from the United Kingdom proposed this resolution, which with some change in wording was approved by the committee and adopted by the Conference. This resolution expresses the approval of the Conference on the proposed international conference on safety of life at sea and requests the Governing Body to suggest participation in national delegations of representatives of shipowners and seafarers, and that representatives of the Joint Maritime Commission participate in a consultative capacity. RESOLUTION ON RATIFICATION OF CONVENTIONS This resolution was submitted by the labor delegate from the United Kingdom. In its original form it requested that the government delegates to the Conference meet together and devise a procedure calculated to lead to prompt and simultaneous ratification of the conventions adopted by the Conference so that these conventions could become effective before the end of 1946. This proposal was changed in the committee to a request to all delegates to the Conference that they urge upon their governments the necessity for prompt and simultaneous ratification by governments. The committee's redraft was adopted by the Conference, but not unanimously. RESOLUTION ON SEAFARERS' COMPENSATION CLAIMS ARISING OUT OF THE WAR This resolution was submitted by the United Kingdom labor delegate. Originally it included also an expression of approval for participation of shipowners, seafarers, and the Joint Maritime Commission in the peace conferences. Opposition was expressed to this latter proposal from several sources including the United States government representatives, and the proposal was withdrawn. As worded by the committee and adopted by the Conference, the resolution provides that the Conference urge that special consideration be accorded the compensation claims of Allied merchant seamen arising out of inhumane warfare at sea or detention as prisoners of war. RESOLUTION THANKING THE AUTHORITIES AND PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON This proposal was made by several members of the committee. It was enthusiastically supported by all members of the committee and was warmly received and passed by the plenary session of the Conference. RESOLUTION CONCERNING SEAMEN'S WELFARE IN PORTS The Swedish government delegate submitted this resolution. The draft sent to the Conference by the committee was reworded in some respects but did not differ in substance. The resolution as submitted and adopted by the Conference requests the Governing Body to investigate the effect of the recommendation adopted in 1936 by the International Labor Conference and to ask governments to report on their activities in the field of seamen's welfare in ports. Also the Governing Body was requested to consider the question of promotion of seamen's welfare in ports on the basis of international reciprocal cooperation. RESOLUTION CONCERNING AN INTERNATIONAL FISHERMEN'S CHARTER This resolution was submitted by the United Kingdom workers' delegate. It was adopted by the committee and the Conference substantially as written. The substance of this resolution is a request to the International Labor Office to study the possibility of framing an international fishermen's charter. RESOLUTION ON INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING POLICY This resolution was submitted by the United Kingdom workers' delegate. The United States delegation made its position amply clear in commenting on the Director's Report (appendix C). The substance of the resolution was that an International Shipping Authority should be established which would assist in the development of shipping services by international agreement and would allocate tonnage. The resolution called upon the International Labor Organization to promote this regulatory machinery. The Resolutions Committee decided that, "without going into the question of competence or of expediency" of the resolution, the discussion of the resolution should be postponed. The action was taken by a majority of the committee, with the workers' members dissenting. The plenary session adopted the recommendation of the committee. APPENDIX A United States Delegation GOVERNMENT DELEGATES Lewis B. Schwellenbach, Secretary of Labor Congressman Henry M. Jackson, Member of the Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee, House of Representatives Advisers and Substitute Delegates Congressman Richard J. Welch, Member of the Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee, House of Representatives Commodore H. C. Shepheard, Special Assistant to the Commandant, United States Coast Guard Erich Nielsen, Special Assistant to the United States Maritime Commission Advisers Clara M. Beyer, Assistant Director, Division of Labor Standards, United States Wilbur J. Cohen, Technical Adviser to the Social Security Board Thomas Holland, Associate Chief, Division of International Labor, Social, and Captain H. T. Jewell, Chief, Merchant Marine Personnel Division, United States Coast Guard Dagny Johnson, Office of the Solicitor, Department of Labor William R. McComb, Deputy Administrator, Wage-Hour and Public Contracts Divisions, Department of Labor Ida C. Merriam, Chief, Division of Coordination Studies, Bureau of Research and Statistics, Social Security Board Mortimer K. O'Sullivan, Joint Crews' Quarters Committee, Maritime Commission, War Shipping Administration Harold S. Roberts, Assistant Chief, Industrial Relations Branch, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Department of Labor John L. Salter, Technical Expert, Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee, House of Representatives Charles W. Sanders, Special Assistant to the Administrator, War Shipping Administration Commander Paul E. Savonis, United States Naval Reserve EMPLOYERS' DELEGATE Maitland S. Pennington, Vice President, National Federation of American Shipping Advisers Oliver Burnham, Secretary, Lake Carriers' Association, Cleveland J. B. Bryan, President, Pacific American Shipowners' Association, San Francisco Gilbert Johnson, General Counsel, Lake Carriers' Association, Cleveland 35 |