Correspondence: 1924, June 6 - 1925, Feb 8., 1924-1925

The Association continued to be concerned about industrial disease and accidents, particularly those relating to radium poisoning and mine safety. Katherine Wiley wrote Andrews about several girls who died after being employed to paint radium on watch faces, and enclosed several letters which gave details of the case (6/19/24). Andrews suggested to Ethelbert Steward (6/19/24) that the Bureau of Labor Statistics should investigate the problem of phosphorous poison in the fireworks industry and the radium poison cases. Correspondence with E. A. Holbrook, the American Mining Congress and the Mining Standardization Coordinating Committee continued to emphasize coal dusting and general mine safety. Henri Fuss wrote about the merger of the IALL and other international associations with the International Association for Social Progress (IASP) (7/10/24). Andrews asked Herbert Hoover if the government would be willing to pay his passage to the IASP Congress, but Hoover replied (9/8/24) that, although he would like Andrews to be the government's informal representative, there were no funds available to support this trip. Ida Tarbell wrote John Andrews in 1925 that she expected to write a piece on coal dusting: "This is not merely to save face with you but because I would like to do something, even if so very little, to help push the matter."