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Show CHILD LABOR IS ' CHIEF SUBJECT OF FEDERATION .BMaewsaaeaHsaaa g Organized Workers Raise Their Voices in Strong Protest Against Making Toilers of Our Children FLAG DAY OBSERVED BY BIG CONVENTION Gompers Gives Delegates Some History of Efforts to Throw Legal Protection Aroung Young People ' CINCINNATI. Jun 14 By A. P ). Organised labor again raised Its role at th oonvenllnn of th American Amer-ican Federation of Labor har today gainst child labor, coupling with this an observanca of Flat day. Tha pro-pram pro-pram for tha antira day 'a speeches waa devoted to child labor, with ref-ranra ref-ranra to tha supreme court 'a recent dec talon of two month ago holding a at a t ch lid labor law u ncomt 1 1 u -Uonal. Tha day's program waa opened by tha ('antral Labor union of thla city presenting Bamue.1 Oompera, president of tha federation, with an American flat- Then tha delegates turned to tha program of protest against child labor. Mr. Oompera told tha delegates) that as far back aa in tha first constitution con-stitution adoptad by tha federation, a declaration was Incorporated for tha enactment of state laws prohibiting labor by children under 14 years old. Ha referred to the first federal law that of 114 being declared Invalid by tha an pram a court by a five-to-four opinion and added that tha aec-nd aec-nd law passed In 191 s was set aside with one dlaaantlna; vote of the court. Labor's program now, ha said, was to obtain adoption of a constitutional amendment, making possible a federal child labor law. Dele a:a tea favoring radical chance In the American trade union movement made their first move in ths convention conven-tion today by Introducing a resolution favoring tha amalgamation of existing exist-ing unions by Industries Into single organisations. |