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OF LABOR
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VOL. 6—No. 37—Price 5c.
GALVESTON, TEXAS, FRIDAY, JANUARY 23, 1925.
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। the notion that the amendment is social-
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merits now current,
amendment is not
ed by the various members of the
ciation, Mr. Fendley said.
He thanked the members of the
The Montaa senator, who is conceded
to be one of the best constitutional law-
yers in the country, riddled the claim of
amendment opponents who insist that
congress will stop all child labor on the
farms and will control education.
Referring to the control of education
Guaranty Building &
Loan Co.
CHILDREN’S PAGEANT
TO BE HELD MAY 13
erendum—Possibility of Mis-
representation.
limited power to do other things, but
has never taken advantage of this pow-
er.
When you get to know a fellows, know his joys and know his
cares,
When you come to understand him and the burdens that he
bears,
When you’ve learned the fight he’s making and the troubles
in his way,
Then you will find that he is different than you thought him
yesterday.
You find his thoughts are sensible and there’s not so much to
blame
In the man you lightly jeered at when you only knew his
name.
ever stand before a court to contend that
it does, assuming that congress should
ever conclude that it was, by the amend-
ment, vested with any such power.
Answering the fear that it is danger-
ous to give congress the power to regu-
late child labor, Senator Walsh pointed
out that the states now have that power.
He also showed that congress has un-
Christmas Tree Declared Unusual Suc-
cess Despite Weather.
I he sixth annual Christmas tree of
the Galveston Playground Association,
under unfavorable weather conditions,
was one of the most successful yet held
in this city, according to a report of the
“originated with some one who knew
better, to excite the fears of some un-
discriminating mind.”
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Official Organ of Galveston Labor Council, Dock and Marine Council
and Affiliated Unions
times the restraint extending to both
sexes, sometimes only to girls
“I inquire with much deference of the
clergymen who have been induced to en-
list in the campaign against the amend-
amendment affords no ground for even j ment whether they would like to see re-
serious argument that it has such scope , pealed the state laws which forbid girls
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accept the notion that every time the so-
child labor,” he characterized as
all the railroads of the country, at least
the interstate lines, but up to the pres-
ent time, except to meet the exigencies
of war, it has exhibited no purpose to
do So. boys from doing chores on the farm or
“The power to regulate commercegirls from washing dishes. It does not
covers an enormous field into which the threaten the family, the home, religion
to 18 years of age. It does not prohibit
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streets at night as messengers or to see
them amended so as to fix the age limit
at 16 or 14? Worse still, whether they
would like to see the state constitutions
amended so that it would be beyond the
power of the state legislatures to pro-
hibit such employment of girls even in
the crowded cities?”
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times the fullness of its power totax? by the opponents of the amendment of
No one doubts its power to take over , false statements and slanderous argu-
“ I .venture the
The child labor
meet. This happened in Massachusetts,
where the supporters only had $2000 to
spend, and the opponents are estimated
to have spent $50,000, or twenty-five '
times as much. 1
“ The people of all states where there
ar ereferendums may expect to hear that
the amendment was drawn by Bolshe- i
viks, that it prohibits labor up to 18 .
years of age and the like. I
“We have been openly asked whether 1
Resolution Adopted.
Resolution expressing appreciation of
the Galveston Playground Association to
all those who participated in the sixth
annual Christmas tree, Dec. 25, 1924, to
Jan. 3, 1925.
Whereas, The sixth annual Christmas
that the
“Bolshevism.
cial group attempts to guarantee the in-
tegrity and growth of the individual, so-
cialism is encroaching upon us. The ar-
gument that it is a dangerous grant of
power to congress seems to me to be a
claim. Senator Walsh said that this
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SENATOR WALSH
Galveston ‘Chapter, American Red Cross,
which had nurses available; Frank P.
Malloy, who had an ambulance availa-
ble ; the Brush Electric Company, the
Galveston Electric Company and mem-
bers of the municipal electrical depart-
ment for their full co-operation; the
Electric Service Company for the use
of the floats; the Gulf Lumber Company
for the material and labor building the
platform, supervisied by Mr. Charles
Niemann; Scout Executive Jerry Ful-
kerson and Boy Scouts; J. Tacquard of
Hitchcock, for* the tree itself; Mrs.
Clara Wittig Moore for the training of
the children in the singing of carols;
Father Marius S. Chataignon, director
of the boys’ choir; Miss Hattie Wittig
for instructing children in the making
of tree ornaments; playground supervis-
ors and committee for caring for the
participating children; McCaleb Print-
ing Company for printing work; the
Goggan Music Company for the loan of
two pianos; W. Conway of the Y. M.
C. A.; young people’s church organiza-
tions, Epworth League, Christian En-
deavor, Baptist Young People’s Union,
Luther League, kindergarten schools and
Mrs. W. P. Breath, Miss Mattie Frank-
lin. Miss C. Reymershoffer; presidents
of the mothers’ clubs and parent-teacher
associations.
the space on billboards, and half the ra-
dio talks will be in our hands, we are
perfectly willing to submit the matter to
popular vote.’ Naturally the opposi j n
has never agreed to this, proposal.
“The New York World, which is op-
posing the amendment in a leading edi-
torial January. 7th hopes the discussion
can be kept at a high level. It says:
“This would mean the abandonment
utive committee and members of' the
subcommittees for whole-hearted co-op-
eration and excellent work done to as-
sure the success obtained, and suitable
resolutions were adopted at the meeting.
Entertain Ad Men.
Gus A. Amundsen, Jr., president of
the association, presided. The play-
ground Association decided unanimous-
ly to co-operate in entertaining the in-
ternational convention of World Ad
Clubs by staging the children’s pageant
on May 13, this year, instead of the ear-
ly part of June, as last year. The adver-
tising men will be in Galveston on May
13 and the pageant will be a pleasing en-
tertainment feature, it is believed.
A report on attendance at the various
playgrounds for the month of December
shows the following: Lasker Play-
ground 1817 boys and 1192 girls, total
3009; Adoue Playground, 1048 boys and
857 girls, total 1905; Menard Park (one
week), 205 boys and 170 girls, total 440.
Children of Adoue and Lasker play- j
grounds have written a special letter to
the association expressing thanks for the
portable stages. The material was fur-
nished by the association and the build-
ing was accomplished by the boys’ and .
the fathers’ clubs.
(
Mr. Amundsen informed the directors
of the work being done among the child-
erty of the citizen, what reason can be
assigned for believing that congress
ber of the judiciary committee that re-
ported the child labor amendment.
The manufacturers’ association has
issued a pamphlet against the amend-
ment, which was prepared by it attor-
ney, James A. Emery. Referring to this
document, Senator Walsh said:
“Both that association and its coun-
sel came into unenviable prominence
through the investigation of the ‘insid-
ious lobby,’ conducted by the judiciary
committee of the senate in the year 1913.
It was established by correspondence of
which the committee became possessed
that the unspeakable Mulhall had oper-
ated for a number of years about Wash-
ington as the paid lobbyist for that or-
ganization under the direction of Em-
ery, the activities of the pair taking a
wide range, but centering in an effort
to defeat legislation in which organized
labor was interested, legislation which
afterwards received the sanction of con-
gress and the president in what is known
as the Clayton law.”
Pointing to efforts of the manufactur-
ers’ associatian to enlist the support of
farmers, Senator Walsh called attention
to the activities of one David Clark of
Charlotte, N. C. ” who instigated the
suits in which the federal child labor
acts of 1916 and 1919 were declared un-
constitutional by the United States su-
preme court. Clark is editor of the
Southern Textile Bulletin, and is on re-
cord as saying: “Ever since the amend-
ment passed (congress) we have been
laying the groundwork for the situation
that is now rapidly developing. ” Clark
and his associates, Senator Walsh said,
are dibstributing literature to the far-
mer “as a part of that groundwork.”
federal authority has entered only to a or the flag. The men and women back
limited extent. j of it are not inspired by Moscow, di-
a,, , . ! rected by Moscow7 or beholden to Mos-
Under the treaty-making power, I cow. They are, on the contrary, as fine
maintain, though t lere aie varying spirited a group of American citizens as-
views on the subject, the president and this country can show.
the senate might deliver over Maine, In reply to the question or whether he
Michigan or Montana to the Dominion thought the amendment would be dis-'
of Canada. If power is to be withheld cussed on that basis, Mr. Lovejoy said .
from the government because conceiv- j "There is very little chance of it. It
ably it might be abused, anarchy must'. : t .1 ,1
‛ seems easier for the opposition to call
' names and tell a few stirring ghost sto-
“I have heretofore pointed out that ries about the terrible times to come than
the power to enact child labor laws never । to answer the fact that there is a real
having been abused by the legislatures need for protection of the children in in-
of the states by which it is enjoyed in dustry from overlong hours, night work,
full measure, none of them having pass- industrial disease and accident.”
ed any law held to- be violative of the lib- Widespread Support of Amendment
Christmas tree committee, which was three under the auspices of the Galves-
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Well Financed Opposition Wants Ref- Ryan Calls Amendn. Opposition
travesty on representative government,
i If we cannot trust our representative
- government to enact into legislation
; those things which are for public wel-
fare than maybe we had better abolish
presentative government and establish a
dictatoship. I am myself convinced that
the transfer of the argmuent from pure
selfishness on the part of the interests
who are opposed to the amendment to
that of interference with the state con-
trol is nothing but a smoke screen. By
transferring it from the basis of vested
interests to that of an old political phil-
osophy gives it standing which it could
never attain on more selfish bases.”
“What are the facts about congress
exercising all the power vested in it? It
is clothed with the power of taxation,
and' John Marshall justly declared that
the power to tax is the power to destroy.
Has congress exercised even in war
we would approve a referencum aner
our reply has always been: 'Yes, on one
ren in dramatics. The entertainments
being staged by the various playgrounds,
under general direction of the senior
supervisor, Miss Nell Miller, tend to
draw the young people and many of the
adults away from dances and divert their
interest to dramatics and music, Mr.
Amundsen said.
The strong neighborhood community
work is being felt throughout the city,
he believed, and much of the credit is
due the mothers’ and fathers’ clubs of
the playgrounds, he said.
Make Pageant Success.
The Galveston Playground Associa-
tion is supported by forty-three relig-
ious, fraternal and civic organizations.
It was urged that each organization get
busy at once and do something toward
making the children’s pageant the great-
est success in the history of this event.
In the pageant youth will represent the
oleander, native flower of the city.
Approval was given the recreation
fundamentals, released on Dec. 12 from
the Playgrounds and Recreational Asso-
ciation of America, which have the in-
dorsement of 3300 leaders in playground
recreational work.
The resolutions committee was in-
structed to draft an appropriate resolu-
tion in memory of Mrs. Agnes O’Con-
nor, who died in Washington last month.
Prof. E.G. Littlejohn is chairman of this
committee, others members. being M.S.
Ujffy, Mrs. Jens Moller. Flowers were
sent last month.
Among those present at the meeting
-were: Mrs. Moller, Mrs. Fannie Kemp-
ner Adoue, Mrs. Louis Fox, J. H. Har-
die, Mr. Ujffy, Mrs. Littlejohn, Mr.
Fendley, Mrs. Templin H. Malitz, Mrs.
E. J. Cordray E. A., Conway, W. W.
Fraser, W. A. James, Miss Earnestine
La Motte, William Murphy, Mrs. Abe
Kauffman, Hugo Ungar, Mrs. Amund-
sen and playground supervisors, Miss
Miller, Adoue Playground; Mrs. Elma
Perl, Lasker Playground and Miss Mary
M. Martin, secretary.
Mr. Amundsen will appoint the chil-
dren’s pageant committee within the
next few days.
made at a meeting of the Playground
Association at Ball High School recent-
ly.
This success only demonstrated the
vast and far reaching possibilities for
the yearly tree in the future, J. M. Fend-
ley, chairman of the committee, reported
The interest created and the enthusiasm
shown by the people of the community
in attending the nightly services held by
the various religious demoninations well
repaid for the work and energy expend-
amazing assertion” in direct contradic-
tion of the language' of the amendment.
“In the future as in the past, the pio-
neers among the states will have full lib-
erty to blaze new trails tn the field of
of all progress. To assert that the
child protecion. This has been the way
amendment would have the effect of tak-
ing away the power to better the con-
gressional laws is to utter a palpable and
flagrant untruth.
A National Problem—An American
Amendment.
“Child labor regulatron fs not merely
a local question,” says Dr. Ryan, “it is
a national matter, because it cannot be
performed by one state without affecting
the people of many states. When the
products of child labor are shipped out
of the state in which they are made,
they necessarily interfere with the wel-
fare of other communities. Any one
who asserts that the amendment is so-
cialistic in origin and design is giving
utterance to a lie.”
Federal Labor Supervision Simple
in Past.
Discussing the limit of federal capac-
ity to administer, Dr. Ryan says: “Much
depends upon the nature of the law, the
particular type of administration and the
attitude of local public opinion.” Ad-
mitting the failure of the federal admin-
istration of the Volstead Act, Dr. Ryan
says: “With regard to a federal labor
law the problem is comparatively simple.
In this field we have the guidance o ex-
perience. The two federal child labor
laws have been in operation several years •
before they were declared unconstitu-
tional. Everywhere the state officials co-
operated with the federal agents in the
enforcement of the congressional statute.
Federal machinery was put in operatior
only in so far as state machinery was
lacking, or to test the effectiveness of
state machinery; and, the cost of federal
administration was not excessive as com-
pared with equally effective State admin-
istration.”
ton Playground Association, erected on
1 be west side of the county courthouse,
Dec. 25, 1924, to Jan. 3, 1925, proved of
greater proportions and larger success
than its predecessors, due to the initia-
tive, energy and loyalty of all those who
participated, and,
Whereas, This initiative, energy and
loyalty is so essentially a part of Gal-
veston as to warrant the success of
worthwhile events; nevertheless the out-
standing success and variety of pro-
grams offered at the recent tree have
brought this association into a closer
contact with, and of higher value to the
people of Galveston, and,
Whereas, The celebration of the birth
of Christ is of transcendent importance
in all Christian nations, marked the be-
ginning of real civilization, made life
worth while, and everlasting glory to be
man’s supreme ambition; yet there are
too many people who look upon Christ-
mas as an earthly event for physical sa-
tiety and give to Ceasar the things that
are Ceasar’s, but neglect to give to God
the things that are God’s; and,
Appreciation of Body.
Whereas, The commingling of people
in happy vein brings comradeship, and
the blending of voices in praise of Him
raises us above the sordidness of mate-
rialism and permits us, for the moment,
at least; to dwell with the angels who
sang: “ Glory to God in the highest,
peace on earth and good will toward
man. ” Therefore, the annual Christmas
tree is an event that ought to be ‘ per-
petuated through progressive successes;
and. ,therefore; beat
Resolved, That the sincere apprecia-
tion of the Galveston Playground Asso-
ciation be extended to everyone who
shared in the Christmas tree and parti-
cularly the Galveston Ministerial Asso-
siation, Rt. Rev. Bishop C. R. Byrne
and Rabbi Henry Cohen for their in-
dorsement ; the county and city adminis-
trations for their co-operation; Rev. J.
C. Handy, pastor of the First Methodist
Episcopal Church South; Rev. Victor
Albert, pastor of the First Evangelical
Lutheran Church; Rev. Wil R. Johnson,
pastor of the.First Presbyterian Church;
Rev. E. F. Adams, pastor of the First
Baptist' Church; Rev. Burt Jones, pastor
of the Trueheart Memorial Church; Rev.
Raimundo de Ovies, rector of Trinity
Episcopal Church; Professor E. G. Lit-
tlejohn, school superintendent, and the
principals and teachers of the schools;
the sisters of the parochial school; the
directors and members of church choirs,
singing societies, glee clubs; the Rotary,
Kiwanis, Lions and Optimists clubs;
AMERICAN
FEDERATION
Washington, D. C.—In a speech in de-
fense of the federal child labor amend-
ment, Senator Walsh of Montana de-
clared on the floor of the senate that
opposition of the National Association
of Manufacturers “is sordidly and Srer-
eningly selfish.” The senator is a mem-
Undemocratic, Refutes Opponents.
Insisting that the opposition to the
passage of the twentieth amendment is
largely undemocratic and due to misrep-
resentation, Dr. John A. Ryan, noted au-
thor, has issued a refutation of the seven
objections to the Child Labor Amend-
ment. His statement, entitled “The Pro-
posed Amendment,” is published by the
National Child Labor Committee.
“These who are endeavoring to defeat
the proposed amendment,” Dr. Ryan
says, “are seeking a tyrannical and un-
democratic use of the power which the
states possess over constitutional amend-
ments. They should wait until a child
labor bill is actually before congress and
strive to defeat it in that open forum.
In striving to foreclose legislative dis-
cussion of federal regulations, they just-
ly incur the imputation of being opposed
to the principle of majority rule in a
matter of legislative expediency.”
Family Control Unaffected.
“It is a gross perversion of fact,” Dr."
Ryan states, “to assert that the proposed
amendment would enable congress to
take the control of children out of the
home. Family control and authority
* * **
When next you start in sneering and your phrases turn to
blame,
Learn more of him you censure than his business and his
name,
For it’s likely that acquaintance would your prejudice dispel,
And you’d really come to like him if you knew him very well.
When you get to know a fellow and you understand his ways.
Then his faults won’t matter, for you’ll find a lot to praise.
—Anon.
Among Educators.
The fact that letters from prominent
will act with less judgment or discre- educators in scattered parts of the coun-
tion? | try are pouring into the office of the Na-
«re. . . , , tional Child Labor Committee, is taken
it the power is- to be conferred on . . , . ... , .
. . . I as evidence of a wide demand for the
congress at all, what reason can be as- ; , T
1c , ,. ■ . . . I amendment. Not only the A. F. of L.
signed for declining to accord to it the 1 , , ,
• , 1:1.1 ..11 wants the amendment, but prominent
same power with which the state legis- , . , . ...
1 . . .1.1.. 1 students of history, econmic and social
latures are invested by their state con- . . .
..... ,. . 5 science favor it.
stitutions respectively? • .
। Dr. Carl C. I aylor, dean of the Grad-
Now the state legislatures are not : uate School of the North Carolina State
only invested with the power to limit, . College, says. I can't get starte on
regulate and prohibit the labor of per- ! - ...
sons under the age of 18, but most of
them have actually enacted laws appli-
cable to persons up to that age, pre-
venting their employment in certain oc-
cupations, or limiting the time with
which they may be kept employed, some-
gmgmg p S m-m pgms condition. If the opponents of the meas-
meg 0 ILM0S0 AAk ure will join with US in pooling the ex-
■ " pense of informing the people so that at
------- • least half the space in newspapers, half
8 Owen R. Lovejoy, General Secretary
S of the National Child Labor Committee,
S said recently:
“The opponents of the Child Labor
2 Amendment are busy in Ohio, Illinois,
g W isconsin, Iowa and elsewhere attempt-
8 ing to persuade the governors and leg-
g islatures to call referendums. In most
cases the executives and legislators are
g' already pledged to the amendment.
8 1 lie opponents of the amendment real-
B ize that their superior funds allow them
g to carry on a popular campaign of mis-
5 representation which the friends of the
5 amendment are not financially able to
or that any self respecting lawyer will ’ under 18 from runnrng around the
” It
would remain essentially what they are
at present.” Dr. Ryan denounced as
“astounding in its recklessness” the as-
sertion which appeared in a widely read
weekly that congress would be empow-
ered to require children to be raised in
federal institutions. He cited the fact
that no state had attempted to regulate
education under its child labor laws as
proof that congress could not possibly
control education under the twentieth
amendment. To assert that congress
could specify the kind of schools and
other instituions in which the child must
obtain the required amount of training,
is to talk nonsense. Congress would be
even less able to do this than the state.”
Challenging those who fear that con-
gress would attempt to pervert a child
labor law so as to usurp parental rights
and any other fundamental rights o ehe
citizen, Dr. Ryan asked them to show a
single federal law enacted in time of
peace which violated • and endangered
such rights.
The statement of the general counsel
of the National Association of Manufac-
turers that “the proposed amendment
gives congress exclusive power over
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