Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-07-05
SENATE FOLLOWS
HOUSE ACTION ON
CHILD LABOR LAW

Acting on the proposed child labor
amendment to the federal constitu-
ton, which was rejected Wednesday
by the house OF representatives
voting 40 to s, the state senate on
Thursday morning disapproved the
measure by a vote Of 81 to 0. The &C.
ton was on a resolution by Senator
King, of the Eleventh district, which
stated reasons why the amendment
was not favored.
Text of Resolution
The resolution rejecting the amend
ment and explaining Georgia's posi-
ton in the matter, was drawn by
Secretary of State S. G. McLendon
by request, and was as follows:
Whereas, the congress Of the
United States has, under the fifth
article of the constitution of the Unit
ed States, proposed an amendment
to said constitution in the words fol.
lowing. to-wit:
"'Section l. The congress shall
have power to limit, regulate, and
prohibit the labor of persons under
eighteen years of age.
"'Section 2. The power Of the sew
eral states is unimpaired by this ar
ticle except that the operation Of
state laws shall be suspended to the
extent necessary to give effect to leg
islation enacted by the congress-
Therefore, be it resolved, by the
house OF representatives and the SEN
ate Of the state of Georgia, in gener-
al assembly met, that the said amend
ment to the constitution of the Unit
ed States be, and the same is hereby
not ratified, but is rejected, because
said proposed amendment would de-
stroy parental authority and respOn-
sibility throughout America, would
give irreVocable support to a rebel
lion of childhood which menaces our
civilization, would give congress, not
only parental authority, but all state
authority over education, would de-
stroy local self-government, would
eviscerate the states and change our
plan of government from a federal
union to a consolidated republic and
create a centralized government far
removed from the power of the peo-
pie. Said proposed amendment is
further rejected because it would
place in the hands of congress pow
err to destroy agriculture and manu-
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critical pretense at an effort to pro-
tect childhood from slavery, and is
really intended to enslave the child
hood of this republic.
The state of Georgia has neither
the right, nor the power, to give to
congress the power TO limit regulate
or prohibit the labor of Georgians
under eighteen years Of age, or of
any age. because such power re-es-
tLb--shes in America a system of
slavery, with public ownership sub
stituted for private ownership, and
would place congress in control in
every home in the land, between
parent and child.
"Be it further resolved, that GER
titled copy OF the foregoing pre-
amble and resolution be forwarded
by his eXcellency, the governor, to
the secretary of state of the United
States, to the presiding officer Of
the United States senate, and to the
SPEAKER of the house of representa-
tives of the United States"
Senator King, in a brief speech
called the child labor "a clear in
vasion of state rights"
The proposed amendment would
give congress the power to regulate
and prohibit employment of all per-
sons under eighteen years Of age.
Defer Tax Equalization
The senate, on motion by Senator
Pace, of the Thirteenth district, CO.
author of the bill. voted to defer
action on the repeal of the tax
equalization raW, which bill has been
recommended for passage by sub
stitute, until next Thursday.
President CarsWell stated that the
chair hored that ACTION one way or
other will be had in the senate on
the repeal bill the next time it is
brought up.
The senate adopted a privileged
resolution by Senator Arrow, of the
Fourth district, providing for APP
pOlntment OF a committee from DOIn
branches to represent the general
assembly at the opening of the
Brunswick-St. Simon highway at
Brunswick on July II. The resolu-
ton asked concurrence Of the house.
The state sanitarium committee
made formal report Of findings in
its investigation of the sanitarium
at Milledgeville recommending APP
preparations to relieve conditions
there by providing for separate care
of children of the feeble-minded, pro-
viding additional building and equip
ing the sanitarium with fire escapes
and an ice plant.
After passing the bill to abolish
the office of county treasurer of
Truetlen county, four bills by Sena-
a.or Phillips, of the Eighteenth dis
trict, including one to make officers
and agents OF corporations incompe
tent to testify in certain cases, the
senate adjourned at 11:10 a. m. until
II o'clock Monday morning. The
Phillips measures are sponsored by
the Georgia Bar association.
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