Correspondence: 1925, Aug 1 - 1926, Jan 26., 1925-1926

The Epstein-Andrews split over Abraham Epstein's organization of a new national association advocating old age pensions began in December, 1925. Worth M. Tippy of the Federal Council of Churches requested John Andrews' assessment of Abraham Epstein and his ideas after Tippy was approached to back Epstein's new national organiza-tion. The program for 1926 was prepared in late November and included the fight for "real wages", reduction of waste in industry, workmen's compensation, accident prevention, and unemployment relief. The area of special interest in workmen's compensation during late 1925 and early 1926 was the passage of legislation to protect interstate workers, especially longshoremen and seamen. Anthony Chlopek of the longshoremen and Andrew Furuseth of the seamen were the Association's chief union contacts. Throughout January and February, several criticisms of the AALL's newest federal longshoremen's and interstate workers' compensation bill were received? those from Charles Verrill (1/18/26), Frederick Wilcox (1/20/26), and Frances Perkins (2/4/26) are especially significant.