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Show AMENDMENT REJECTEDAs REJECTED RCJECTED As matters now stand it appears doubtful thatthe that thatthe the so-called so called - Ch Child d Labor Amendment to the Consitution Consi- Consi Consitutlon Consi-tution Consi tution - tutlon tution of the United Uluted States will ever be ratified in m its itspresent itspresent itspresent present form which reads'The reads reads"The ' "The The 'The " The Congress shall have the power pov.er pover . to 11l111t limit limitregulate , regulate , and piohibt plohibt the labor of persons under 18years 18years 18 18years years of age age"The ' "The The " The power of the several States is unimpalled unimpaiied unimpanedby unimpalledby unimpaiiedby by this article except that the operation of State la\\s la s laws lawsshall lawsshall \ shall be suspended to ro the e extent " < tent necessary to give giveeffect giveeffect effect to legislation legIsJation enacted by Con Congress ess " " It leqmres leqwres requires ratification by 36 states to make the theamendment theamendment theamendment amendment effective effechve , and so far only 28 have hare votedfor voted votedfoi fOI for It.lule it , \ while \.lule .lule . 18 have rejected it , and two states , , Ala- Ala Alabama Alabama Ala Alabama - bama and Rhode Island ha\ ha have hae \ e not yet taken anyaction anyaction any anyaction action . . Two points pomts are stiongly stlongly strongly aigued algued argued against agamst the theamendment theamendment theamendment amendment , , one being bemg that it is too s\\ s sweeping sceping \ \ ceping in m its itsnature it itsnatuie natUle nature , and the otnei othel other is thit th\t th t that " \ child laboi labol labor has beenvirtually been beenvlrtuall beenvirtually virtually vlrtuall abolished , except eAcept on farms , , by state 1'1\\S 1'1 11 S laws 1'1SIf lawsIf li\vsIf li vsIf ' . \ \ If the amendment w \ were \ ere adopted . , Congress could pass passa pas passa : , a law prohibiting prohibItmg only laboi labOl labor . whatsoever v.hat.soe\er vhat.soeer v.hat.soe vhatsoe er whatsoeter . \ by a person personundel personunder personundei undel under 18 years of age It is unlikely unl1kely that such a adrastic adrastic adrastic drastic and idiotic IdlOtiC lawould law \ would \\ould ould \ be pissed p9.Ssed p9Ssed passed . , but thcie thele there IS ISno isno isno no telling tellmg " what "hat hat a radical Congiess Congless Congress might doNo doNo do doNo No r rIE right-thinking right thinking ht-thmkmg ht thmkmg ht-thinking thinking - poison person Ison Isonants \ wants \\ants ants \ to ro see children childrenexploited childrenexploited childrenexploited exploited 01 or caused to performork perform \ work \\ork ork workhich orkhlCh \ \\hich hich \\hlCh hlCh which \ \ would in- in inJure injure in injure - jure their health or general welfare But a law providing pro- pro providing pro providing - viding that no person should be permitted pernutted to pelfolm perform pelfolmusefl performuseful peifoirnuseful usefl useful tasks of a ny fly kind kmd until after reaching the age ageof ageof ageof of 18 would tend to develop a generation of loafersTo loafers loafersTo To err is human , and in m some cases is 15 abo about t theonly the theonly theonly only human characteristic discernable IDseernable discernableOften discernableOften Often a wife could give gwe a man better free adlve adive adlvethan adivethan adivethan than that for which he pays a lawyerWe lawyer lawyerPerhaps - We lead read I ead that Amencans speak about 200 dialectsRadio dialects dialectsRadlo dialectsRadio Radlo Radio announcers appear to have mastered them allPerhaps all Perhaps it would be a good idea to require reqwre a t\O- t O two- two tOthirds twothirds two-thirds two thirds , \ - thirds thirdsote \ vote \ote ote tote of Congress to pass a law 'in in 'm m ' the first firstplace firstplace firstplace firstplaceThose place placeThose Thoseho Those \ who \\ho ho think theorld the \ world \\orld orld 1sn isnt t . , getting gettmg better bettershould bettershould bettershould should reflect that Al Capone has been kept in m prison prisonfive prisonfive prisonfive five years yearsIt It is said that Germany will boycott New York'sfan YOlk's YOlks York's Yorks YOlk'sfall Yolk'sfan Yolksfan ' fall fan Unless something happens to o Hitler or La- La LaGuardia LaGuardia La-Guardia La Guardia - Guardia in the meantime4y meantime V " , "I I ' " - < 4y . " Editors Ed1tors seem to o be honest At any ratee rate , , \ we \\e e \ have- have haven have-n have n - n t heard of any of them being bemg put in 111 jail Jall for falsi falsl- falsl falsi- falslmg falsifting falsifying - fying fting } mg their income mcome tax taA returnsAron returns returnsAron Aron : Mark of Stockholm \ worked \ orked for his B S de- de deglee degree de-giee de giee - glee gree foi fOl far many years , and finally got it at the age 01 or oi70 . 70 Now he will expect e.wect ewect to set the " world "orld orld afiteThe aflie afile afite aflieTh The Th ; . = armament race , as we understand it , , is for forthe forthe forthe the purpose of balancing balancmg military strength so mcely nicely mcelythat nicelythat nicelythat that each nation nahon will be certain certam of winning wmning the neAt next neAtbl nextbig nextbig nextbigai big bl blal \\ai ai \\al al war \ \ . A Yale professor , who has great confidence m in mambitIous inambitious inambitious ambitIous vouth youth outh , , says ' "The The 'The " boy who is determined to togo togo togo go to the devil will in 111 all probability probablhty accomplish hispurpose hispurpose his purpose . " |