Correspondence: 1920, Apr 1 - Sept 25., 1920

The Fess-Kenyon Bill for the vocational rehabilitation of industrial cripples replaced health insurance as the center of concern of the Association during this period, although it was still fighting the charges of "un-Americanism" in regard to the latter. The problem of workmen's compensation for longshoremen and seamen was studied, and there was correspondence with union leaders, including Andrew Furuseth, and with T. V. O'Connor on this subject. The Federal Employee Retirement Bill (Sterling-Lehblach) was passed in late May. Many people wrote to congratulate Andrews on the Association's role in securing its passage. Unemployment insurance was again an issue, and Andrews suggested to J. J. Handley (9/24/20) that the Wisconsin State Federation of Labor try to sponsor an unemployment insurance bill in its state.