Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-09-18
INSTRUCT CHILDREN IN
WORKERS COMPENSATION
Industrial Commission CO.
Operates With Department
of Education.
rRlNKLE ENDORSES MOVEMENT
Law Requires Injured Employe to
Accept Medical Attention Intended
10 Benefit Him and Bring About
His Recovery.

In corporation with the State De-
partmcnt OF Education. tho Indus
trial Commission OF Virginia Is en-
deavoring 10 Instruct the children
of the state in 1he operation OF the
workmens compensation law. Gov
ernor Tr.nkle and superintendent OF
Public Instruction harris Hart
heartily have Endorsed the movement
and are lending their aid in the mat
ter.
With the consent OF the State De-
partment OF Education. the indus
trial commission has just issued
bulletin designed TO educate the
children OF Virginia in the methods
which they should pursue when they
or their parents are injured while
At work. The bulletin. which Will
be used by the teachers, Is in the
form of q CateChism, and Is intend
ed for use In It's entirety in the
highest grades. while the simpler
portions are recommended for use
in the lower grades. 1t Is the be-
lief of the commission 1hat, ii tho
children OF the state arc given even
few hours of instruction in this
law during one session, II will ma
terially facilitate the operation OF
the law. In many Instances. the com
mission finds that Ignorance az to
this comparatively new law works
hardship both upon employer and
employe, and IL believes that. II the
school children OF the State are
given even a general knowledge OF
the objects Of the law, It will bring
about much Improvement in afford
ing The relief which the law Is de-
signed TO bring to the injured en-
ploye The bulletin also brings out
m hn rp1, l,t ;.,,,
law. and tells how injured persons
may procure it's benefits.
Different From ola Inv.
The workmcn's compensation law
is SO entirely different from the old
common law. which formerly APP
piled III personal injury cases. that
much difficulty has been experienced
at times by the Industrial Commis-
sion OF Virginia in convincing some
employers and employees of their
duties and rights under the new
law. one OF the most frequent
causes of trouble is the refusal of
the employe to accept the medical
attention rendered him by the en-
ployer. The law is very explicit on
this point and requires the injured
cmploye TO accept medical attention
Intended TO benefit him and bring
about his recovery. Refusal to ac-
Cept such attention cuts off tho COM
pensation which otherwise would be
paid.
A typical section OF the catech,sm
follows
Question: II person Is injured
while working, what are the first
things he should do?
Answer: lie should notify his
employer at once of the date. place
and how tho accident occurred. lie
should ask tho employer to send a
doctor at once. He should. within
seven days. write to the Industrial
Commission at Richmond. Va. and
notify them OF the date, place and
how the accident occurred
In addition to the catechism
which contains twenty-nine oues-
tons and answers, besides num-
Der OF examples. there is a brief
history OF workmen's compensation,
telling or its Introduction in Europe
IN 1884 and, finally. its adoption by
lortN-three of the States OF the
Union in this country. how II does
away with the long and expensive
suits in court and the benefits de-
rived by both employer and employe
under this system
School superintcndents nre pledr-
ing their cooperation. and debates
on questions growing, out OF the en-
aetment OF the 'raw arc being fea
tured IN literary societies in many
of the school.