Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1924-11-07
EDUCATORS CRY SHAME"
on ORGANIZATION FIGHTING
CHILD LABOR AMENDMENT
By International Labor News Service.

BY International Labor News Service
Washington, ID. c., Nov. O.
Sharply denouncing an organization
that is fighting the child labor amend
ment on the specious plea that il IS
seeking to protect the nations homes
and children, the National Educotion
Association has declared that its 140,-
900 members stand solidly behind the
amendment.
The stand of the National Educa-
ton Association is a realfirmation Of
the position taken by the association
at its last meeting, when it unquali-
fiedly supported the amendment, and
| the declaration was made in response
to a telegram Of inquiry from the
"Citizens Committee 10 Protect Our
Homes and Children" This organiza-
ton telegraphed the Education Asso-
citation as follows:
"Your organization is quoted as
supporting the so-called child labor
amendment in a circular distributed
b. the Massachusetts committee, etc.
You are respectfully requested to in
form US if this is a fact or not and
| if your organization has ind0fsed the
amendment, to inform US by what au-
thority such Endorsement was given,
and whether after poll of the men,
bership had been taken. Citizens
Committee to Protect Our Homes and
Children"
In replying to the telegram. J. W.
lCrabtree, secretary Of the Education
Association, wrote:
"The following is the action taken
by the Representative Assembly Of
the National Education Association at
the Washington meeting, July 3, 1924;
Believing in governmental re-
sponsibility, we indorsed in our last
convention. an amendment to the Con-
stitution empowering Congress to
make laws regarding child labor. We
now advocate the prompt ratification
| by the states of the child labor amend
ment passed by the present Congress
and urge the members of this associa-
ton to make every effort to obtain its
ratification by the legislatures of their
respective states at the earliest pos
| isble date
"The Representative Assembly is
composed of delegates elected by local
and state affiliated associations. The
resolution was passed by unanimous
vote of the assembly. These delegates
represented a membership of 100000,
the states being fully represented at
the meeting. This action may be ac-
cepted as the combined judgment Of
the organized teaching profession, and
as taken wholly in the interest of the
childhood of America.
Shame on any manufacturers as
ISOLATION and shame on the so-called
Citizens Committee to Protect Our
Homes and Children, that would hide
behind the thfeadbare states rights
scare to prevent children in shop
districts from receiving an adequate
Education and from getting the fair
start in life to which Abraham Lin
coin believed to be the inherent right
of every child.
Eyes, our 100000 members stand
/ solidly for this amendment. We be-
lieve that the nation and the states
should at once nut an end to sweat
shop conditions for children, this de-
struction of child health, this weaken
ing of the intelligence of children and
this method of increasing illiteracy
in our country. We can present 10
your committee facts showing the
need of legislation and the reasons for
the resolution which was passed at
the Washington convention.
Very truly yours,
-. w. CRABTREE, Secretary"
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