MEADOWS, W. C., special agent, Charleston, W. Va. MUELLER, JOSEPH M., agent, Chicago, Ill. WOODWARD, ANNA W., assistant supervisor, Youngstown, Ohio. YOUNG, MAX M., assistant supervisor, Columbus, Ohio. ZINN, HERBERT, assistant supervisor, Columbus, Ohio. SPEAKERS ANDREWS, Dr. JOHN B., secretary, American Association for Labor Legisla tion, New York City. ANGOVE, PERCY, supervisor of rehabilitation, Lansing, Mich. ALBEE, Dr. FRED, orthopedic surgeon, New York City. ALLEN, EDGAR F., president, International Society for Crippled Children. ALVORD, Miss HELEN M., secretary, Industrial Bureau Social Service Federation, Toledo, Ohio. AUEL, C. B., president, National Safety Council. BENSON, EDWARD I., assistant supervisor of rehabilitation, Cleveland, Ohio. BLANKENSHIP, D. M., supervisor of rehabilitation, Richmond, Va. CLARK, RUSSELL R., assistant supervisor of rehabilitation, Springfield, Ill. COLLENS, CLARENCE L., president, Reliance Electric and Engineering Co., and treasurer, Cleveland Association for Crippled and Disabled, Cleveland, Ohio. CUMMINGS, H. B., agent, Civilian Vocational Rehabilitation Division, Federal Board for Vocational Education, Washington, D. C. DAVIS, Hon. JAMES J., United States Secretary of Labor, Washington, D. C. DUFFY, THOMAS J., chairman, Industrial Commission of Ohio, Columbus, Ohio. ELTON, FREDERIC G., district director of rehabilitation, New York City. FOLKS, Hon. HOMER, New York City. GIVENS, H. C., rehabilitation agent, Little Rock, Ark. GRANT, WILLIS W., supervisor of rehabilitation, Des Moines, Iowa. JARNAGIN, RUFUS, district director of rehabilitation, Buffalo, N. Y. KRATZ, JOHN AUBEL, chief, Civilian Vocational Rehabilitation Division, Federal Board for Vocational Education, Washington, D. C. LANSBURG, R. H., secretary, labor and industry, Pennsylvania. LAPP, Dr. JOHN A., National Catholic Welfare Council, Chicago, Ill. LITTLE, Dr. R. M., chief, bureau of rehabilitation, Albany, N. Y. O'HANLON, J. M., secretary-treasurer, New York State Federation of Labor, RIDDLE, S. S., director, bureau of rehabilitation, Harrisburg, Pa. SNORTUM, KENNETH O., rehabilitation department, St. Paul, Minn. TIPPET, Mrs. MELBA ROACH, rehabilitation agent, Milwaukee, Wis. FEDERAL BOARD FOR VOCATIONAL EDUCATION REPRESENTATIVES WRIGHT, J. C., director. KRATZ, JOHN AUBEL, chief, Civilian Vocational Rehabilitation Division. MISCELLANEOUS ALVORD, HELEN M., secretary, Industrial Bureau Social Service Federation, Toledo, Ohio. ANDERSON, MARY, director, Women's Bureau, United States Department of Labor, Washington, D. C. ANDREWS, Dr. JOHN B., secretary, American Association for Labor Legislation, New York City. ARTZ, Louis P., proprietor, Artz Bros., Dry Goods, Sandusky, Ohio. BRANION, B. C., secretary, National Institute for Crippled and Disabled Men, New York City. COHEN, BESSIE, industrial counselor, Hebrew Benevolent Society, Baltimore, Md. COPLAND, C. D., board of directors, Detroit, Mich. DAGGETT, Maj. B. B., United States Veterans' Bureau, Buffalo, N. Y. DAWS, Dr. HERBERT, industrial physician, Cleveland, Ohio. ENGLEHARDT, EMMA, social worker, Cincinnati, Ohio. HUBBS, GEORGE E., supervisor of vocational education, Charleston, W, Va. LEAVITT, M. A., chief, United Hebrew Charities, New York City. LISON, MARGUERITE, Evanston, Ill. KIDNER, T. B., president, American Occupational Therapy Association, New York City. KINSEY, BESSIE, secretary, Red Cross, Warren, Ohio. MCASKIE, H. L., International Correspondence Schools, Scranton, Pa. MULLEN, Mrs. W. C., board of directors, Detroit, Mich. O'MEARA, RHODA, social worker, Middletown, Ohio. SNORTUM, KENNETH O., St. Paul, Minn. SWITZER, MABEL M., Cincinnati, Ohio. YARBROUGH, F. R., industrial commissioner, Atlanta, Ga. NOTE.-No attempt is made to list delegates to the National Safety Council Congress who attended sessions of the rehabilitation conference. PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL CONFERENCE CLEVELAND, OHIO OPENING SESSION TUESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 29, 1925 Chairman: Dr. R. M. LITTLE, Chief, Bureau of Rehabilitation, Chairman LITTLE. It seems to me that our conference is making an auspicious start with so many present to listen to the addresses to be delivered. I also think we are quite fortunate in holding our annual meeting in conjunction with the National Safety Congress, which has been effective in preventing industrial accidents, and is growing in influence and power, not only in industry but also in public safety and leadership. We quite naturally fall in with this great movement for the conservation of life, for we deal with the results of accidents and do the best we can to overcome the misfortunes. The National Safety Council is organized for the prevention of accidents. I am sure there is no one here to-night engaged in the rehabilitation service who would not agree that emphasis should first be placed upon safety rather than upon rehabilitation. All of us would rejoice if there were no maiming of the human family and we had no jobs of rehabilitation. But unfortunately in the exigencies of life, its maladjustments and imperfections, despite the progress that is being made in the prevention of accidents and disease, a great many people are in need of rehabilitation service. From the point of view of industry, we represent the third phase of the program for the conservation of life and limb. The first has been spoken of, namely, safety. The second is compensation and medical and surgical benefits during the period of disability. The program was not complete until the rehabilitation laws were enacted and our rehabilitation services developed. The three services form a program that is integrated among the needs and necessities of the lives of workers. And so we are all partners together in a great program of safety, of health, of compensation, and of rehabilitation. To-night we are very fortunate, indeed, in having the president of the National Safety Council with us, to bring a word of greeting. It gives me great pleasure to introduce Mr. C. B. Auel, the president. Mr. Auel. ADDRESS OF WELCOME C. B. AUEL, President, National Safety Council It is a privilege, I assure you, to have a conference with a purpose such as yours, associated with the National Safety Council. I sincerely hope the two organizations may, as I know they will, continue to work side by side until the time when the gospel of accident prevention, preached by the council, will have taken such hold upon the people of this country as will eliminate accidents now resulting in more or less permanent disability and death, thus making both organizations, as they at present exist, no longer necessary. But when that time shall come may I hope that your organization, instead of dissolving as one having accomplished its purpose of work well done, will then continue, directing its efforts, however, no longer toward rehabilitation or putting a man back on his feet, but toward helping the man who has never had a chance the cripple, the epileptic, or the deformed. Some there may be who are prone to look upon this idea of a "Noaccident" day as a Utopian dream, but its approximation is not really so remote as might appear. Those who have made a study of accident prevention know that it is only now this work is commencing to be put upon a systematic basis in the industries, and that we are still groping in the dark as to how to best attack the problem of public safety. In other countries little, if any more study has been given to these problems, yet while this country kills 763 to 860 persons annually per 1,000,000 of population, France kills but 477, Japan 446, England 334, and Denmark 200 to 223. Surely we ought, with equal study, to do as well as the worst of these and with a little more study as well as the best, while, if we will but do our best, we should surpass them all in this, as in every other line of endeavor we have ever undertaken. Several months ago I had occasion to speak at a safety banquet on "The potential value of a human life," and some of my remarks will perhaps bear repetition here. |