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DOWN WITH CHILD LABORl Sketches by Charles Allen This month several million down trodden children are reluctantly returning to the salt mines of gramipjr school. Scattered wildcat strikes, jurisdic tional tangles and even minor violence are to be expected. Picketing signs will probably appear on blackboards (while teachers are out of the room). In order that Management (that is, parents and teachers) may better under stand the problems of Labor (that is, little brats) we present a typical day in the life of an average working child. — The Cartoon Editor i—_| LOCKOUT effected by Management, Labor having no voice in matter I-----1 LX / / 1 TOOLING-UP period, in which Labor brushes up on penmanship --— OVERTIME without compensation unfairly imposed by teacher JOB HAZARDS constantly encoun tered from portal to portal 0^ SMALL BONUS gratefully received on return from hard day’s work RETIREMENT PLAN enforced in middle of Lone Cowboy program ■-——-1 FIVE-DAY WEEK starts eariy on j Monday with rude awakening