of a Joint
Federal and State Employment Service with women's departments
under the direction of technically qualified women. 4. The
adoption of a national constitutional amendment giving to
Congress the power to establish minimum labor standards and the
enactment by Congress of a Child Labor Law extending the
application of the present Federal child labor tax laws, raising
the age minimum for general employment from 14 to 15 years and
the age for employment at night to 18 years. 5. Recognizing the
importance of a world-wide standardization of industry we favor
the participation of the United States in the International Labor
Conference and the appointment of a woman delegate to the next
conference.

IV. We recommend to the States legislative provision for: 1. The
limitation of the hours of work for wage earning women in
industrial undertakings to not more than 8 hours in any one day
or 44 hours in any one week and the granting of one day's rest in
seven. 2. The prohibition of night work for women in industrial
undertakings. 3. The compulsory payment of a minimum wage to be
fixed by a Minimum Wage Commission at an amount which will insure
to the working woman a proper standard of health, comfort and
efficiency. 4. Adequate appropriations for the enforcement of
labor laws and the appointment of technically qualified women as
factory inspectors and as heads of women in industry divisions in
the State Factory Inspection Departments.

V. We urge upon the Federal Board of Vocational Education and
upon State and local Boards of Commissioners of Education the
necessity of giving to girls and women full opportunity for
education along industrial lines, and we further recommend the
appointment of women familiar with the problems of women in
industry as members and agents of the Federal Board of Vocational
Education and of similar State and local Boards.

VI. Recognizing that the Federal, State and Local Governments are
the largest employers of labor in the United States, we urge (a)
an actual merit system of appointment and promotion based on
qualifications for the work to be performed, these qualifications
to be determined in open competition, free from special privilege
or preference of any kind and especially free from discrimination
on