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FILE NAME: Saranac 7th Symposium (SSY) DATE: 1952 DOC#: SSY038 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Transcript of Presentation by Mr. Waters [Intro]
ADMINISTRATION OP WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION LAWS AS THEY RELATE'
TO THE PNEUMOCONIOSES
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M o d erato r: Theodore C, W aters
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James L. H ill
W illiam L . C onnolly t
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E a rle T. Andrews
L lo y d E . H a m lin , M. D,
SUMMARY
W orkm en's C o m p en satio n S e ssx o p s
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Theodore C. M aters
CONCLUSION OP TIE SYMPOSIUM S u g a r y o f the M edical S e s s io n s and Remarks
A r t h u r J . Vorws* 1 , M, P (2:30 to 5:30 P . H. - S e p t,26, 1952)
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Dr. Arthur J. Yorwald, Director The Trudeau Foaxidstion and The Saranac Laboratory P. 0. box 551 Saranac Lake, 2 w York
Dst Saranac Symposium - Legal S c s s i c s Thursday Afternoon and Friday Morning
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Re: Saranar. Syrcposiun P a n e l on Workraen* s C om pensation
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At the tiros of the conduct of the Panel on Worknen1s Cc-'-merwation, I b e lie v e th at each p a rticip a n t handed to the si-anotypist a copy c f M s rssa rk s. I have a espy in ny c>sn
fllfe c j and i f * \e e te r o ty jd e t does not have th u s, I would be glad t o send th ese cc. sa on f o r h er uae.
Por Y?3r r'/v >.!. ; on.al aesi,stance ^ X sjsi e n c lo sin g rro u i t h copy o f my introdu-r *ry remarks a t th e SystporiUM.
Xcu w i l l r e c a l l t h a t Hr. Andrews was n o t a b le t o be y<jb p rese n t 'n d Corvdscioraer O tto W isely of Utah s u b s titu te d .
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c e s s i o n by JpO G . I 'm v e ry s o r r y to hav to t e l l you t h a t ,
b u t s e v e r a l o r two o f th e p a r t i c i p a n t s i n th e p a n e l hav a
re se rv a tio n s on th a t plane and I un d erstan d th a t se v era l
o f th e members in th e a u d ie n c e a re i n a s im ila r s i t u a t i o n *
W e l l , we came now t o w h a t I b e l i e v e i a end s h o u ld ,
be one o f th e m o st i n t e r e s t i n g c e s s io n s o f th e Sym posium ,
d e a lin g w ith th e p an el upon the sxibjeet of th e A dm inistratic^n
o f W orkm ens C o m p e n s a tio n Laws* T h is p a n e l d u a ls w i t h t h e j
law s p rim a rily as they r e la te to the com pensation fo r th e
pneum oconioses The p a r t i e s i n i n t e r e s t s u b je c t to t h a t a & o in is -
t r a t io n , a re fo u r, the em ployee, th e em ployer, th e in su ra n c e
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dence b e fo re our v a rio u s com pensation com m issions, end th e
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and he w i l l make a b r i e f s ta te m e n t as to h i s p o in t o f v io * 1,, the a d m in is tra tio n o f the law . This w ill be fo llo w ed by the p re s e n ta tio n of p rep ared q u estio n s to th e p a r t i c i
p a n t s i n t h e p a n e l . We f e e l t h a t t h a t w i l l b e t t e r e n a b l e them to d e v e lo p t h e i r s u b je c t and t h e i r d is c u s s io n to yo u r i n te r e s t. F ollow ing the p rep ared q u e stio n s, th e au d ien ce
w ill be in v ite d to d ire c t q u estio n s to the panel and to p a r t i c i p a t e i n t h e d i s c u s e l o n . Ho one h a s b o e n t o l d w h a t to say and w hat n o t to sa y . T his is an open rerun. I t i s y o u r m e e tin g a s men&orr. i n a tte n d a n c e a t t h i s S ym posium .
rjyen th o u g h we m y d i s a g r e e , an d I h&ppon to know
th a t among th e s e l iv e g e n tx e a en siu l.* n g up h a r e ,
s u b s ta n tia l disagreem ent w ith r e a p e r to v a rio u s S t o r e s
o f th e a d m i n i s t r a t i o n s o f th e la w , we s t i l l e x p e c t t h e
d i v i d u a l o p i n i o n s so e x p o s e d , a n d we h o p e t h a t t h e d i s
cu ssio n s p r o - te d w ill lo ad to an open and fra n k d isc u s
sio n o f the v a rio u s phases o f the s u b je c t. Kay I a s k th o se i n , j a u d ie n c e who u e s ^ re to
p r o s s n t q u e s ti o n s , to do so i n a form a s s in p lo a n a d i r e c t
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