New Britain herald., 1926-09-14
COMPENSATION LAW
 WORKERS CONVENE.
Important Conference Opens in
 Hartford Today

Hartford, Conn. Sept. .R-Ac- ctdent commissioners as they are called In some states, and compen- sation commissioners in others, members of the International As sociation of Industrial Accident Boards and Commissions met In the state capital today for their thir- teenth annual meeting.
 This was the first time this or cut and one of the few times it has been in New England.
 Frederic M. Williams of Water bury, member of the state board and commissioner of the fifth dis trict, president of the association, gave the welcome. The commission CTS were also welcomed to Connec- ticut by Governor John H. Trum- bull and to the city by Mayor Nor man c. Stevens.
 Presidents Address
 President Williams in his address said 1t was a matter of personal qualification to have the convention I'Cit. SOliio d6o at DOSiOl lllV society seemed in a condition of adolescence and except for that meeting the society had not been in New England. Meetings which the president had attended had in volved journeys of considerable length, into territories as to which he had no personal knowledge and among peoples whose ways of thought, and whose back ground and social ideas he knew nothing of.
 Praise for Gompers
 Some of the main benefits of membership had come through these journeys, much as he felt a prejudice against them at the time. At Washington, he first saw and heard the late Samuel Gompers. Describing this event President Will Hams said: Never again did I en- certain just the same feeling for him and for the organization of which he was long a chief as I had prior to that time. When he took the platform he was like lion at bay and while disagreeing with many of the things he said and did, I was always thereafter impressed by the fact that he was a man of tremendous force, and acted accord ing to his view point as a good American citizen.
 Baltimore Convention
 T "At Baltimore. I came in contact, not only with the peculiar culture of the southern border as repre- sented by Bobert F. Lee, but also with representatives of the more istinctly southern type as person. ,e1ied by our old friend, Captain McHugh, of the early Catholic aris- hocracy of Charleston, S. c. A man Fho not in his own personality. but As a representative of his church, kwas firmly opposed to those ele- ments of socialism and communism which are now and for some time have been the greatest menace to the future prosperity of America"
 Telling of the impressions made upon him by other living represent atives at these meetings. the presi- dent continued, "The main benefit of this association is the opportuni- ty it gave for close personal friend ship between men having in the main the same problems to solve"
 No Uniform Rule
 Speaking of uniform compensa- ton law. President Williams de- clared: T do not believe this is practical, or that if practical 1t would be desirable" He explained that the Connecticut system for a small area with dense population was ideal. but hardly practical for the large areas of the south and west
 The history of the system," he continued. lis known to you all 50 that it is useless 10 discuss it in detail. I assume that the represent ative of each Jurisdiction present probably considers his own statute the best and with this theory have no quarrel. It Is my earnest hope that on this occasion we will con- slider these problems which are com mon to us all, particularly the me- dieal and surgical problems with which we have so much to do, and that we shall go away, not only bet ter friends, but having each one gathered up and made his own some particular piece of scientific knowledge"