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Show ACCIDENTS HI AMERICA ; English Compensation Laws Recommended j 1 by Civic Federation New York, Oct. 12. The lepal com- ! ! riltlee of theNaUonal Civic Federation, Federa-tion, which has been at work for noriie ' time drafting a tentative componsa-! componsa-! tlon plan for uniform state loglsla-1 loglsla-1 tiun as a substitute for the present ; liability laws, announces that it wil; ; toon submit its plan to the commls-j yloners on uniform state laws In the i 1 fcrty-slx states and territories and to a sub-committee on compensation at- I pointed by the American Par assocl-i assocl-i otlon as well as to the executive coru-I coru-I ralilee of the various bar a.sf ociatlons j to obtain their opinions upon Its cm- MituUonallty In their respectlvo I states. I The federation's committee has been j j at work under the direction of the ' compensation department of the fed eratlon which Is comp-jsed of em- ployers, representative labor men, : attorneys who have given Bpcclal con- J I slderatlon to the subject, insurance j experts, economist, etato officials, i members of stato compensation com- J ; mls;'.i:ins and others, representing In , all thirty-five states. It Is hopod by j thus plving all Interests a hearing, ' to reduce to the minimum opposition , to a bill which will bo prepared for uniform legislation In all tho states. ! i In explaining tho pcope of the bill t I new being considered by the commit- I tee, the chairman, P. Tecumseh Sher- 1 man, says, in a Btatomeut today : I "The foundation for tho plan em- i balled in the tentative draft of tho j bill is the English compensation law. 1 The continental laws may be better In some rewpocts, but they are not ! tj easily adaptable to our industrial ' l rondlMonn here. j "The English lawn, aa a ba.ls. fur- i i dIfIi the best path by which we, in America, can make tbo begluning to , compensate workmen for accidents. I The English law has extended llahil-; llahil-; !iy for compensation practically to all employments. As a first step, we havy fupgested that to go only half way. j "According: to the scheme, the em- I ployer will bo liable for practically very accident regardless of the'ques- j Hon of negligence, except where the I employe has been Rullty of deliberate I relf Injury, or refusing or falling de- I liberately to use a guard for machinery or few other cases such as tbat. On ; the other hand, the employer would ' he freed from all liability for dam- hrca; that Is, for unlimited damages. I as If for a fault or wrong, when he j jerfonally has not been pullty of any ! f.iult or wroDg or negligence In other words, negligence of a fellow j fcrvant or anyone else could not be i . Imputed to the employer, but In fuch J csrs the employer would be liable : lor compensation. - "The bill would permit of voluntary i irhemes of compensation between the ' employer and employe as an alter- j native to the legal liability. . "Amounts of compensation hav ; ben tentatively named in this draft of bill which, however, aro subject ' to revision by tho special commlMeo now estimating the cost of substituting , compensation for the present liability law-." j I |