The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-07-17
WOMAN REWSES
INDUSTRIAL JOB
romale Intuition Goes a
Long Way in Solving
Problems
Put on in Emergency Falls
Heir to Appointment
From Governor

OKLAHOMA. CITY. July l6.-In
,be person Of Mrs. Fay L. Robin
ol,,boma holds the position OF one
-, ,,ur states in the Union that
hosra of woman judge. In the
.r,rier of Judge Baxter ID. Taylor,
9s,bairman uf the state industrial
commission. Mrs. Robin is one of
- three members Of this commits
and her career in judgeship, as
ro-ra,,l ny Judge Taylor, dates into
,,,e Of the most important indus
,..i court decisions rendered by
that body
Mrs Robin made no carly study
Of Industrial problems or prepared
herself IN any prominent university
,or Tho Kind OF work she now pre-
s,dss over. She will modestly tell
,.o, thgt perhaps It is her woman S
se,s, tlat has brought about 100
,,r cent Improvement in conditions
!, oI.uy Industrial Ccnters and due
., eg,h that the commission very
anon turns over to her problems
maj are termed "deliCate' by that
tcdy
"t give my sympathy to every
o,ea that hear" Mrs. Robin says.
| 1ard perhaps it Ia because of a
y kom1n's intuition iit many cases
affecting women employees espe-
ri,lly that have had so much sue
loss I'm this work. ] have studied
through experience compensation
laws what Is a just compensation
nv and dclNcd deep into the in
dus'ral accident
"Nry Robin came to the commits
si,r tr.Dsgh sheer luck and a
forrc uf circumstance" Judge Tay-
ior states Mrs. Robin refuses
comment ON her position from its
inceptpn. AL that she will say IL
mat I'm June, 1920, when 'vaca-
zion" struck the commission, she
inst naturally slipped into the
chair" She was to serve for two
= or three weeks, Mrs Robin states
: T.-Ioug enough to fill the vacancy
BY appointment.
In that length OF time, Judge
Taylar .0tcrposes, Mrs. Robin DEM
ons,r,t,d 50 much ability and in
dusfral intuition that he prevailed
upon her TO remain as one of Its
iudrcy. \ student OF Judge w. e.
Jackson. one of the trainers of the
commission. Mrs. Robin spent five
Years s,udving industrial cases and
when her name came up for ap-
poir'mcnt by Governor Robertson,
Endorsements from members OF the
state employers association, the la
Dor unions and Industrial concerns
flooded tho executive office, Judge
Taylor declares.
"H.r appointment as member
T.. this commission ts ono OF merit,
Mrs Robin hcrsclf being the great
est recommendations Judge Taylor
rccifod Some Of the most promi-
rent Judges in the state werc In line
for this position but in Mrs. Robin e
few weeks Of service the commission
discovered /. was working In n mar
row channel Of thought affecting an
Industrial accident and now ! am
being taught compensation laws
myself through her finse sense OF
,yII'ion."
Judge Tavlor IS brother OF Gov
Pernor Ar TAYLOR of Tennessee, was
prominent attorney previous 10 as
suminr tho chairmanship OF the IN
dustra' commission and an author-
fly on industrial problems.
Since Mrs Robin entered the
commission II has been almost en-
tirelv revised the procedure
changed and in MANY instances the
plans under which the commission
formally operated abandoned, Judge
Tay,1r saws