I call your attention to certain measures as to which I think there should be action by the Congress before the close of the present session. There is
ample
time for their consideration. As regards most if
not all of the matters, bills have been introduced into one or the other of the two Houses, and it is
not too much to hope that action will be
taken one way or the other on these bills at the present session. In my message at the opening of the present
session, and, indeed, in various messages to
previous Congresses, I have repeatedly suggested action on most of these measures.
Child labor should be prohibited throughout the Nation. At least a model child-labor bill should be passed for the District of Columbia. It is unfortunate
that
in the one
place solely dependent upon Congress for its legislation there should be no law whatever to protect children by forbidding or regulating
their labor.
I renew my recommendation for the immediate reenactment of an employers' liability law, drawn to conform to the recent decision of the Supreme
Court
. Within the
limits indicated by the court, the law should be made through and comprehensive, and the protection it affords should embrace every
class of employee
to which the power of the Congress can extend.
In addition to a liability law protecting the employees of common carriers, the Government should show its good faith by enacting a further law giving
compensation to its own employees for injury or death incurred in its service. It is a reproach to us as a Nation that in both Federal and State legislation
we have afforded less protection to public and private employees than any other industrial country of the world.
I also urge that action be taken along the line of the recommendations I have already made concerning injunctions? in labor disputes. No temporary
restraining order should be issued by any court without notice; and the petition for a permanent injunction upon which such temporary restraining order
has been issued should be heard by the court issuing the same within a reasonable time-say, not to exceed a week or thereabouts from the date when
the order was issued.
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Select the correct answer.
Which of the following characterizes the structure of the passage as a whole?
O A.
a reasoned argument
O B.
a written request
O C.
a descriptive essay
D.
a personal narrative
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