Telegram from Mrs. Oliver S. Chatfield to Governor Herbert Lehman, noting the opposition of Nassau County mothers to the proposed Child Labor Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, 1937. Chatfield defended the rights of parents to be free to make decisions about their children free of government interference, arguing that reports of exploitation of child labor were inaccurate and not a good enough reason for the government to get involved.

Identifier
NYSA_13682-53_B16_F4_1

Date Original
March 4 1937

Language
English

Source
New York State Archives, New York (State). Governor (1933-1942 : Lehman). Central subject and correspondence files, 1933-1942. Series 13682-53, Box 16, Folder 4.

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