UNITED STATES EMPLOYEES’ COMPENSATION COMMISSION 
Washington 
February 8, 1941 
In reply refer to File No. 
726331 
The Administrative .Assistant 
Fish and Wildlife Service 
Department of Interior 
Washington, D. C. 
Dear Sir: 
The Commission has received reports of an al- 
leged injury to Edward Yerburg, on September 12, 1940, while 
employed as a cook on the **!.?• S, Tondeleyo” Alaskan waters 
by your Service, 
The evidence of injury is found insufficient, and 
the following additional information is requested: 
A sworn statement by the employee showing in detail 
how the injury occurred, and the immediate effects thereof, 
what action he then tooL why he did not seek medical attention 
•until two months later, the course of the condition and the 
nature of any home treatment used before that date. He should 
also give in his affidavit the names and addresses of all 
physicians who have attended him for any injury or illness dur- 
ing the last five years, stating for just what condition he was 
treated and over what period of time, in each instance giving 
dates. He should state particularly whether he has ever pre- 
viously had trouble of a similar nature, giving full details 
of any such previous injury or ailment. 
A statement by the employee’s foreman or other im- 
mediate superior showing what he knows regarding the alleged 
injury and when and how it first came to his attention; also 
whether to his knowledge the employee complained or had any 
trouble with the part of the body concerned, before the al- 
leged injury. If the claimant's immediate superior is not 
aware of any preexisting similar condition, it is kindly re- 
quested that he question the claimant’s coworkers as to their . 
knowledge of any such conditions and furnish the Commission with 
a report of his findings. 
In view of the claimant's brief period of Government 
service, it is suggested that you have him furnish a brief 
resume of his occupational history for a period of about ten . 
years prior to the time he was employed by your office, including 
