Harper also worried about moral deterioration in modern society. He claimed to have evidence in his files showing “that the shorter work week is an important source of crime,” and that “compulsory unemployment devices, such as child labor laws,” and mandatory schooling “during teen-age years, are important causes of juvenile delinquency.” By the same token, he argued that so-called government “help” in times of economic depression, such as the 1930s, was “dangerous.”
