Resolution Adopted by the CCAR
CHILD LABOR
Digests of resolutions adopted by the
Central Conference of American Rabbis
between 1889 and 1974
1. We urge the abolition of child labor and the raising of the standard age
wherever
the legal age limit is lower than is consistent with moral and physical
health. (1918,
p. 102)
2. We appeal to members of State Legislatures to introduce adequate bills on
Child
Labor at the earliest possible moment, since the Supreme Court declared the
Federal
Act unconstitutional. (1922, p. 67)
3. Reaffirms resolution of 1922 calling upon State Legislatures for action.
(1928,
p. 85, creed)
4. We urge that legislation be passed raising the working age of children to
16 years
in order that they may be removed from the labor market. (1930, p. 135)
5. We seek a law which will make it possible for Congress to legislate upon
child
labor, hours of work and wages and other economic problems which are national
in
scope. (1935, p. 81)
6. We oppose any relaxation of state and national standards regarding child
labor,
in spite of war needs. (1942, p. 98)
7. Reaffirmed. (1943, p. 125)
8. We note with disquiet that 250,000 children fourteen years of age are
employed
at full time; while between the ages of 14 and 17, over one million children
are
employed. (1945, p. 122)
9. See Individual Rights, Sec. 1 (1953).