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"HARTFORD April 4 1951 (AP)  Members of the General Assembly's Labor committee were invited today to inspect Connecticut tobacco farms and decide for themselves whether children employees were working under satisfactory conditions. The invitation came from Ralph C. Lasbury, Jr., a spokesman for the Connecticut Shade Tobacco Grower Agricultural association. He challenged testimony that minors were not properly housed, that they were exposed to sex offenses and that their transportation to and from the farms should be more strictly supervised." Excerpt from an article titled "Change Opposed On Law Governing Minors On Farms" from The Bridgeport Telegram, Thursday, April 5, 1951.