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Show inroRPEi . to party lines. As to states' rights, he polntel out that those Who raise the outcry over states' rlglit i in Washington are, for the most part, the same individuals and organized groups Hint oppose child labor legislation legis-lation in the states. Children's rights -know neither party line nor state lines. They are matters not of -oli-tics, but of statesmanship. Thcv are matters of conscience and 'uronntty. Referring to the fears of boishev-ism boishev-ism witich are entertained in many minds, Mr. iLoveJoy suggo ted that child labor must be regarded as a , prollilc breeder ot discontent and re-be.ion re-be.ion among the masses. The child, laborer, he said. Is the father of the man without a Joo, or wit' only a poorly paid Job. A common result of. child labor Is unemployment md poverty pov-erty Inter in life, and d'scontent and rebellion are their natural consequences." Federal Child Labor Legislation Is A Necessary Measure Of Reconstruction, Reconstruc-tion, Sayi Owen R. Lovejoy, "Peace has its need of man power no less than war," said Owen R. Love-joy, Love-joy, general secretary of the National Child Labor Committee, in an interview inter-view in which he declared today that the enactment by congress ot a child labor law should be made a part of the American program of reconstruction reconstruc-tion Mr. Lovejoy said that President Wilson favors the passage, at this session ot Congress, ftf a bill based on the taxing power of congress, and that an effort will undoubtedly be made to have' child labor In mines, factories, canneries and similar establishments es-tablishments taxed out of existence as state bank notes, artificially colored oleomargarine and poisonous phosphorus phos-phorus matches were taxed out of existence. "National efficiency in the future," said Mr. Lovejoy, "requires a continuance contin-uance of our wartime policy of conservation. con-servation. I't us be thrifty with our material resources, but let us be more thrifty than heretofore with our most precious measures, the children -of the nation. They represent potential man power. "Man power, of which so much has been said during the war, is a na- tional conception and a national issue is-sue and as we take up the tasks and obligations of peace It remains a national na-tional conception and a national issue. This man fiower will be needed not only for purposes of Industrial and economic prosperity, but for the spiritual spir-itual development ct American life for the furtherance, In particular, of democratic Ideals and actualities. Soldiers Sol-diers and civilians have been fighting a war for democracy, but the children of today must carry on tomorrow tor democracy, and it is quite essential, if they are to do this wisely and successfully, suc-cessfully, that they should be fit for the work. A logical way of translating translat-ing the phrase constructive democracy democ-racy into practical effect Is to build up democracy by beginning with the children, saving them from the exploitation ex-ploitation that stunts and perverts their development, in health, Intelligence, Intelli-gence, and morals, and keeping Miem in school where they m be trained both for inlTividual efficiency and for civic usefulness. "Mr. Ix.tj.y referred to the fact tint tV.e ;: Interallied Socialist am! !"."- coefe''mce included the ;::-c ' !! :f thill labor In its platform plat-form .md thai it i.t an integral part ; lie- iirogn.ui of the American lab ! r nn He i lso showed that; the 1 : cl ' dercl protection for childriii i ' not a partisan one as such protection Is sMpnorted by senators tuij .smca without refcrenc'.' |