(Jewish Telegraphic Agency Mail Service)
The care of the woman emigrant will be one of the subjects to be studied by the eighth session of the International Labor Conference of the League of Nations, which will open here on May 25th. The Conference will discuss an international agreement on the whole question of simplifying the inspection of emigrants on board ship.
In a preliminary survey of the question issued by the International Labor Office it is stated that important steps have already been taken nationally for the protection of women and children in emigrant ships. Ships carrying British emigrants to the Dominions, for example, frequently have on board steamship conductresses appointed by semi-official or private organizations. In particular, ships transporting emigrants from Great Britain to Canada carry conductresses appointed by the Canadian authorities, whose duty it is to protect the interests of women and girls traveling alone during the voyage, and to provide for liaison between the inspecresses in the ports of embarkation and those in the ports of destination.
The International Labor Office has therefore asked Governments their opinions as to whether the international agreement should include a clause relating to women supervisors and whether it might perhaps be necessary to state that the presence of a woman supervisor should be obligatory on board any emigrant ship carrying more than a certain number of women and young persons.
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