The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-01-18

Iof the communist social order under winch chill
dren will become heirs of their childhood Tor the
first time since human liberty began.
: The Workers Monthly, official monthly Commu-
nistic organ in the United States, Tor January
1925 said in a leading editorial: ..o
''What will happen under proletarlan regime
i strikingv illustrated by the story in this issue
, bv Anna Louise Strong. formerly of Seattle and
=. now, in Russia. Anna Louise Strong tells about
the one spot on the globe where the NE problems
! Of the working class are being solved in COM
prehensive manner. Ir.:4.J
1t is only when the workers of the United
States have similar power to control through theli
own government of Workers Councils, the socl@l
l and economic life of the country, that child LABOR
will cease its destructive work.
! s'Tbp prohibition of child labor, unless 1t Is &C
icon,paned by governmental maintenance OF chill
iren is absolutely ineffective. And such
nressure upon the capitalist government IN order
to have any effect whatever, must be given PoihV
end substance by demands for governmental mann
romance TO be paid for by special taxes upon large
! incomes The rich who appropriate the wealth
produced by the working class, must be made 10
disgorge a part of it for this purpose as one Oh
the first steps toward making them disgorge al
/ to make way for the new system OF society. 10,
In opposing the amendment on May 81 IVA
Senator William H. King, Of Utah, made TINS re-
marka6le statement:
"Of course it l. obvious that under the gulse
of this amendment they will in time take charge
of the children the same as the BolSheviks are
/ doing in Russia, and control not only thelf laoof
and their education, but after a time determine
not the same as the Bolshevks do in Russia. 1t
is scheme to destroy the State, our form OF gov
ernment, and to introduce the worst form OF Com
munism into American institutions.
Every Boshevik, every extreme Communist ana
Socialist in the United States is back of this
measure. The Bolshevks of Russia were familiar
with the scheme that was about to be launched to
amend our Constitution. In conversation with one
Of the leading BosheViks in the City of Moscow,
one Of the educators, when was there last Sep
TENDER and October, was demonstrating with hlm
about the scheme Of the B0isheWks to nave the
State take charge of the children.
Why" he said "yOu are coming to that, and
no called nv attention to the statutes in many
, States in regard to compulsory education. Then
he said: c.-.,
and he mentioned a number of names. but | shall
not mention them here, are back of the move,
ment to amend your Constitution of the United
. States, and it will be amended. and you will trans
D fer to the Federal government the power which
the Bolshevik government Is asserting now over
; the people Of the State
: "'Of course concluded Senator King, this is
: Communstic, BOshevistic scheme, and lou OF
: GOOD people msled, are accepting 1t, not know
inc the evil consequences which will result and the
sincere purpose back of the measure
Jrp to March IS. 1927, this so-caed child labor
amendment was rejected by the legislatures or SO
Of orr 10 States-in 26 of these States by the
0 action of both houses of the Legislature, and in
: y States by the action of one house.
0 Up to 1927 but four States had ratified. Ihey
were: Arkansas, California, Arizona and WlScon-
{ sin Montana ratified in 1927 and COLORADO IN
1881, making six IN all
, The amendment was considered dead, but the
> amending clause, Article V, of the Constitution,
does not say that q proposed amendment may not
: be acted upon again after its reJetclon; or that
rejection invaliiates it, it says merely that amend
ments shall he valid when ratified by the Ieglsla-
; lures or by conventions, in three-tourths of the
States. Yet the Supreme Court said in the case
I of Dillon VS.. Gloss, in 1921, with respect to the
iiD,it in no DeVOnd
! which time ratification would not be valid, that
the Constitution cOntemp!ates "a reasonable time
within which amendments must be acted upon;
that an alteration of the Constitution proposed
today has relation to the sentiment and the felt
needs of today, and that if not ratified early while
that sentiment may fairly be supposed to exist, II
y ought to be regarded as waived, and not again De
voted on, unless q second time proposed by Con-
gress;' and that "it is not questioned that seven
n years. the period fixed in the 18th amendment
: was reasonable
> As the Child Labor amendment has been pend
: ing nine years, and has been decisivey rejected,
p it becomes a question, under that Supreme Court
decision, whether ratification would or would not
now be nullty.
However, in 1888, the women of the Children's
{ Bureau rallied their lobbying forces for new
drive for ratification Of the so-caled Child LABOR
Amendment, terming it part of President koose-
\ vet's National Recovery Program, when Child La
: Dor had already been abolished by Industry S
: agreement with the President. And up to January
l, 1884 they have succeeded in obtaining ratlnca-
ton by the Legislatures of IA more States'
, To the statements frequently made that it is not
the intention of those who would have this power
20 abuse it; that it is not the intention to lnaugu-
rate federal control of education which IS mental
labor; to introduce universal public nursing uni
versal registration and examination OF the 45,-
100000 persons under Is years OF age IN the
United States, the is that the power IS
!. there, an unlimited power, the exercise of which
= the Supreme Court has held, is not subject to
: review by the Courts, if within the scope of the
grant.
Senator Reed was correct in saying that our
States have not the power to prohibit the labor
of a boy of II. The Missouri legislature has not
4 that power, and to attempt to confer it on the
federal government is usurpation practiced upon
the reserved of powers in the people them
I selves, surrendered to the legislature The
legislature may prohibit labor of children in dan
gerous unhealthful emplOyments, under the po-
lice power but there must be some reasonable JUS
LITIGATION in such cases.
4 In the Oregon school case, involving law re,
quiring all children to attend public schools, and
aboishng private schools, Justice McReynolds SAID
for the Supreme Court in 1925: -,
''The fundamental theory of liberty upon whlch
all governments of this Union repose excludes any
general power of the State to standardlze It's GILL
dren by forcing them to accept instruction Iroa,