Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-03-24
GOVERNOR NAMES
THE COMMISSION
Two From Portland and One From the
State House on the Industrial
Accident Commission.

Harvey Beckwth and W. A. Marshall
of Portland, and c. d. BabcOck, of Sa-
lem will constitute the Industrial Acct
dent Commission created under the
workmcn s compensation act passed by
the last legislature, The appointments
were made public by Governor West
Saturday night and correspond to pre-
dictions that have been made as to the
personnel of the commission.
Under the terms of the act it is con-
templated that three members of the
commission shall represent the varied
interests in the state-One the employ.
ers, one the cmplOye and one member
the people Of the state at large.
Following out the contemplation of
the terms Of the act, Governor West
named Mr.. Beckwith to represent the
employers, Marshall to represent the
laboring interests and Babcock to rep.
resent the state at large.
Mr.. Beckwith recently submitted his
resignation as head Of the Wells Fargo
company in Portland He has been
with that company for many years and
during his service gained a wide repu-
tatiOn up and down the Pacific coast
as one Of the most efficient representa-
tives of the express business in the
west, His resignation from the Wells
Fargo company has not gone into eff
feet, it being more in the shape of a
notification that he intended to leave
the services of the company at some fu-
ture date than a resignation.
Marshall representing the labor in
terest was also a member of the com.
mission that framed the act. On this
, commission several interests were rep.
resented. Three members representing
labor and the employees and Marshall
. being one of these three. Marshall
r originally came to Oregon in the capa-
. city of a labor representative whose
4. principal object was to settle and ar
/ bitrate disputes between capital and
labor. For some time he was connect.
=. ed with the Portland Labor Press.
| Babcock, as representing the state at
n large, comes from neither the classes
e Of the emplOye nor the employer In
e fact, he has, since the time when Ben
OlcOtt became secretary Of state, acted
!. as corporation clerk in the secretary OF
d states office. In the recent shake.up
}. which occurred following the passing
of the "bue sky" act, Ralph Watson
f Governor West private secretary, was
t named as corporation commissioner un
r der the new law and seemingly Bah
y cock was left out in the cold. But il
/. was predicted at that time that HI
a probably would be given berth on thu
Q commission, Before acting as corpora
tion clerk he was connected with news
papers in Oregon in various capacities
4 at one time being city editor of the Sa
I lem Statesman, later Salem representa-
1. tive of the Oregonian and before be
coming corporation clerk was editO
2 and publisher of the Stayton Mail fo
. something over year,
Three Terms Vary in Length.
Il The act provides that one Of the ap
! pointees shall serve until January, 1915
another until January 1916, and anoth
err until January, 1917. The governo
said Saturday night that he had no
" reached definite conclusion as to VIII
20 has been selected for the various term
1t is guessed however, that BeclwtI
probably will be given the long tern
y Marshall the middle term and BabcocI
the short term.
"" "" The position as compensation con
y. missioner will pay salary of $4,000
year and the appointments will becOm
effective in June
q, Governor West said Saturday nigh
-, that none of the appointees had mad
- application for the positions accorde
~ and none of them had any knowledg
4 as to the fact that they would be calle
/, upon to serve until so notified by tn
=. executive, but this statement needs cor
siderable salt, for they were all appl
. cants and pretty ardent ones, too.
The headquarters of the commissio
will be in Salem. The positions ar
probably the most important create
by the last legislature that the COVE
nor will be called upon to fill. 1t
probable that in the course of a yea
or two the commission will be respOns
BILE for the handling Of hundreds {
thousands Of dollars worth Of funt
and the work on the commission wi
be delicate in the extreme.
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