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that time and were subject to such uncertainty that we
felt we ought not include it.
THE CHAIRMAN: I am not clear, does the com-
mittee indicate that merely there is doubt as to such
matters or indicate that there are any decisions, and
when I say such matters, I mean not merely the so-called
factory laws but the differences, age of consent for
marriage, testamentory capacity, age of contract, and
numerous other distinctions.
DELEGATE KIEFER: Yes, sir. We looked into
some of these and we felt there would be a considerable
confusion if the word sex were added.
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Mitchell.
DELEGATE MITCHELL: Mr. President, I would like
to say that women, or even particular classes of women,
the Supreme Court has held may be singled out for special
treatment in the exercise of the state's protective power,
without violation of the 14th Amendment classification,
based on differences in their physical characteristics
or in the social conditions which surround their employ-
ment.