The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-05-14
ORGANIZED LABOR AND
INDUSTRIAL CLINICS

Washington Nav s-The establish
nent OF industrial clinics, to be set
Up by the organized workers in their
respective localities under government
sup eryision, is "A program recommend
ed to the 500 central labor bodies OF
he country by tho Working Condi
tions service, under Director Grant
Hamilton. IS in active cooperation
with these organizations to bring
about early results.
Under the plan proposed, according
TO Miss Florence Thorne. assistant
director cf tie service expert medical
examination. advice, and treatment,
under government supervision. are
made available to the workers upon
payment OF foe. which, In experience
so far, have ranged from ten cents to
one dollar. The proposal is an adapta-
ton Of the Plan already successfully
in operation in New York. where 1t
IL financed and managed by the In
ternational Ladies' Garment Workers
union. and in Boston and Philadelphia,
where 1t Is supported by public funds.
A similar undertaking has lately been
launched in Newark, n J., under
auspices OF The Working Conditions
service. and the state department Of
labor.
Supervision Of the proposed indus
trial clinics viii he under the direc-
ton of a staff OF experts headed by
DR., A. j. LAMA. CHEF of the division
of industrial hyGiene and medicine. OF
the Working Condition service DR.
Lama is also senior surgeon OF the
Public Health service Associated
with him as research assistant Is Or
b. j. Newman, who during the war
art in Ia
ton for the ordnance bureau OF the
war department
In addition to its plan for indus
trial clinics, the Working Conditions
service offc- to industry in general in
the interests Of both employers and
employees. highly expert service in
other departments OF industrial ad
ministration. Its division of safety
engineering, the purpose Of which i,
10 reduce the disease and accident
hazards In industrial plants. Is headed
by Roy $. Bonsih, recently safety en-
gineer for the Southern Pacific dis
trict OF the Emergency Fleet corpora
ton. DIT William NJ. Leiserson, Of
Toledo university, who was assistant
director OF research for the United
States commission industrial rela
tons heads the division of la Dor ad
m Illustration. which offers TO employ
efs information and advice az to hui,
man relationships and the nainten
ance of morale within the shops or ir
other words, Is a consulting depart
mcnt on employment management
Resides Miss Thorne. the aSsistan
/ director. tbs STAFF includes two womer
specialists. Dr. Edythe a. Bacon. DR.
Eloise Meek, and Mrs Laurie Jear
Reed. chief nurse OF the Public Health
service. DE-. Bacon who was a con
tract surgeon in the United State
army during 1918, is attached to IN,
Cleveland office OF the Working Con
ditions service. to assist IN makinl
physical examinations. DIR. Meek
formerly in charge Of hospitals in In
dia, and recently engaged in th'
health survey Of the Kensington mil
district for the Pennsylvania commits
sion on health insurance, is stationed
1T the working conditions Office II
Philadelphia. assigned to a study o
tho lead hazard in the pottery indus
Try. Mrs. Reed. who is at the Wash
ington once, is engaged In sanitar,
surveys OF government buildings.
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