Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1924-10-17
SNUFF MAKES
CHANGES IN DEPT. STAFF

OLYMPIA, Oct. 15.-DirectOr Carl
L. Shut of the Department Of Labor
and Industries, today announces sew
eral important changes in the or
ganizatiOn Of that department which
win be Of interest to the thousands
of workmen and employers Of the
state of Washington whose work
and operations come under the juris-
diction Of the state labor laws.
Harley L. Hughes, who has served
for the past three and one-half years
as supervisor Of safety, and who was
formerly chairman Of the Industrial
Insurance Commission, is promoted
by Mr.. Shuff to be supervisor of the
division of industrial relations, and
assistant director.
Mr.. H. P. Everest. who has hereto
fore been acting as supervisor Of
industrial relations in charge Of wage
collections at the Seattle office of the
department, viii be retained at Sc
attic in the same work. Mr.. Everest
was formerly connected with the la
Dor commissioners department. and
has at all times since been employed
in wage collections at Seattle and has
made remarkable success Of that
work. During the past two years
this division has collected nearly
$500, 600 in wages under Mr.. Everest's
able supervision.
Captain Frank w. Harris succeeds
Mr.. Hughes as supervisor Of safety.
Captain Harris is a civil engineer by
profession and was captain in the
Engineers corps in France during the
war. When he was mustered out in
February, 1919, he was employed as
statistician in the industrial insur-
ance department, and was made sta
tistician of the Department of Labor
and Industries when it was reorgan-
lied under the administrative code
April /, 1921. Capt. Harris, in adj
dition to his duties as statistician Of
the department, assisted prominently
in the preparation of the present
safety code of the state of Washing
ton, and is therefore thoroughly IA
miliar with all of the duties of the
division to which he has been pro-
NOTED.
Mr.. E. X. Erwin, assistant claim
adjustor of the industrial insurance
division of the department for the
past year, has been named by Direct
or Snuff as statistician of the repart-
ment.
In making these promotions and
changes, Director Shuff is following
the principle of promoting men al
ready trained over a period of years
in handling the problems of this de-
Ipartment of state government. Re-
Gently he promoted Mr.. John w.
Gordon, claim agent, as supervisor
of industrial insurance and medical
aid. Mr.. Gordon is also a veteran of
the late war, and has been connected
with the department in the capacity
of either claim adjustor or claim
agent since he was mustered out of
the service in the year 1919. For sue
cessor to Mr. Gordon in the claim d.
vision, Director Shuff promoted
Philip X. Eaton, X-ray technician,
also an ex-service man, who has been
connected with the department both
as X-ray technieian and assistant to
the chief medical advisor for the past
five years.
At an executive session of the de-
partment called by Director Snuff
yesterday, the good of the depart
ment was discussed and many inn
provements in the service decided
upon. Perhaps the thing of greatest
interest to labor among the mat
tiers discussed at this meeting was
that of industrial reconstruction Of
workmen disabled by accidents in
the industries of the state. Super
visor Hughes, who did large amount
Of constructive work along this line
during the years he was chairman of
the Industrial Insurance Commission,
is to have charge of this reconstruc-
ton work in addition to his other du-
ties in the department. In a general
way this reconstruction work will
be in the nature of getting disabled
workmen back into employment in
any character of work which they
might still be able to perform eff
GENTLY in their disabled condition,
and also to assist the placement of
benefciaries and dependents Of work.
men killed in the industries Of the
state in any form Of work, light oc-
eupatiOn, or in business activities for
which they may be suited in an effort
to better their condition in life.