New York (State). Commission for Investigation of Workmen's Compensation Law Administration.

In 1942, the New York City Department of Investigation, under the direction of Commissioner William B. Herlands, conducted a study of irregularities in the Workmen's Compensation Law affecting municipal employees and New York City as an employer. The investigation revealed such problems as the submission by doctors of fraudulent bills to employers and insurance companies. New York Mayor Fiorello H. LaGuardia reported these irregularities to Governor Thomas E. Dewey and requested that he order an investigation.

LaGuardia's report, combined with other reports of statewide maladministration of the Workmen's Compensation Law by the Department of Labor over many years, led Dewey to appoint a Moreland Commissioner to investigate the provisions and administration of the Workmen's Compensation Law. On November 17, 1942, Dewey appointed William F. Bleakley to this position for the remaining six weeks of Dewey's term of office, and Bleakley appointed Herman T. Stichman as his counsel. On January 4, 1943, having been reelected, Dewey appointed Bleakley and Stichman as Commissioners to continue the investigation.

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