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Show State Commission Holds Meeting on Insurance Rules Representatives of Insurance companies, com-panies, self Insurers, labor organizations organiza-tions and several other parties Interested Inter-ested were In conference today with the state Industrial commission regarding regard-ing a revision of the rules and regulations regu-lations pertaining to workmen's compensation. com-pensation. Ths conference was called by the commission and Commissioner William Knerr presided over the meet-ing, meet-ing, he being selected the chairman by the parties st Interest. . When the commission was created a series of rules and ' regulations waa adopted by - the commission and to these few additions have been made so that in order that claima may be expedited it waa deemed necessary to make changes with the result that all Intereated were Invited to a conference Those present at the meting were K. P. Creed n, F. X-. Oulmer,- snd K. I. Kearney, representing the lnfurrsnce companies: Judge Ferdinand Erickson snd Bruce Johnson representing the self Insurers; J. J. Sullivan, representing represent-ing the federation of labor. - - It waa brought out at ths meeting that many injured employee fall to fll nut the application In detail for compensation when spplylng for compensation com-pensation and considerable time and attention was "devoted to wsys and means of having the Injured employes give all details. It was suggested that one way to remedy this would be for the commission to decllns to receive re-ceive the application unless It was properly filled out but no definite action ac-tion was taksn, the matter being continued con-tinued until another and final meeting meet-ing Is held at J o'clock on August IT. |