Correspondence: 1940, May 19 - 1941, May 31., 1940-1941

John Andrews wrote to the President (11/8/40), suggesting that Roosevelt's legislative program include completion of the health program by supporting social security protection, authorization of federal mine safety inspection, and the extension of workmen's compensation to all interstate employees. This was largely the AALL's program for 1941. Harold Ickes, Secretary of the Interior, wrote to Andrews (2/25/41) about federal mine inspection. The AALL sent a form letter (3/25/41) to the state departments of labor, asking about the failure of employers to insure their employees. In April, Andrews wrote to Merritt L. Gordon (4/14/41), relating the early years of the AALL. Andrews stated that he had attended the first organizational meeting in December 1905. Arthur J. Altmeyer wrote about the need for physical examinations for workers (5/8/41). Andrews outlined the new aims of the AALL in a letter to Professor H. Pillsbury Styles (5/8/41). He stressed federal health and disability insurance and the adoption of the federal mine inspection bill.