Correspondence: 1926, Jan 27 - 1926, June 18., 1926

Correspondence of this period centers on the AALL's announcement (2/19/26) that its federal compensation bill for longshoremen had been introduced in the House and would be referred to as the Cummins-Graham Bill. William Green wrote (3/2/26) that the American Federation of Labor had informed Anthony Chlopek that all possible support would be given to this bill. Eleanor Roosevelt wrote (3/4/25) in response to an AALL form letter to the membership on this question that she was writing to the Democratic members of the House and Senate Judiciary Committee, urging support for the bill. Chlopek informed John Andrews (5/1/26) that his efforts on behalf of the International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) were much appreciated. Other areas of the Association's work were not forgotten. In early February Andrews traveled to Washington to lobby for the passage of the Fitzgerald Workmen's Compensation Bill and to consult with Congressman Fitzgerald. In March he reported to J. R. Haynes his meetings with Herbert Hoover and Scott Turner regarding his work on a mine safety bill. A New York Times editorial, dated May 8, praising the AALL's advocacy of coal dusting for coal mine safety, was the basis for yet another attempt by Andrews to raise funds for the Association.