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Scope and Contents Workmen's compensation for seamen, longshoremen, and private employees in the District of Columbia continued to provide an important activity for the Association. Joseph Chamberlain and Miles Dawson worked together closely on the longshoremen's bill, and the Association cooperated with Congressman Roy G. Fitzgerald on the bill to provide workmen's compensation for private employees in the District. On several occasions John Andrews lobbied in Washington for support of the Fitzgerald Bill....