Children's Amendment

Politicians nodded affirmatively together; whether they liked it or not, they agreed, there was no need to call in a coroner--it was dead beyond doubt; there was no need to summon an undertaker--it was buried too deeply. If anything was dead, politicians declared, then surely the proposed 20th Amendment to the Constitution--the Child Labor Amend-ment--was dead, ratified by 4 states, rejected by 30.

But political certainties are not Labor certainties. Last week a pamphlet was issued by William Green, President of the American Federation of Labor. It is to be distributed to members of all the Federated unions (some 3,350,000). It is to tell them that 1,000,000 children between 10 and 16 years of age are working in the nation's industries. It is to tell them that they should urge the ratification, the resuscitation, the resurrection of the Child Labor Amendment.

In the education program of the A. F. of L. is the cinema. Last week a contract was signed for production in Chicago of a motion picture showing the evolution of Labor from slavery to the Federation. The eight hour day, closed vs. open shop, child labor questions, will all be filmed and sent forth, supplemented by lecturers.