The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-01-17

wretched we're our child welfare and maternity
conditions in comparison with those of Russia,
Germany and other foreign countries. It's program
Contemplated ultimately gaining national control
of Child education Child labor, Child welfare, Ma
Eternity and public nursing, with one federal pub
Lie nurse for each 1000 inhabitants, or 6O,OOO
| federal bureau nurses.
| One of the Children's Bureau Bulletins, No. 81,
/ issued in May, 1919, entitled Maternity Benefit
systems in Certain Foreign Countries" CON-
/ piled from a brook written by Madame Alexandra
Kollontav among Others Madame KOontay was
ann's first CommiSsar of Social Welfare, charged
with taking children from their parents and train
ing them for the Soviet State in juvenile colonies
Of her work, advocating does for motherhood, the
Children's Bureau official booklet declares it the
| most comprehensive study of maternity benefits
| and insurance which has yet appeared IN any
language
reau was raised from $4,000 to $1,250,000. 1t
was constantly lobbying for power with which
TO effectuate its ambitious aims, and it obtained
much legislation, including the Maternity and Child
Welfare act which was designed the entering
wedge for the adoption of Madame KollantayS
public doleS for motherhood
The bureau put through Congress two measures
seeking to exclude from interstate commerce the
products of child labor, entirely laudable objects
and \ minimum wage law for women IN the DIS
trict of Columbia, all of which the Supreme Court
held. unconstitutional
After these defeats these women determined to |
take over absolute control of the physical and edu
cationaI activities of all persons In the united
States under IS years of age, by an amendment
10 the Constitution of the United States. =!
This so-called Child Labor Amendment, dralted
IN tba bureau was turned over to Senator Nc
Cormick and to Representative Israel Foster, TO
introduce in 1923, and Senate hearings were De
gun that year and House hearings were DeguH III !
January 1924. That Mrs. Kelley was the prlnclpal
craftsman plainly appears from the records OIL the
Senate report, on pages 40, 81 and "a r.
Various attempts were made to change the draI |
If tb;s amendment so as to exclude from federal
in home
| dren working as members of farm tamllieS ouG
| Mrs Kelley insisted upon spacious wording ana
| AN "all-inciusive power" and she got 1t; !
| The resolution submitting the amendment feao
That the following Article is proposed as an
! amendment to the Constitution of the united
| States which, when RATED by the LEGISLATURES
of three fourths of the several States, shall be
| valid to all mtentS ana purposes as p''' -
| Section / The Congress shall have power
| to limit, regulate and prohibit the iaOor u
| persons under Is years of age.
| Section 2 The power of the several States
| Is unimpaired by this article except that the
| operation of State laws shall be suspended 10
| the extent necessary to give effect 10 leSlsla-
| ton enacted by the Congress.
| Bear in mind that there are 45OOO,OOO persons
IN tbe United States under Is years OF age
| The first section gives full complete and uh-
limited power 'to limit regulate and prohloiC TiIc
labor of these 100000 young persons uiIuei
! The second section of the amendment is deceit
| fuI in attempting to say that the powers Oh tne
States remain in any degree, when we cotlSiel tr
general rule of constitutional construction E"I '
! Srant of anv power carries with it the grant Oh
| evnrv other power incidental 20 that power Oh
necessary for the enforcement of that power lhere
is here virtually no limit to the power OF CONGRESS
to remit to federal bureaus the WnCie neiu ol 00-
nestle relations education and employment.
| Tho LEGAL definition of 'labor" is physical of
mental exertion." This unlimited power Ito limit,
REGULATE and prohibit the labor OF persons uhuer
Is years OF age would to control not only Lne
physical exertons of such persons, but their edu-
lcation well. .c H. o,,,or-
sion of the power to regulate interstate comhelce
Ito learn how such grants are EXTENDED 10 INC io'
I unexpected fields. .,I
J Under this unlimited power, 1 assert federal
agents could take children from their parents anu
establish them in colonies, as does the soviet 80
eminent, and destroy their birth RECORDS SO liza
| the mother might never know her child nor tHe
child its mother. o..
i Given definite power, says the Supreme Court,
the of its exercise is not subject 10 revue"
by the Courts.
i To the statement that it is not intended by
those who would have this power to exercise IL "
Its full extent it is only necessary to say that inc
women who drafted this amendment INSISTED upon
an "all-inclusve' power with no limitations "ha'I
ever; and that compliant Congress actually VoteG
down every amendment offered from the moor OF
the House and Senate, endeavorlng to place so'lie
llInlCS upon IT,
i There were fifteen of such distinct limiting pro-
posals offered and rejected in the House on Apfl
l26, 1924, and eight offered and rejected IN the
Senate on June 2, 1924.
i On February 30, 1924, Mr.. Thomas r. CadWa',
der an attorney of Baltimore, Nd, who appeared
at the House hearings only from anxiety that TINS
amendment would destroy the States as such' sald
"This is much broader question than the QueS-
ton of child labor, because if the labor of persons
under Is can be regulated by Congress- then every
thing that affects the labor of those persons can be
regulated by Congress,-for instance, their eduea-
tion If they can't work,-if young men and young
women are not allowed to work,-wont Congress
say what they will be allowed to do, or what they
must do to occupy their time? If their parents do
not that this amendment is carried out, won't
there be inspectors to that they do see to 1T!
And won't there be provisions virtually taking
over the whole subject of the guardianship of MI
nOrs and vesting it in the Federal government!
I*. = The grant of any power carries with 1t
every power Incidental to that power. = There
is virtually no limit to the power of Congress over
the whole topic of domestic relations, education
and employment, if, this amendment is passed"
4 1t was pointed out that this amendment would
destroy the right of Castle the invioability of the
; home and nuify. the 4th amendment restraining
unreasonable search and seizure 1 can foreseS IN