New-York tribune., 1911-04-02
TO SPEAK FOR SAFETY
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perative for me TO be out Of the city
tho members Of the committee that am
heartily intent upon doing all that l can
20 assist in accomplishing vital results.
| will he In town early in the week,
ready to do my share ,n the work Of
! finding 2 way toward the quickest and
best possible Improvement over existing
conditions. / am hopeful that with such
enthusiastic support by the press and
/ public the result will he something worth
/ while
| Rabbi Wise warned against being con-
! tent with any old kind Of legislative
/ investigation commission. The citizen
| ship Of New York" he said, has grown
weary Of Investigating commissions
which studiously and successfully avoid
discovery Of any facts which are not
! obvious and harmless. If We can get
the truth. and the whole truth, through
q legislative commission, and il. more
over, il can be kept free from the taint
of partisan politics, 1t may do n great
/ deal Of good Such commission should
have power to investigate the whole
problem Of fire protection and fire insur-
ance.'
/ The actual need Of tire workers for
prompt and efficient aid from the law
makers was appealingly emphasized in
many Of the letters which have been re-
ceived by the Womans Trade Union
League within the last few days from
working girls who have written OF con-
ditions in the factories in which they
are at work daily.
This building is very bad and 1t
ought 10 come down" writes one girl.
! when the machines run the whole
thing shakes. and there are forty horses
! i'm stable OH ground floor. 1t ought to
come down, SO please come over ana
| look at il.
Many OF the letters. however. are evi-
IDENTIFY from educated girls. who are
| forced to work under conditions just as
| had as their East Side sisters. and in
/ sections in the heart OF the downtown
office district supposedly treproof.
one Of these latter. from an eleven
story Office building in lower Broadway,
says: There are at least thousano
| cnnloyes on the three top floors or TINS
! huildine. TIE fire arrangements are no
good. and an investigation viii snow
| that none of us could get out in case or
fire. | am no kicker, but there is reaLy
no chance for us If fire broke out w
can stand long hours. workrooms Win
ont fresh air and the rest OF TINS neg
| leCtful system, but 1or pou sahu uUa
allow us to be burned TO crisp IN case
of fire. -,.ao aorort
The New York state welfare depart
mont of the National Civic Federation
| issued a call yesterday FOR speCidi
/ ,,cctine- Of the section on Thursday at
4 u m. i'm the rooms Of the New YORK
| Board Of Transportation, NO -oo bioau
way. where a movement OF prdc'ca,
kind for the prevention of injury ana
loss of life by fire will be advocated
Al this meeting the committee ol the
| federation of it's department on compen-
! eation for industrial accidents and thelr
| prevention will make an extended report
| of its work for a year. and at the same
time submit NUMBER or recoillIieHua-
tions for proposed legisiauor' whlch Is
intended to reduce greatly the hunip0i
of these accidents.
In tho call il was said that the specific
touics TO be discussed would include:
s'The Duty of the Employer, The Duty
of the state" THE Duty Of the Municl-
pality' and THE Standpoint of Labor.
/ The speakers will include John Whiiains;
! state Commissioner Oh l<dpoi' i'u""i N
It. Croker. Chief Of the Fire Department
Of New York City. and Hugh Frayne'
general organizer of the American Fed
GRAFTON of Labor.
A statement made on behalf of the
section regarding the movement TO be
advocated says it is proposed to estaD-
lsh federal and state museums wi.n
machinery in operation. The committee
has been working for several months on
the draft of d model safety act, relating
10 the safeguarding of machinery ana
oynhracing the entire subject Of the
safety Of life and limb in industrial es-
tablishments. The committee is obtain
ing the favorable influence OF Governors
of states in recommending appropriate
and uniform legislation.
The question Of the duties OF factory
inspectors, their appointment. supervi-
eion and responsible direction VIII also
he taken up. In each state, the COM
mittee holds that the factory inspection
department should include at least one
engineer Of technical training.