Milford chronicle., 1935-03-22
HOUSE REFUSES
TO RATIFY u. s.
CHLDLABOR Law
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Federation Of Women's Clubs, said
survey in the,State showed a ma
jority Of the members Of the wo-
mems clubs in favor Of the amend
ment. She presented a petition
signed by several hundred people
urging adoption Of the resolution.
Mr.. Finkelstein; as spokesman
for several organizations, pointed
out the proposed amendment was
merely an enabling act to permit
the Congress to consider. whatever
legislation it deemed necessary for
the regulation Of labor Of those un-
der 18 years Of age. He said he did
not believe the Congress would con-
slider or adopt any laws that would
be detrimental to the youth Of the
nation. He pointed to the child labor
regulations specifiew in the MIRA
but said this act would soon expire
unless Congress provided for its
continuance. He lauded the child
labor laws of this State as ideal leg
islation and urged other states give
the same protection as Delaware af-
fOrds for its children.
Opposes u. $. DIetatIOn
Miss Bissell, speaking as an indi-
Yidual, said the best child labor
laws in the United States are those
In force in, Delaware and she said
the people of this State do not like
to be dictated to and did not want
the Federal Government to tell them
how they should regulate the con-
duct Of their children. This, she ex-
planned is the business of the State
go far as regulating the labOrs of
minors is concerned and she did not
think such an amendment as the
one proposed belonged in the Fe1-
eral Constitution.
This State can do this job much
better ITSELF" she said. This is not
the way TO get rid of child labor.
We have had one failure written |
into the Constitution and why write !
another into it?'
Mr.. Dunwiddie said after 100 |
years Of effort to rid the nation of |
the evils of child labor further re-
suits have been blocked by a stone |
wall of opposition which he laid to
those who exploit child labor for
profit and who, by operating in some
states, wreck business in others
where their products are brought
into competition with more expen-
sive labor. He cited instances where
child labor is permitted to flourish
and urged a uniform standard for
all the states which would eliminate
unfair competition and the unre-
stricted employment of children in
all kinds of industry.
Bars Opposed
Mr.. Curley said the Delaware
State Bar Association and the AM
erican Bar Association oppose the
He explained if Della
ware ratified it this State would be
to the Federal govern
ment all its power and authority
under the constitution relative to
he right to regulate child labor. He
laid Delaware has the exclusive
light to regulate Labor within the ,
State, but If it ratified the Qmend-
nent this power would be lost. He
laid Delaware has just and whole
IOme child labor laws and that the !
tate is a million times better off
" regulating its own affairs than
aving the Federal Congress doing
t.
Mr.. Gibbons discussed child labor
rom the economic standpoint and
aid if the Congress cannot adopt
inform laws for its regulation chill
rem and adults will have to work
or low wages. He expressed the Q
Dinion the states have already sur
much of their rights by d
ccepting Federal grants for high 3
'ay construction and for relief
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