The Regulation of Child Labor by Federal Legislation

• Main Author: Caldwell, Forrest R.
• Format: Others
• Published: Digital Commons @ Butler University 1929
• Subjects: Political Science
• Online Access: http://digitalcommons.butler.edu/grtheses/106; http://digitalcommons.butler.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1105&context=grtheses

Within the last decade the people of the United States have been endeavoring, through recognized legislative channels, to decide the problem as to whether the federal govenment of the country, acting through the medium of an amendment to the United States Constitution, should be commissioned to assume responsibility for the protection of the welfare of all children, and to control the working activities of these children during the periods of childhood and adolescence.