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REPORT OF THE GOVERNMENT DELEGATION TO THE THIRTY-FIRST SESSION OF THE INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANIZATION The Conference was held in San Francisco, United States of America, from the 17th June, 1948, until the 10th July, 1948, both dates inclusive. It was the fifth Conference of the 1.L.0. to be held in the United States. Fifty-one of the 1.L.0.'s 59 member States were represented at the Conference, the total number of delegates present being 168 (91 Government, 38 employers, and 39 workers), while there were, in addition, 275 advisers, making a total of 443 delegates and advisers. Representatives of the following organizations were also present: United Nations (4), International Monetary Fund (1), United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (1) and Pan-American Union (1). The New Zealand delegation was : Representing the Government— Delegates — Mr. James Thorn, High Commissioner for New Zealand in Canada. Mr. Harry Parsonage, Divisional Director, Employment Division, Department of Labour and Employment. Advisers — Mr. Cecil Porter Smith, Registrar of Industrial Unions, Department of Labour and Employment. Miss Ruby Thelma Skyring, Inspector of Factories, Department of Labour and Employment. Representing the Employers— Delegate— Mr. Harry Frank Butland, Secretary, Canterbury Employers' Association ; Member of the Executive, New Zealand Employers' Federation. Adviser— Mr. Stuart lan McKenzie, Secretary, Manawatu-Wairarapa Employers Association ; Member of the Executive, New Zealand Employers' Federation. Representing the Workers — Delegate— Mr. Harry Gordon Kilpatrick, Executive Member, New Zealand Freezing Workers' Federation; Secretary, Canterbury Freezingworks and Related Trades' Union; Deputy Workers' Representative, New Zealand Court of Arbitration. Adviser— Mr. John H. Thompson, Executive Member, New Zealand Federation of Labour ; President, New Zealand Building Trades' Federation ; Secretary, New Zealand Plumbers and Gasfitters' Union.

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