. The National Civic Federation review . 1, 1912. If this bill is enacted into law by Congress andupheld by the United States Supreme Court it willhave great weight in influencing uniform State leg-islation on Workmens Compensation, which is thegreat purpose of The National Civic Federation. At the meeting of the Department held May 26,1911, it was determined to have committees appearbefore the Congressional Commission at its hearings,and the Department has been represented on threesuch occasions. Valuable Briefs Submitted. The briefs which were submitted to the Commis-sion have since had a wi
. The National Civic Federation review . 1, 1912. If this bill is enacted into law by Congress andupheld by the United States Supreme Court it willhave great weight in influencing uniform State leg-islation on Workmens Compensation, which is thegreat purpose of The National Civic Federation. At the meeting of the Department held May 26,1911, it was determined to have committees appearbefore the Congressional Commission at its hearings,and the Department has been represented on threesuch occasions. Valuable Briefs Submitted. The briefs which were submitted to the Commis-sion have since had a wide circulation and great in-fluence in moulding sentiment. These briefs are: First, one submitted at the first hearing of theCongressional Commission in June jointly by four ofour legal members—Messrs. Francis Lynde Stetson,P. Tecumseh Sherman, Launcelot Packer and Will-iam J. Moran. That brief is an argument for com-pulsory compensation. At the next hearing of the Congressional Com-mission at Chicago in October, 1911, there was pre-. SOME OF THOSE HEARD AT THE MEETING (1) Belmont, Chairman ; (?) Francis Lynde Stetson, (3) Will-iam J. Moran, (4) J. Walter Lord, (5) Timothy Healy, (G) LouisB. Schram, (7) John Caldbr, (8) Cyrus W. Phillips, (9)Jambs L. Gernon, (10) Marcel a. Viti, (11) Edgar T. Davibs. sented a brief by Mr. P. Tecumseh Sherman, Chair-man of our Legal Committee, opposing State inaur-ance and a Federal tax. At that same hearing Mr. Louis B. Schram, Chair-man of our Committee on Improvement of State In-spection of Factories with Special Reference to Safe-guarding Machinery, emphasized the desirability ofadopting the Lewis Bill based upon the Civic Fed-erations model act. and also presented arguments Infavor of the establishment of Federal and State mu-seums of safety and the adoption of a standarduniform blank for reporting industrial accidents Inthe interest of accident prevention. There were afterward submitted by Mr. FrancisLynde Stetson, Chairman of ou
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