Following from Melville for the Minister for External Affairs and
the Treasurer.

Employment Resolution.

1. At the final session of the Commission III(iii) the compromised
Resolution referred to in our 31 [1] was adopted. New Zealand
sought without success to have the clause on employment
strengthened. We argued that we could not support a Resolution
which did not recommend a specific agreement on employment and
expressed the view that 'the harmonising of national policies' of
employment had little meaning.

2. We urged separate Australian resolution [2] and made a
statement of our attitude. The vote was taken without further
discussion, the United Kingdom, France, Poland and a few smaller
countries voted with us but the resolution was not accepted.