Correspondence: 1912, Sept 1 - 1913, Feb 6., 1912-1913

John Andrews exhibited interest in conducting a minimum wage investi-gation in New York State and continued to push for workmen's compensation there, insisting on a compulsory system. The problem of lead poisoning in industry also received much attention during this period. Henry Seager and Seth Low corresponded on the questions of mediation and compulsory arbitration. Samuel Gompers, incensed at the position that John Andrews and other "...progressive social worker types" had taken against the representatives appointed by President Taft to the Industrial Relations Commission, criticized Andrews and the AALL in the American Federationist and elsewhere. Andrews' lengthy reply (1/23/13) called upon Gompers to apologize publicly for calling him stupid and arrogant.