Evening journal., 1921-03-19
Cling To OLD
Representative Kramer
Talks of Members with
Strings Attached"
KILL REGULATION OF
HOURS FOR WOMEN
stan Correspondent.

STAFF Correspondent.
DOVER, March 1s-"If we have
no strings attached 20 us, we will
vote for the bill. II we have strings
attached to US we will vote against
this bill"
After Representative Kramer had
made the above statement on tho
floor OF the House yesterday after
noon the House by vote OF 25 to 3
killed a bill introduced by him which
would have made some changes in
the child labor law.
Several members apparently took
exceptions to Mr.. Kramers remark.
Representative Lord In reply said:
There are no strings attached to
me and l am going TO vote against
this bill" Similar remarks were
made by other members. Those who
voted for the bill were Representa-
tives Kramer. White and virden.
There were three bills introduced
by Mr.. Kramer and advocated by
the State Labor Commission acted
on yesterday afternoon, two Of them
being killed and one was passed.
Miss NJ. Edna Palmer Ten Hour In
spector explained the bills and
Charles A. Hagner, Child Labor In
spector explained one Of the bills.
The bill killed by a vote OF 20 to 3
would have lowered the number of
hours that a child would be per-
mitted to work, require children who
work to have finished grades in
school and made some other minor
changes in the/present law. Repre-
sentative +. IL Davis lead the fight
against the bill.
The House passed the bill spon-
sored by the Labor Commission re-
lating to certain sanitary regulations
for the protection of females en-
ployed in Delaware. As explained
by Miss Palmer, the bill would bring
Hereunder female employees Of trans
portauon companies, require own
ers, instead of lessees, to make per-
manent sanitary improvements 10
/ buildings and authorize the Labor
| Commission tD make rules and reg
ulations for the enforcement Of the
act.
BY vote Of 20 to "A. the House
defeated the House bill relative To
the hours Of employment of females
which limited the period of employ
ment to 10 hours per day and six
days or 55 hours per week.
Miss Palmer, who explained the
bill, said it would bring Hereunder
| female employees Of transportation
companies, and all inspectors, in
stead of one inspector, appointed BY
the Labor Commission could en-
force it.
Representative Frank Hall Davis
declared the bill would impose a
hardship on certain telegraph oper.
ators and would put rural telegraph
offices out Of commission.
Miss Palmer and Representativ,
Kramer made denial, saying tele
graph companies are included in 4
law which the bill proposed to amend
and therefore such companies woulC
not be affected in any new manner
The House next killed the bill
amending the Child Labor law. A.,
Representative Otwelrs bill tC
-create a State wide public Utility
Board was called up for third read.
ing in the House yesterday after.
noon. Action on it was deferred
until Monday The bill provides fol
the Governor to appoint four com.
missioners who would serve unit
the next general election when theil
successors would be elected. Theil
salaries would be $4,000 a year anC
the bill would appropriate a sum no
to exceed $4,000 a year to carr,
out the provisions of the bill. Thl
Governor would be an ex-ofiici,
member of the board and would vot,
in case of a tie.
The House by a vote Of % nay
and Q yeas decided not to hold a ses
sion last night and by a vote OF 1.
yeas and is nays not to hold a ses
sion today.