---
title: 'The So-Called “Child Labor Amendment”'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'J. Gresham Machen'
date: 1936-12-26
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '20th century'
topics:
- 'Church-State Relations'
- 'United States'
scriptures:
- 'Deuteronomy 6'
- 'Ephesians 6'
- 'Psalms 127'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/20th-century/machen-1936-the-so-called-child-labor-amendment
---

# The So-Called “Child Labor Amendment”

Warns the 'Child Labor Amendment' would give Congress sweeping control over those under 18, undermine family privacy, Christian education, and constitutional liberty. Urges states to reject it.

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