Bisbee daily review., 1918-09-01
GONPERS SAYS EXAMINATION
 IS NECESSARY
Recommends to Secretary of Labor Medical Inspection for All Men Hired by the Nation

Samuel Gompers. chairman of the committee on labor, has recommended to Secy. William B. Wilson of the de- partment of labor. that medical ex- animation of applicants be made one of the functions of the government labor recruiting agency, reports the government official bulletin of August 18th. This recommendation was the outcome of a conference held in New York July 18th, and embodies the con sensus of opinion by experts on the subject representing the laborers, in dustrial physicians, and public health workers. The resolution stated that it was the sense of the conference that a physical examination of workers is primarily a measure of health conser- vation and also essential to maximum production, a war necessity, in that the purpose of a medical examination is not to eliminate the worker from in dustrial service, but to adapt him to the work for which he is physically fitted.
 The standard examination card ap- pears to conform closely with the ex- animation card that has been in use for some years by some of the mining companies of Arizona, including the Copper Queen branch of the Phelps Dodge corporation, the Calumet & Arizona Mining company and the Shat tuck Mining company, all operating in the Warren district It deals with such subjects as laboratory diagnosis. general deformities, malnutrition and glands, diseases of the eye, ear, nose, throat, lungs, heart, nerves and such general matters as hernia, hemor- rhoids and evidences of acute venereal diseases.
 Without a doubt a general physical examination would prove extremely beneficial to industry. Indicating the possibilities in the plan, MT. GOmpers said:
 There can be no question as to the wonderful effects such a movement as here proposed will bring about. It is only 8 matter of time and education before employers throughout the cOun- try will come under the rule that the people generally should be examined physically, and that the examination should be standardized.
 The experience of the companies of the Warren district with the physical examination is that it has without a doubt led to very improved conditions of health, fewer accidents, and a gen eral improvement in the physical calibre of workmen, due to the fact that curative methods are maintained and applicants for work can be made physically better men by doing work suited to their physical condition. The purpose of the examination of these companies. as stated by GOmpers to be the right ore, is not the elimina- tiOn of the uni1t, but the placing of men in occupations where they can do best for themselves and for the com pany; the fact that the Copper Queen branch has rejected but sixty-eight men out of 23O0 applicants during the last six months, indicates this very clearly.
 The policies of the companies of the Warren district in fOreseeing commun- | ity needs and improvements has work ! ed out we'll in the case of the physical examination of employees. and while there is some opposition to it, it is gen. erally conceded by the men at the present time to be beneficial to them. The move of the federal government in making the physical examination uni versal is to be commended.