INDUSTRIAL LAW COMMITTEE.
[To THE EDITOR 07 THE "SPECTATOR." I SIR,—May I again call your attention to the report of the Industrial Law Committee ? Its work is essentially unsen- sational and unpolitical, and is therefore lacking in the kind of appeal which opens purse-strings. The Committee arrange for lectures on the safeguards and protection of the law relating to workshops and factories, all over the United Kingdom, so that those who come in contact with the working people—. especially with women and young persons—may be able to get the laws, passed for their benefit, put into force. In unorganized trades the law is constantly evaded and great hardships endured. Many cases of the kind are given in this year's report—cases of excessive overtime, of bad ventilation, beating, and overcrowding. The Committee also administer an Indemnity Fund for such workers who have been dismissed from their employment, either for making complaint to his Majesty's inspectors, or for answering the inspector's ques- tions. The utmost care is taken to sift these cases and to indemnify none but genuine ones. Many very bard and unjust dismissals come up for consideration, and there are un- doubtedly many more, which, owing to one cause or another, are not heard of by the Committee. Money is needed to extend the general work, and to spread the knowledge of the Indemnity Fund among workers. The report can be obtained from Miss Cox, Secretary, the Industrial Law Committee, 34 Mecklenburgh Square, London, W.C.—I am, Sir, &c.,
16 Great College Street, Westminster. EDITH LYTTELTON.
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