Mr. President. before going on again with my remarks regularly. my attention has been called to the thirteenth amendment of the Constitution of the United States. and I call the attention of the Senator from Connecticut to it. It would seem to prohibit the sort of punishment that is provided over there for contract laborers in case they violate their contracts. It reads: Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude. except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted. shall exist within the United States. or any place subject to their jurisdiction. Now. whether that would do away with it or not.
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