| Show PROVISIONS OF MANNS WHITE SLAVE MEASURE Washington Dec 21 Tho Mann Maull white slave blavo traffic bill was tress favorably reported to tho time hou house o today toda by b Chair Chali Chaliman man mail Lunn of that committee Tho The ret Id port 1 accompanying the presentation of the measure distinctly disclaims any purpose to usurp in any way tho the police power powel of the states and declares the tho provisions of the tho hill bill to be mostly mOlt based on the power of or Congress over oer Inter Intel Interstate interstate state and nn foreign commerce Among other thinS x c the tho report says saya ta H The use moo of Interstate commerce in III sending prostitutes from one olle state to another In connection with this traffic in women would seem to be as QS directly connected Interstate commerce as an the sending sen of oC tickets from fromn one state to another in furtherance of operation of or ofa ora ofa a lottery Ko So far Congress ress has not en enacted enacted acted legislation to insure the Carry cany Ing InS out of the provisions of or the time Inter International International international national treaty for ot the ou suppression of ot the traffic c The i he proposed legislation Is needed to put a 1 stop to a villainous interstate and 1101 international 1 traffic In women anti and girls not needed neede or ur intended as an aid al to tho the states stales In the exercise of their police powers in su suppressing or I ing In immorality in general It does not attempt to regulate the practise of or vol voluntary voluntary 01 prostitution but alms alma solely to prevent panderers and procurers rs from compelling thousands of ot women and girls against at their will and aud desire to en ter upon and continue In a life Ute of pros These Theo women arc are practically slaves in tho the true sense Henso of ot tho limo word Many fany are arc kept in houses hous s of ot ill III fame tame against their will and if force foree IH is I used to deprive them of or their liberty The Tho victims are arc 10 these women and girls who If given glen a n fair tall chance would in all nil human probability have havo been good wives and mothers and useful citizens Liquor trickery deceit fraud and tho the use of at force are arts resorted to by bytho b bythe tho the procurer to place time the girl under his hla por Chairman Mann said add today he ho did dirt not know 0 Just when tho the bill would be bo brought up on the floor door of ot the house hous He Ho declared there thero was no reason mason for or any un clash between his committee and the committee on Immigration and that the proper propel legislation to meet the evil in the tho best possible way which he believed was through hIs hla bill was all that was t sought ought Chairman Mann asked and was I granted unanimous consent for tor setting g aside sufficient for tor the minority of o othe the committee to file filo objections to the bill Their report will be presented aft nt after er cr the holidays holl ays by Representative ardron of or Alabama supported by Rep Rop Representatives Pa Adamson Bartlett and Pe Pc Petera tera terR of at tho the committee |
