Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-11-21
HEARINGS ON PROPOSED
INSURANCE LAWS ENDED
Workmcn Favor State Monopoly in
Issuance of Liability Policies
to Employers.
PREPARING SEVERAL. BILLS
Joint Legislative Committee Will
Present Plans for Act to Gcucral
Assembly in ,Ianuury-'Socialisti
Charges Are Denied.

action OF a state rucuopolStic insur-
Hnce liability plHn closed yesterday
employees OF large Virginia hrmS adj
dressed the joint legislative commit
tee % the General Assembly IN a pub
Nc session The hearing opened We'd
ncsday afternoon in the Senate Cham
her or The Canitol ana continued
throuchout yesterday.
Under the present workmcns COM
pcusntion act factory heads and other
thrcuSh three kinds Of Insurance
These are tho old-luc stock. the mu-
-1Sl and the solf-inSurancc systems
Claims rrowinE out OF injuries of en-
0.oyNcs a-c a. present handled through
,Ae Industrial Commission Of Virginia
which decides the awards 10 be made
n She various cases
lniN- The proposed ,rl7n. to state 1t
BRIEFLY, the state of Ni-Einia will 60
,1in the insurance business, ana enter
into a monopoly which Will exclude
Tan;es mentioned above from doing
business IN the industrial lines in Nir-
Gina This form < patented after the
fc''e-5l Sovernll.H-'S plan. enacted Of
Frame several mills.
. Members Of the legislative commit
tNe announced yesterday afternoon that
'ley would draw up several plans o,
State liability Insurance and present
than 10 the Legislature OF Virginia
SION
In .he opening hearing held We'd
ncSd8N afternoon, reprcSe natives of
large casualty companies attacked the
state. r3aintnE that the plan was dis
ttnctly socialist;c.- At this session
representatives % firms who employ
'nan% men stated that they favored
;hc 'no0opo,y.
Yes;a-d5y afternoon representatives
OF several bodies % Virginia labor or
s1nizauons pointed out many phases
Of the present system OF workmen's
compensation act. handled through the
luduStr al Commission OF Virginia. IL
lUS'ra:.1E means 10y which the present
posed system should Toe adopted az the
January session OF the Legislature.
Denies socinli>tic Charges.
T L. Montsonery, representing the
central body OF railroad men OF Roa-
noke, said:
ignorance manifested by certain mem
oer> Of tho various parties Who ad-
dressed the meeting Wednesday &c
Gardiuc the monopolistic plan OF liza
hility Insurance. which the ~-o.kinc-
men OF the state are advocating. They
attacked the proposed plan by cha-g-
ing that II IS socialistic
have not read half-dozen So
cialistic articles in my life, but II
this Insurance. system is sccialistic, l
want more OF IT,
when the employee o. a firm gives
the best that i in him TO serve ms
employer, believe thai his employer
should favor pIans that protect. MIN
against need n tn" event OF injury"
Ge"rGc L. Wilcox Speaks:
George J.. Wilcox, representing tho
Richmond Trades and Labor Council.
or approNimatciN 10000 to 1000 work
nEmen here, said:
"Richmond workers arc no; socialis-
tic. Rumors were once spread that
Was tho local correspondent for the
Bolshovists OF Russia. | wish 10 take
TINS opportunity OF making a public
denial Of tho charges
'Richmoud workinrmea want a State
insura nee fund. With this fund the
employers Of large numbers Of labor
crs can get the insurance much cheaper
and we tthc workingman) believe that
by so d"ing the workngmcn can get
better settlements for injuries sus-
tanned while AT work. Insurance com
panic% -Nis, of %! the Injuries OF
workingmcn."
y ; Jones, r"prcscnting casualty
insurance companies Or New York. took
the floor in answer to few OF the
labor representatives statements lie
said
- wish to corrrc' one little mis-
companies do not make ~ offs of the
INJURIES ANA sunerinrs Of the workinr-
compensate them for their injuries"
Federal Officer Appears.
Mr.. Wilcox then took hsc floor. say
ing that he had made the statement
questioned by Mr.. Jones in a general
way He also said that II injuries
and sickness did not affect The work
inciacn that there would be no need
FOR insurinS themselves against acct
dent
II r. Colviu. representing Rich
mond workincmcn. gave few brief
statements upholding tho speech OF
his colleague, Mr.. Wilcox.
Robert f.ecky, Ir, an insurance
broker ot. Richmond, spoke from an
insurance brokers standpoint.
i, y hoaG. a statistjc.an OF the
United states Employmcnt Compensa-
ton Commission. spoke for few min
ut's, favorinc tile adoption % the
monopoly, stating that its cous,ruc-
ton We" along the general lines OF
the government act. which was en-
acted September a 1916
The joiut leglsiaticc committee !e
com2oscd Of tho following members
Julien Gum T.. Lee Trun!o, James
l'rice. i. q. podson ana Donald Stant.
CONVENTION OF DAUGHTERS
OF 1912 STARTS TIJEcDhY