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3. If in practice the right of a worker to recover wages in the

courts is not regarded as a sufficient protection, particularly

EFFECTIVE in the absence of

trade unions, then the imposition of a

penal sanction for non-payment of wages within the prescribed

sanction

period may be a justifiable safeguard of the workers' interests.

would be

Any objections to this course ameliorated by the safeguards

described in paragraph 1 of your telegram under reference.

(83247) (2) 300M 10/65 St.S.

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