WORKING CONDITIONS

Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 19902, 3 June 1936, Page 9

WORKING CONDITIONS

AN IMPORTANT JUDGMENT GOVERNMINT POWER! LIMITED. CONTRAVENTION 0F CONSTITUTION United Press Ann—Elem Tel. Copyright \VASHINGTON, June 1. The Supreme court rejected the thesis that the Government holds the power to regulate workiug conditions \\'hru, by u majority of 5 to -’i, it de—l'lJl't’Ll that tht- New York state minimum mise hm for women and children \\’us uncumiitutiunal. \\'hilc thc ruling upplies directly only to the .\c\\' York law, in eflect it means that similar statutes in other Slates must bu abolished, as well as uuy t'urihcr attempts on the part of the Fi-Ilcrul UOYL'l‘lllllClll to extend. the L‘ulted Status authority to protect the “age scale. The New York law specifically pro\ided that women in the laundry indus—try must he paid at least 12.40 dollars at week. Mr Justice Butler‘s majority opinion declared that the law was a contravention of the Constitution. Mr Justice Hughes joined the Liberal minority to write a vigorous opinion upholding the right or the States to protect women aim] children work— I".