---
title: 'Child Labor and Liberty'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'J. Gresham Machen'
date: 1924-12-31
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '20th century'
topics:
- 'Citizenship and Government'
- 'Economics, Employment, and Work'
scriptures:
- 'Romans 13'
- 'Ephesians 6'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/20th-century/machen-1924-child-labor-and-liberty
---

# Child Labor and Liberty

Debate over a proposed constitutional amendment on child labor. J. Gresham Machen warns it would centralize power and threaten home liberty; editors argue states already regulate child labor.

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