The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-05-22
LEGISLATIVE CANDIDATES AND THE
CHILD LABOR AMENDMENT

While questions ABOUT prOnlOttloH, tie
sales tax and other issues are being put 70
candidates for the Legislature it would not
be out of order to ascertain their views on
the proposed federal child labor amend
ment, which may come up for ratification
or rejection at the next session of the
North Carolina Assembly. .........
The so-called child labor amendment is
one of the most vicious proposals ever put
forward by the radicals of the country. II
its enactment could be secured it would
mark the greatest gain ever made by the
Communists for control of the United
States. Government control of the children
of nation, breaking up family life, and
taking control of children from parents
and vesting it in the State, is one of the
primary principles or policies of commun-
ism. If the children of this country can be
Socialized or Communized, a long step
toward complete Communication of the
country will have been taken; and q fata!
blow will thereby be delivered at family
life, which must be destroyed in ORDER to
have the Communistic State.
The movement to put the so-ealled child
labor amendment in the Constitution orig
mated with the Communists Of the coun-
try, was lobbyed through Congress by
them and has been pressed successfully
through a number of State Legislatures.
They are still on the job, as indicated by
the fact that they came back after the
amendment had been dormant for ten
years and secured its ratification by a num-
abandoned the fight. In every State that
has not ratified the amendment efforts are
being made to secure ratification. The
Union Times calls attention to the program
to secure ratification in South Carolina.
The South Carolina plan is thus explained
by The Times:
Proponents of the sO-ealled Child Labor amend
ment are preparing to seek the Incorporation of a
plank in the State platform endorsing ratification
of the amendment, so as to commit Democratic
legislators who are opposed to ratification. With
such plank in the platform it will he much more
difficult to prevent ratification, as proponents of
the measure very well know.
UNLESS the people awake, they may find that
practically the full control of all persons up to Is
years of age will be turned to congress to be
controlled physically, morally and mentally by a
political bureau in Washington. There is not now,
at any time heretofore has been, any single
piece of legislation that completely subverts the
principles of democracy. Nor has there ever been
any single piece of legislation that has proposed
such ruthless invasion of the homes. And you will
note that last year. since the real character of the
amendment has been exposed by opponents, there
has been little Roadway towards endorsement. But,
eternal vigilance is the price Of liberty, and the
opponents of this measure should continue their
tight against the movement 1t would be good
thing for county conventions to speak out upon
the question and instruct delegates to the state
convention to oppose such movement" 80.
North Carolina voters should take the
time and trouble to ascertain the views of
candidates for the Legislature. II is not
probable that a considerable number of
legislators could be elected on a platform
favoring this amendment, but the issue is
always obscured and becfouded in so far
as possible by its Communist supporters in
order to conceal their real purpose, and it
is advisable that voters whose vision is
clear and whose thinking is straight oi