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Show NO CHILI) LABOR IN GOVERNMENT WORK The National Child Labor Commit-toe Commit-toe looks upon the new ruling of the War Policies Board as a distinct step forward in the effort to obtain protection pro-tection for American children This ruling specifies that in all contracts for government work the contractor shall not employ any children in rio-' rio-' lation of the terms of . the . federal child labor law which has been declared de-clared unconstitutional " by the Supreme Su-preme court. That is, "The contractor contract-or shall not directly or indirectly em- - - -- . ivi wi duo li u 1 u con tract any minor under the age of 14 years, or permit any minor between the age of 14 and 16 years to work more" than 8 hours In any one day, more than six days in any one week, or before 6 a. m. or after 7 p. m." Owen R.. Lovcjoy, Secretary of the National Child Labor Committee, in commenting on this ruling said "The government again puts Jtaelf ' upon record as strongly opposed to the employment em-ployment of children. It is part of the war program that the children must be kept from feeling the effects of the war, either through a lowering of their health, or through loss of education ed-ucation or premature work in factories factor-ies and mills. The action of the Supreme Su-preme Court In declaring the federal child labor law unconstitutional left, the children without anv national measure of protection, and we know that many of them have been sent back to the mills and factories from which they were taken last year. But now that the War Policies Board has automatically restored the provisions of the federal law in all government contracts, we may look forward confidently con-fidently to success in our effort to obtain a new national law" Julia C. Lathrop, Chief of the Children's Chil-dren's Bureau, says with regard to the rWing, "This actim affords a large mecure of protection and is very encouraging." |