The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-01-14
UNIONS BACK UP
W. P. IN FIGHT
ON Child LABOR
Omaha, Nebr., Militants
to Spread Campaign

OMAHA, Nebr., Jan. 13.-Close be-
hind the Stonecutters' Union and the
Independent (LaFollette) Club, which
have gone on record as the result of
the campaign of the local T. u. e. L.
and Workers Party militants, the
Moulders' Local Union, No. 1870, has
passed a resolution on the child labor
question and has also appointed com
mittee of two to cooperate in the
campaign. This action was taken
after their meeting had been address.
ed by David Coutts, local secretary of
the Trade Union Educational League,
and Tom Matthews.
The Independent club, in response
to the united front proposals of the To-
cal City Central Committee of the
Workers Party, had reviously ap-
pointed a committee to cooperate in
the campaign on the child labor ques-
ton, and also appointed committee
to go before the state legislature in be-
half of the child labor amendment.
To Spread Campaign.
The Omaha militants are now TAX
ing steps to spread the campaign on
the child labor question turnout both
Iowa and Nebraska.
The resolution passed by the Mould
ers' Union is as follows:
Resolution Against Child Labor.
WHEREAS. the physical and moral
well-being Of the children Of the work
ing class in this country is being de-
stroyed thru brutal exploitation in the
mines, mills, factories and sweatshops to
create larger profits for employers; and
WHEREAS, thru the exploitation OF
the children the employers are enabled
TO reduce wages and lower the condi-
tons of labor, and to weaken the trade
unions; and
WHEREAS, the children of the work.
ers and small farmers are entitled to a
fJll education. without being penalized
thru lack of the necessities of life that
forces them into hard work in their
childhood, thereby stunting their lives;
and
WHEREAS, children are forced to work
because OF the poverty Of their parents
and child labor law without govern
ment support for the child going to school
would have little value; therefore, be 1t
RESOLVED, that we demand the i'm
m sdiate ratification by the state legis-
the constitution and that congress shall
Immediately pass q law prohibiting the
labor of children under eighteen years
OF age; and be II further
RESOLVED, that, since the child labor
amendment would be meaningless with
out government maintenance of the
school children of the workers and farm
ers. the state and federal legislatures
shall provide by law for full maintenance
Of all school children of workers and
small farmers, the funds for this pur-
pose to come from special taxes on high
Incomes, and be II further
I RESOLVED, that We favor setting
aside. of all discriminatory clauses in the
constitution Of the trades unions and ad-
hitting all young workers into the
unions with equal rights, and that dues
and initiation fees be adjusted for the
young workers in order that they may
strengthen the unions against the en-
ployers; and be IL further
RESOLVED, that our organization is
ready TO enter common political strug
gle against child labor exploitation and
for fun government maintenance OF the
school children of workers and small
farmers, and pledge ourselves to CO.
operate with other working class organ
izations 10 this end.