The Detroit times., 1914-11-11

who Ia q member OF the executive
committee Of the American section OF
the congress and chairman of the
program committee, defines social In
surance a. all insurance, including
workmen's compensation laws. which
has its object the protection OF the
working population. and which is
carried on under the direct or in
direct control OF the state. Covering
workmen's compensation In all fields.
Il therefore includes insurance
against Academia. sickness. invalidity.
unemployment and old-age pensions.
The growing interest In workmen's
compensation laws In the United
States. and the Increasing number OF
widespread interest, government ex-
congress on social insurance.
More than one-half OF the states in
this country now have workmen's
compensation laws on their statute
books, and there Is q growing interest
In the United States In other sub
jects relating to social insurance.
Studies and Investigations In this field
are more advanced In Europe than In
the United States, and the attention
OF the leading statesmen and econo-
mists Of many of the countries Ia de-
voted to the work.
M. Leon Bourgeois, formerly prime
minister Of France and author Of the
first workmen's compensation bill
presented to the French parliament.
L. the president Of the permanent In
ternational committee on social insur-
ance, which carries on the work Of In
vestigation and propaganda between
the congresses and conferences, main
tanning headquarters In Paris. M
Raymond Poincare was at the head
OF the committee until his election to
the presidency OF the French repub-
lie. NJ. Edouard Fuster. professor OF
social insurance at the College OF
France. is secretary-general.
None OF the international con-
crosses has been held In the United
States. The first congress was held
In Paris In 1889, and the last was held
In Rome In 1908. The international
gathering OF social insurance experts
which Is now planned for next fall
should have been held In 1911, but
| for one reason or another has been
postponed from time 10 time during
the last SIX years. Although the con-
! crosses on social insurance are trien-
NAL affairs, the international experts
have held conferences on the subject
annually since 1910
The international conferences have
taken place at The Hague. in 1910;
Dresden, 1911; Zurich, 1912, and
Client, 1913. The fifth international
conference was scheduled to be held
In Paris In September last. but was
postponed, OF course, because or the
war. This was to have been called
the Jubilee conference" because II
was scheduled to take place just rs
years since the founding OF the per-
manent committee of the information
al congress on industrial accidents,
which later became the permanent
committee on social insurance. VaIi-
GUS experts Of the government inter
ested in the subjects included Under
the term OF social insurance will at
tend the congress and q number Of
them will take part In the program.
The members elected TO the per-
manent committee representing the
United States are Miles M. Dawson,
DR.. Lee X. Frankel. DR.. z. r. L..
Gould. Prof Charles r. Henderson,
DR.. Charles p. Neil and DR.. William
II. Tolman.
The permanent international COM
mittee on social insurance Is allied
with the International Association fer
Labor Legislation and with the Inter
national Association on Unemploy-
ment, and whenever " Is possible all
three organizations meet at the same
time and place. Details about the
program to be discussed at the Wash
ington congress will be announced
when Il Is known whether peace will
be declared I'm time to permit the