The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-09-10
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!: gain BY I L.ABOR. / LAWS
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WASHINGTON, D.. c., Sept. o.
Showing the practical results to wage.
workers Of maintaining a; labor lobby
in Washington during sessions Of con- /.
gress, A. Al Roe, national Legislative
representative of the Brotherhood of
Railway Trainmen, has issued to rthc
176, 900 members, II his organizations
an 80 page pamphlet completely sum
marizing the good and bad deeds
from a brotherhood's point Of view =
Of the second session Of the 61st con-
gress. : - ; : y z@S.s - .a:.<s Il
Never in the history OF congress
was the labor lobby more persistent'yj
active. So said Senator Knutes Nell
son Eof Minnesota, and he knew. Roe
devotes a, paragraph to him In the
following words: !. - -. :. .sz57t.'
On June 16 your representative n
com pany with Brothers H. E. Willie,
of the Brotherhood Of Locomotive En-
gineers, and Arthur e. Holder. 1egis-
lative committeeman Of the American
Federation of Labor, called upon
Senator Knute Nelson, whom we
found arbitrarily Unfair and seemingly
welded to the employers liability
system, as opposed4to the workmen's
compensation scheme. 1t was through
his efforts, that the presidents right
to appoint two members on this COM
mission was stricken out. This would
effectively deny labor represertrtt'c...
Gil the commission - p =,
There are but two civilized coun-
tries left in the world, Turkey and
the United States, that still cling to
the old, common law doctrine, in re-
spect to industrial accidents Mel
SON will illsAundoubtedly immigrate to
Turkey" Roe asserts, when proper
workmen's compensation law is passed.
in the United States-it will be his
last place of refugee -. ;s, 49,
The successful work accomplished,
from the railroad .iworkmen's view
point, consists of an amendment to
the, employers liability law, H. r..
1929; the standardizing of equipment
act H. r.. ,'5702; report of accident
act,: H. r. s3649; act creating a COM
| mission for an Investigation into thc
subjectsaof employers ] liability and
|workmen,s compensation, HI! j. Rees:4
! l27;;.asaet provi ding when plaintiff may.
sHe as poor. person, 81 81 So 36, and rail
road rate law amend ed with rekAra
to common carriers granting free
transportatio ton to their employees.
! Work which was partially SUCCESS
full: holding over until the next ses-:
sfon, is summarized in the fraternal
publication bill, " hich has passed the
! house of representatives and is now
in the senate committee Of post Of
fices and post roads, and the boiler
inspection bill,- S. 6702, now on ths
| senate calendar, with similar. bill.
H. r. 1924, pending before the
house committee on interstate and
foreign commerce. :: .-.
| The following bills have been pre-
pared and introduced: Obstruction
or clearance bill, H.: r. j26459; anti
trust and anti-injunction,t III. r. 251SS:
and hours Of service bill, 24sso. -
I Opposition was successfully made
to the bill extending the period in
which the ash-pan law should become
operative, H. r.: 1898, and injunc
ton bill, H. r. 21334, e:latter being
deemed most inimical to-, labor's in-
lterests. %z:.l-.. 70 AK i, -. - -
Recognizing, the immense practical
value of labor Legislation the railroad
brotherhoods, which he represents,
have commissioned Roe to travel foi
| the next two months from one state
to another interviewing and advising
with state legislative committees that
have proposed labor laws in the
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