. The National Civic Federation review . w was unprotected. EMPLOYERS LIABILITY. There were nine men blown to pieces during the in-vestigation. They were employed in blasting wherethere is excavating. While in this particular case, thebest powder foreman was in charge (and was killed),there is feeling that in general such foremen are notproficient. In any event, it brought to mind the queryas to whether the Government should provide for de-pendent families of the injured and killed. Now col-lections are made among the employes for such are not recoverable from the Government insu
. The National Civic Federation review . w was unprotected. EMPLOYERS LIABILITY. There were nine men blown to pieces during the in-vestigation. They were employed in blasting wherethere is excavating. While in this particular case, thebest powder foreman was in charge (and was killed),there is feeling that in general such foremen are notproficient. In any event, it brought to mind the queryas to whether the Government should provide for de-pendent families of the injured and killed. Now col-lections are made among the employes for such are not recoverable from the Government insuch cases as they are from private contractors in theUnited States. As recently as April, one sufferingfrom pulmonary tuberculosis contracted in the servicewas denied the amount of compensation for leave ofabsence, when obliged to depart from the Isthmus per-manently. THE CANAL ZONE NEWS. There should be published weekly a bulletin, whichmight be called the Canal Zone News, in at leastEnglish, Spanish, Italian and Greek, in parallel col-. Group of Employes and Wives. umns. This has been undertaken by private employersadvantageously. Through such a channel employescould be informed, for instance, of the loss of a shipcontaining vegetables, which has just occurred, or thesinking of a ship load of lumber, which likewise hasjust happened, and of rulings or changes which havebeen made with reference to mess houses or the assign-ment of quarters, commissaries or the employment oflabor, including vacations, sick leave and other mat-ters affecting the employes. It would be well, throughsuch a paper, to explain exactly the conditions in atrade such as that of the engineers, which called forthe raising of wages, and caused feeling that otherswere not given proper consideration. Those explana-tions would appeal to the average man. All conversedwith were found to be reasonable and if various mat-ters were understood there would be fewer grievancesand less complaining. Health suggestions cou
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