Show S FIFTEEN 81 STATES A TES BAN CHilD LABOR WASHINGTON Sept 8 8 All JP-All P All the states that ratified the child labor amendment at the last sessions sessions' sessions of their legislatures have now now certified to the state department bringIng th the leg legal I listing up to the full fifteen The 1933 ratifications totaled nine nine nine- Michigan North Dakota Ohio Oregon Oregon Ore Ore- gon Washington New Hampshire New Jersey Illinois and Oklahoma Previously six states stales had ratified ratified- Arkansas 1924 Arizona California and Wisconsin 1925 1825 Montana 1927 Colorado 1931 The 1933 ratifications totaling more than in the entire previous eight years that the amendment had been pending in the state legislatures were attributed attributed attributed attrib attrib- by labor leaders who have hae consistently consistently consistently con con- urged d the legislation to a changed public opinion They hold that the th-e ratification acton ac ac- tion ton by the state has arisen from a new belief bellef that thal child labor is not economically economically economically economic economic- ally profitable With the further Impetus given to ruling out child labor in recovery codes the labor Jabot leaders predict further further fur fur- ther ratifications ratifications' are ire likely when legislatures legislatures leg leg- reconvene Some argument has arisen as to whether or not the child chUd labor amendment amendment amendment amend amend- ment was lost as asa a result of adverse action in many states But its friends have consistently contended no time limit was set for its ratification when it was passed 1 Many of ot the legislatures that r rati rat rat- fi fled fied d the amendment nt in 1933 had preVIOUSly previously pre- pre taken adverse action |