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The Butler County Press
Hamilton, Butler County, Ohio
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In Albany, NY, attorneys for prison contractors challenge the federal Hawes-Cooper Act and New York state law of 1930, which exclude prison-made goods after January 19, 1934, seeking to declare them unconstitutional. The case is set for March, with defense by the attorney general and organized labor.
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Albany, N. Y. (ILNS)--Attorneys representing prison contractors, who have contracts with various state prisons to employ their convicts in the manufacture of various commodities, have begun action to have the federal Hawes-Cooper prison products exclusion act and the New York state law of 1930 excluding such goods after January 19, 1934, both declared unconstitutional. The state law was enacted in harmony with the federal law.
The action is to come up in March. The attorney general will defend the law and it is expected attorneys representing organized labor will also appear in its defense.
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Albany, N. Y.
Event Date
March
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laws to be defended by attorney general and organized labor attorneys.
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Attorneys representing prison contractors with contracts to employ convicts in manufacturing commodities have begun action to declare the federal Hawes-Cooper prison products exclusion act and the New York state law of 1930 unconstitutional. The state law excludes such goods after January 19, 1934, and was enacted in harmony with the federal law. The action is to come up in March.