New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-19
LABOR UNIONS REVOLT
AT CHOICE OF BRADBURY
Insurance Departments Ap-
pointment Called Concession
to Casualty Companies.
REJECTED. THEN ACCEPTED
Sulzer Civil Service Commission
Reverses It's Stand and In
dorses Selection of Emmett,
Who Pleaded for Expert.
Nv Tclerraph 10 The Tribune

4 ~ Telegraph 10 The Tribune
Albany. March 1S.-Lnbor unions all
over the state are excited over the az
ton Of Superintendent Emmett Of the
State Insurance Department in hiring
Harry Il Bradbury. Of New York CITY.
a casualty company lawyer. TO draft
and advocate the departments work
mems compensation bin. This bill is
bitterly opposed 10y the labor union
men on the ground that il would per
NIT the casualty companies TO write
compensation insurance.
The unionists insist they have been
robbed and prosecuted by accident in
surance companies for so long that
urge the passage of the Murtagh-Jack-
son bin. providing for a state collected
and state administered Insurance fund
10 which the employers contribute.
The labor unions include in their re-
sentiment the Sulzer civil Service Com
mission. which. after Superintenie lent
Emmett had hired Bradbury. rejected
him and refused 10 let his bill be paid,
but reversed its action and gave him
its approval. II was said ~ the Office
Of the commission to-day that no pro
tests had been received here. Legs
lators are in receipt Of protests enough.
though. to make up for this seeming
oversight on the part Of the union lead
ers.
Bradbury has appeared at legislativ"
hearings and argued against the union
mems bill Nobody then knew he VAS
on the state payroll as an cmploye Of
the Insurance Department.
on February Superintendent I'm
met wrote To the civil Service Comm!a-
sion asking for exemption from eXami-
nation for Harry b. Bradbury for ser
vices in connection with the workmen's
compensation legislation.
This application was referred 10 Com
missioner Lavery, the Republican mem
Der Of the commission. who is labor
union man He reported against it,.
ON February - the application was de
MED. and an account OF Bradbury's for
$500 for services from December 20.
1912. to January Is Of this year, was
rejected
ON February - Superintendent En-
met made rcapplication. explaining
that undoubtedly the civil Service
Commission had not fully understood
tho case. He said that when ii became
anparcnt that the Legislature WAS TO
deal with the subject Of workmen's
compensation the Insurance Depart
ment get about To gather all facts re-
.,arding this subject II found il had
,obodv who had sufficient special
knowledge of bill drafting and the nee
ossarv freedom from other duties To
deal adequately with the technical
problcms involved
II was necessary to have bill
drafted. Emmett said, 10 present the
matter in concrete form To the Legs
l,turc early. so bradbury was hired,
although the superintendent didn't
know when he engaged the lawyer that
II WAS necessary To have The ClNi Ser
vice Commissions approval
The rcapplication was submitted to
the commission on March II. where
upon the previous action WAS rescinded.
BRADBURY was excepted from eXamina-
tion. certified as an expert ana the
commission resolved 10 approve ms
not TO exceed Sioo
The casualty companies have con
,,,c,od a hitter fight on the labor union
mons condensation bill Tho labor
union speakers at hearings have
charged superintendent Emmett. with
taking the casualty company slde OF
the controversy. and Judge McDonongh
declared that Emmett was circulating
company literature or permit
ting IL TO he circulated.