T HE League of Nations is primarily and rightly considered as a political body. Its founders were concerned first of all with evolving some form of world organization which would do away with war. Consequently the greater part of the covenant and the major part of the League's activities-especially those which have received world wide attention-have been concerned with the settlement of international disputes, providing against future disputes and evolving permanent machinery for international adjustment. Nevertheless, political adjustments were not the sole motive behind the formation of the League or perhaps it is better to say that the statesmen who worked out the League covenant were fully aware of the fact that international peace was dependent not only on legal machinery but on the spirit of goodwill and that goodwill to a considerable extent was dependent on a limitation or an amelioration of unfortunate social and economic conditions. Consequently-and this is not without significance-the very first phrase in the preamble of the covenant of the League of Nations binds the high contracting parties "to promote international cooperation." The whole covenant of the League is formed for the purpose of promoting international cooperation and achieving international peace and security. The framers of the covenant of the League and of the International Labor Office were apparently convinced that cases of social and economic malajustment lay back of much international, as well as national, unrest. One of the prime functions of the Labor Office is the elimination of unequal economic conditions in the various countries and Article 23 of the covenant is largely concerned with social activities. It might be well to quote this article entire as it is the legal basis upon which most of the social work of the League depends.