Letter from Samuel Smethurst (Coldhurst House, Longsight, Oldham, [Lancashire]) to WSC enclosing another letter from him as president of the National Association of Building Trade Employers [see CHAR 2/46/57-58] and complaining of malingering workmen and the consequent heavy financial burden imposed on the building industry by the Workmen's Compensation Act. Also refers to a letter he is sending to David Lloyd George regarding modification of the land clauses of the 1910 Finance Act.