Reading Room Document

International Labor Organization Convention No. 128 and Recommendation No. 131, concerning Invalidity, Old Age and Survivor's Benefits

The document is a response to a letter from the Secretary of Labor regarding the International Labor Organization Convention No. 128 and Recommendation No. 131. The Department of Justice advised that it had no objection to the draft letter presenting the Executive Branch's position on the Convention and Recommendation, recommending that the President transmit the Convention to the Senate with a request for its advice and consent to ratification. The Department of Justice did not take a position on whether the Convention would be approved by the Senate, and it deferred to the views of the departments most directly concerned regarding the policy issues involved in ratification. The document raises questions about the likelihood of Senate approval being a controlling factor in determining whether a recommendation should be made to the President to request Senate advice and consent to ratification, as well as the consistency of the Convention with Federal law and the policy issues involved in ratification.

August 7, 1969