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APPENDIX 111. RENEWAL OF THE COMPOSITION OF THE GOVERNING BODY On 5 May 1944 the Government delegates (with the exception of the delegates of the eight States of chief industrial importance), the employers' delegates, and the workers' delegates, meeting as electoral colleges, renewed the composition of the Governing Body of the International Labour Office whose outgoing members had been elected during the Twenty-third Session of the Conference in .1937. The three colleges agreed that the term of office of the new members should expire at the next ordinary session of the Conference. The Government electoral college unanimously decided to confirm the mandate of the six States which had held elective seats on the Governing Body prior to the election. These States are Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Norway, Poland, and Yugoslavia. The electoral college then held elections for the two vacant seats, which were allotted to the following States : Peru and Greece. The employers' delegates, meeting as an electoral college, elected the following representatives (in alphabetical order): — Mr. Antoine (French). Mr. Chapa (Mexican). Mr. Erulkar (Indian). Sir John Forbes Watson (British). Mr. Gemmill (South African). Mr. Harriman (United States). Mr. Joassart (Belgian). Mr. Morawetz (Czechoslovak). They also elected as employers' deputy members the following persons (in order of priority):— Mr. Li Ming (Chinese). Mr. Dahl (Norwegian). Mr. Macdonnell (Canadian). Mr. Cowley Hernandez (Cuban). Mr. Falter (Polish). Mr. Kulukundis (Greek). Mr. Warning (Netherlands). Mr. Banats (Yugoslav). The workers' delegates, meeting as an electoral college, elected the following representatives Mr. Hallsworth (British). Mr. Watt (United States). Mr. Andersson (Swedish). Mr. Laurent (French). Mr. Rens (Belgian). Mr. Chu Hsueh-fan (Chinese). Mr. Lombardo Toledano (Mexican). Mr. Bengough (Canadian). They also elected as workers' deputy members the following persons (in order of priority):— Mr. Crofts (Australian). Mr. Oldenbroek (Netherlands). Mr. Kosina (Czechoslovak). Mr. Ibanez (Chilean), Mr. Dowries (South African). Mr. Adamczyk (Polish). Mr. Nordahl (Norwegian). Mr. Mehta (Indian). . The eight States of chief industrial importance whose delegates complete the Governing Body are :— United States of America. Belgium. Canada. China. France. Great Britain. India. Netherlands.

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