The regulation of the hours of work. including the establishment of a maximum working (lay and week. the regulation of the labor supply and prevention of unemployment. the provision of an adequate living wage. the protection of the worker against sickness. disease. or injury arising out of his employment. and protection of children. young persons. and women . provisions for old age and injury. protection for the interests of workers when employed in countries other than their own. recognition of the principle of freedom of association. the.organization of vocational and technical education . and other measures. If all these subjects are dealt with by this organization there will be but a very narrow field left foi the exercise of national functions and authority by the member States of the league. Under the power to regulate the labor supply. this international organization could claim. jurisdiction over immigration. particularly the immigration of workers. It might determine that Japans labor supply was too great and that of the United States inadequate. and therefore there should be a migration of Japanese laborers to the United States. Porto Rico or the Philippine Islands might be regarded as too densely populated for the welfare of the laborers residing in those islands. and efforts might then I)e nade to convey thousands of the inhabitants of those islands to the United States to work in the fields. upon the farms. or in other industrial pursuits.
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immigration