The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-12-05
Only Labor's United War
Against Capitalism Can
End Slavery of Children
BY J. LOUIS ENoDAHL.

TO-DAY, the Workers (communst) Party calls all toll
in the cities and the land to Join with it in
nationwide against the exploitation Of children.
Every thinking worker and poor farmer must know
that the evil OF child labor cannot be solved until proeer-
ing capitalism has given way to Communism.
But capitalism must be fought every inch of the way
until it is completely destroyed Its legislatures must
be compelled to ratfy Immediately the child labor
ment to the constitution. Captasns congress and state
full o ali school children 81 work.
and poor farmers, without which, Workers Party
declares child labor law IS useless The fight is on
Take peep into almost any school room in America
today You will hear the teacher telling the children about
Cal Coodges saving his Chicago trip refusing the
of special train The teachers get that off the front
of the yellow press and pass the poison the
The win tell the children that Coolidge set
to follow 'S'''' - '''''D''' = congress
But the teacher will tell how the capitalist govern
ment Of the United States economies in batteshps
not IN poison gas not in any of the accoueents of the
mperaIst wars plans for the future The place
omzes is in the functions that would be of
little benefit to the mothers and the children of the
working class This is especially of the working
mothers and children who have been forced into industry
The school teacher will tell this children because
she knows nothing about it. The subsidized sheets she
reads do not tell her these facts:
First:-The niggardy appropriation Of $s,67634 for
all the activities Of the department Of labor to be
Second-Since immigrants coming these shores are
only workers their wives and their children the cost Of
taking care OF the providing for their comfort while being
detained at Ellis island and elsewhere has been 1884,
Third-Saaries in the chIdrens bureau are to be cut
and general expenses to be sIahed The disappearing
minimum of protection offered will thus be further crippled
Fourth:-Promotion of the welfare and hygiene Of
maternity and infancy gets stab in the back by having it's
appropriation sheared for the sum of $19,172.
Fifth:-Simlar treatment is melted to the Womans
Bureau the bureau labor statistics and every
activity that might show the least tendency the
burden of labor.
These only OF the truths of CooIidges econ-
omy program 1t is the plan that has been carried out in
the department OF labor by the fake Secretary Labor
Davis the Pittsburgh banker right hand Of other
Pittsburgh millionaire, Andy Mellon secretary of the
ury who saves hundreds of millions for his lodging
friends.
Economy Gals" program shows that the greatest
struggle must be waged in order win slightest
concession for Americas children from capitalist
government
cooIidge's sponsors in New England, the textile mil
lonaes, like Butler, energecaIy opposed to the
liberation of children from industry the cotton mill
OF the SOUTH The child labor amendment was de-
feated in Massachusetts,
Labor must fight for it's own. 1t must throw all its
bataons into United Front in every where this issue
for decision The Workers (communist) Party
calls for this United Front 1t will work for it. 1t will in
spre with the working class struggle against capitalism
1t will lead forward to every possible victory that
won under capitalism oreunners of the great final triumph
when labor sizes All Power and aboshes barbarous
otaton of children, and the social system responsible for
it, forever.