Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1922-06-23
~ International Labor Press)


tSS?,o.;al .? 10 Twin City Review.
-,ai;roati o., June 22.-With the
..sty.second annual convention Oh the
iV,s! ,s!,;ran Federation OF Labor In tne
..,5Sls of It's second week, there sun
alaait s'a;os great deal of important
leil..n tlai.aass IA be transacted, and it Is the
oas'' os.Nn ,bat al least another ten days
ep,IHoIl m olsnse before final adjournment
viii be in order.
Cincinnati, o., June 22-WorkInen's
'..,,Sreatjon and what insurance
s'oO,mnppsniss-do cum when they have their
ssnds on its administration was PIC.
s1,. .s.s5 10 the American Federation OF
sabor convention by Thomas ]. Duly,
as;o Industrial Commission chairman.
o'TS m,lTy said that if insurance COM
n.niss had participated in Ohio COM
ppsnsation would have cost employers
SsS 600 900 more during the last year
s,d would have meant law suits and
lass money for the injured.
What compensation means in one
,,o,s can be seen from Duffy's figures.
He says that compensation paid dur
ing the year amounts to $13,00O,OOO.
The state insurance feature is COM
pulsory in Ohio, though insurance
fompanies keep up a steady fight to
worm their way into the business once
more.
For eight years the compulsory
feature has been in effect. In that
time the insurance fund has collect
ID s77 900 900. II has at present
10000 900. "If," said Duffy, Eve
were called upon today to pay off all
our obligations We would have a net
surplus of $4,000,000. Further ne
said, "our plan is to collect enough
each year to take care of the indus
trial accidents occurring in that year,
even though some of them will not be
paid out for eight, ten, or perhaps
twenty years. We feel that is the only
sound actuarial system upon which to
sonduct fund Of that kind"
Answering the question as to why
The state took the business Duffy
said. "lt is for the purpose of pre-
venting any individual or corporation
from making profits out of the broken
bones the amputated limbs or crushed
out lives of the laboring people of
Ohio
Showing the lack of litigation in-l
yOlyed, Duffy said more than nine
ty-nine per cent of the claims for
compensation under this state insur-
anee feature are settled by the filing
Of the application made out by the
injured worker and signed by the en-
plOyer.'
+ -Amalgamation' Turned Down.
Cincinnati, o., June 16.-William z.
Fosters "amalgamation" proposition
came before the convention on the
morning of the fourth day of the con-
sention.
The obsequies were brief. Nobody
said anything. There was only a.
onei committee report, read by Sarah
eCnboy, non-concurring.
Everybody voting AYE" adopting
the committee report.
Nobody voting no.
Unanimous, Mr.. Fosterl
There are FIVE resolutions before
the convention which more or less
embrace the Foster point of view.
0ohging delegates have introduced
'hsm, to give the idea an airing.
but nobody cares much about
whether they get an airing. The con-
sehton Is more concerned with get
1ag along to real issues. 1t is in
shned to shake its shoulders and
Or1sh away extraneous issues.
That's what Foster is here-an ex-
raheOus issue.
6ut later in the convention he plans
y come In person. That is his priv
aege 1t is easy to get here. To
ye' away with anything-that's diff
isfent. Mr.. Foster will get here cas-
y enough, as his advance agents are
reported TO have got here.
~ ne viii not get away with anything.
Ihere will be nothing encouraging
NJ anyone to report to Moscow.
ms is prediction---but on the
strength Of unanimous vote on the
.aiy test thus far it is about as safe
as the mint.
NJ