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Show UU BILL PROHIBITING THE EMPLOYMENT OF BOYS Washington July 28 A bill prohibiting prohib-iting the employment in any capacity of a person or persons under 1G years old, by the government, in a govern- ' f s ment contract, or providing- that spec- ., f, lal delivery letter carriers shall not ) K be less than IS years, was intro- j duced by Representative Berger of ; Wisconsin, the Socialist member . 0 This is a result of Berger's iniesti- j X gation. of the case of Roy Carter a f 12-year-old delivery boy in the Hous- ton, Tex , postofflce, who was sent to J I an institution for five years for steal- 1 I Ing $5. . f I |