The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-01-16

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out roll call e..
Then Rep Garrett, floor leader, of Tennessee
offered an amendment substituting ratification by
conventions for ratification by legislatures 80
Rep. Linthicum. of Maryland, offered an amend
ment to the Garrett amendment, limiting the time
of ratification to five years.
Rep. Harrison, of Virginia, offered substitute
forbidding ratification except by Legislatures elece
| ed after the amendment had been submitted. "a
The Harrison substitute was rejected without
roll call. .-..
The Lnthcum amendment to the Garrett amend
ment was rejected without roll call.
The Garrett amendment was rejected It's to "a.
Rep. Garrett then moved an amendment substl-
tuting conventions" for "legislatures", as the
bodies to ratfy.
That was rejected.
Rep. MacLafferty, of California, then moved to
strike out the age limit of IS and insert 16.
Mr. MacLafferty said:
81 am perfectly willing the States should have,
as they now have, the Fight to legslate for the age
of IS, or the age of 10 or 20 or 81, but i, as q
man who lives remote from the seat of the national
government do not want the American Congress,
situated in Washington, the capital Of the nation,
5000 miles from my home, to have the right to
say to big, husky fellow II years old in the State
of California, you shall not work for living
Mr.. MacLaffertys amendment was approved in
the Committee of the Whole, 14s to 1876.
Then Rep. Ramseyer of Iowa, offered this sub
stitute amendments
Section l. Congress shall have power to limit,
regulate and prohibit labor in mines, quarries,
mills workshops, factories and manufacturing es-
Establishments of all persons under 16 years of age
Mr.. Ramseyer said:
what does the proposed amendment before US
provide? Let me read:
"'The Congress shall have power to limit, regu-
late and prohibit the labor of persons under IL
years of age
MARK right here, too, it does not say the EN-
ployment' of persons under Is years of age, but
the labor of persons under 1S years of age.
"A boy who is sent. out by his father to milk
the cows, labors If this same boy is hired by a
neghbor to milk cows, he is employed. Under the
proposed amendment Congress will have the power
to regulate the labor of boy under the direction
of his father as well as the employment of the
same boy when he works for a neighbor or a
stranger Under the proposed amendment Congress
will have the power to limit regulate and pro
hibit' the labor of girls under Is years of age in
the homes of boys under IS OF the farms.
Gentlemen, admit that the effect of the pro-
posed amendment is just state it, but they say,
oh, Congress will exercise that power
Why, then, ask, confer that power on Congress
that YOU do not expect and do not want Congress
to exercise?"
Mr.. Ramseyer's amendment was rejected 1853 to
120. ,..-.. -. .s..s-
Next Representative Oliver of Alabama, offered
this amendment: ......
provided, that the power herein conferred on
Congress shall be comprehensive, but not greater
than that exercised by the legislature of any state
prior to April, 1924, in reference to the labor of
persons under IS years of age"
1t was rejected
Rep. McSwain of South Carolina, then offered
this amendment:
Provided, that no law shall control the labor
of any child in the house. or business or on the
premises connected Herewith, of the parent or
parents"
That was rejected. ..... i. A.: ... 4. ..... ..
Mr. McSwain then offered this second amend
'ment:
"But no law enacted under this article shall al
feet in any way the labor of any child or children
on the farm of the parent or parents"
1t was rejected, 1872 to 76. ..
Rep. Moore of Virginia, then proposed this new
section: r
Section 1. The Congress shall have power to
limit, regulate and prohibit the labor of persons
under 16 years of age, but not the labor of such
persons in the homes and on the farms where they
reside"
That was rejected, 1876 to 80.
Rep. Linthicum then, proposed seven years
limit, as in the 18th amendment, in which the
amendment must be ratified.
T 1t was rejected. ..
Rep. Jones of Texas, moved to insert the word
Commercial before the word "labor."
1t was rejected.
Rep. McKeown of Oklahoma, moved to strike
out Section of the amendment which reads:
Section g. The power of the several states is
unimpaired by this article except that the opera
ton of state laws shall be suspended to the extent
necessary to give effect to legislation enacted by
the Congress"
| 1t was rejected 144 to 49,.
| The Committee of the Whole House then rose
and reported the resolution as amended by the
MacLafferty amendment, reducing the age limit to
Is years.
| On motion the MacLafferty amendment was re-
;ected and tho AGE limit If "a wears restored hy