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Show Wl" MPfflTIOi LAW 1DEIF01 Members of Industrial Acci dent Boards Urge Increase In-crease in Benefits PHILADELPHIA Dec S A un form workmen s con pentlon law which would prov de a payment of from aO to 90 per cent of their vages n cases of occupat ona acc dent or d sease and wh ch would be adm nistered by state comn Iss ons rat e than by cou s was uraed todav at t e open ng sess on of t e Jo nt convention of t e American Assoc at on fo Labor Le& s at on and the Na t ona Conference o Unen p oy nent Josep A Pa ks a men ber of t e in dustrlal acc dent board of Massach setts de ared t at the 50 per cent standa d of pay nent prov ded by mos of t e com pensa on laws o v force was Inade quate In Massac usetts e ea d even t e t vo h rds standard was nsufft ent He &a d I ou d have t e e a e of con pe &a on range from oO per cent in e case of a m no or unmarr ed em p oyee a ng no dependents to 90 per ent in the ase of a mar ed crap ojee ha ing a fam y or a s na a employee w o s the so e support of a fam Tern n pa men M Pa.i s a d s o d ranDe fron nte case of a n nor hav ng no dependents to $10 for emp oyees 1 av ng one o her person de pende o them Fo ea h other person dependent above one he wou d ratse t e n n mum until a n nimum of $16 was reached Wa ace D lape, cl a rman of the in dustral comm ss o of O o said t at ad m st at on of the compensat on laws by cjbmm ss ons was p eferab e to adm nls trat on by t e ou s Urea e un form ty n nterpretat on g eate efficiency and econon y ould then be obta ned he added T e present compensat o law fo fed eral emp ojees was crlt c sed as unfa r and d scr m natory bv Rep esenta ive Da el J M Cr cuddj of Ma ne He a"p pea ed fo the support of t e t o organ za o s for the Kern McG cuddy b now pend ng n congress Jo n M tche a membe of t e Isew Yore state wo kmen s compensat on om m ss on and fo me ly pres den of the Un ted M ne Workers of Ame a po nt ed out that se eral states a eady ave adequate compenfeat on aws These & sa d n uded New Jerse Ma y a d West g a and New Yo k |