Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Edward H. Davis
President Roosevelt acknowledges receiving the protest of the Manufacturers’ Bureau against legislation governing child labor, and informs Edward H. Davis, secretary of the organization, of his firm support for such a law, as well as an employers’ liability law. Roosevelt is certain that under the interstate commerce clause of the Constitution an employers’ liability law can be passed, and thinks that Congress should pass a law prohibiting child labor as soon as possible.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1908-03-02