**OFFICE OF**  **THE ATl.ORNEYGENERAL**  **OF TEXAS** 
**AUSTIN** 

## 43(OOnClUdOd it does POt in thOW3 portions hereinafter pointed out.

Seation 1 of the Bill provldeer
*HeXQaftfir,when 8 diB&Ult~ahdLl tWi88 b8t#8@lI

- elPglW3~ aad Olg~lO~OeI il3an induetw nhloh **i8** OtWMti8l to rutiOn **defenre,** or **where the**  **am** PlOYer **i8** WWating a holrpital,pub110 uatllltf, or 6 **trMSQOTt~tf0~ 8~8tePD,**  **b8fOr8** My **8tdk8 8&8U**  

## be iWZ8Eed in Of put intO MeOt br 8Uch **8np;Loy8sa,**

## 0~ **belox;.;**mob 9Ji@Oyet,8ehakl ba locked out by the wnployes, a UZFittOn**uotiea** ahall **bs** filed by auoh WJ?1WW OX W@lOYW, a8 t&S Ua88 ItIEr 

### be, **Wit& the**  &JWltJrCl8rk Of the 00Unty where the isdU8t~ 18 **aitUh& 68**  **WSU 80**  **Wita, the**  **r8&3p8iltiYa SOuatg**  olerka of all othar oountiea in rhloh l uah fndwtry OjWX8t~a it8 **bLUiOslS,** if eplr,aad t&9 mat8 18 affroted by 8Wh di8pUtb. Swh aotloe by thr eaQlO **8W** dlau. state that it i8 th8 pUl?QO88Uf rtrah 

## OLUp % ,yseS to alter Upon 8 8trikm and atate the **re8&wla**

### and **densanti,**

### end euohnotfoe byth8 UDae 10Lofrr ohall atets that it ie the **purpose Of**  maof&Qm# **Or8r to**  **OlOSe h&8** **burinsaa fmd**  **10&t Out**  **the mqWpw8**  **Sod** give thsrea8oaa



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,ahall be 

### entered tnfn and no ruoh lo&out Uua3.L**be** at& erfeotiwt, untlf **after** the 

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## tUtngai: Sri6 R4tiW
or notiosr wit& the COW&~ Clerk ot **County Cloek#** 
aa hersia prorldad. Guoh aotide v&on ifl6d with the countg clmk *br31 be paat04 **br** bia in a publlb pl.aoeln the anart house and 8hal.Xbe releaaetl to the ~reaa. ***Any atrtke**  **whiah**

**“ g**  **be** called tn +LolatL+Ba of~thir eectj,onaall be eared to bs an i.~aiW 

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end sag lookout whioh **8hau** 

# beIYLb. in violation or thlrarreotlon@ha&l be UOWd t0 be (111 ill.egaI,

**lookout,** aab.anr peraoa aatfmg br hiruilfv
or **68** a mnnb.rrOf aw grOUp Or =%~='tf-r w acta b 

### aoases& aith B%%OOE POFB Othw 

### Pw8Qn*a **a0 ahall**  **knowingly great**  say **ikid.** or **aaai6t8m*** **’ tQ**  **any** **p*rson** **sDgeged in**  **anp** auoh **ille@ rtrib** * **03 -7**  **euoh-**iL1eeaL **lookmat, hall**  **be ssutltr**  **a 6**  **&&m-r, ati**  **upon** oonvlotion 

### thereof **t@mlt be** 

### Hon. iv. 0. Reed - pagI33.

punished by a fine of not leea than One ThOU8md

lo ~l,OOO.OO 5,000.00j Dolbrrs, nor more tiban:ave Thousand

Dollare, aud eaoh day 8UOh aid or assistance ie oontinued shell ooastitute a separate orrennro. The provisions of thie sactlon 6hal.J. not app2.yto employees of railro8ds or the management OS r81lroade who am under tha jurf8dlation of the Federal Hailway Labor Aot.*

As a oonditian preoethat to t&t3operation of seotion 1 ai the Bill, it i8 nao=aeary that *a d&sputa ahall ariaa between en s?dQloyerand amployea8~. The tana ?disp"ta bstwomn an employer and employeaaW fa not defined. The Bi 1 doea aOt pride that the dfapute between the employer and emgloyeaa ahaU be a labor dispute concerned with working hours or aanditiano or rates of pay, nor doe8 the Bill apsoify the number
or propOrtion of emgAoyees who must be engaged in a diap@ie with the employer in order to mnkc the Bill oparativsr A8 tha I3iJ.l is now writtan a dispute betaem 

## l amployar and employees* will oonos5.vabl.y exist within the manti(s or the Aot whm an amployer **or** numeroue employees bsooma **inv0av0a** in 8 **diapu$e** with **a** rolstively small number of hia employees oonoernlng
amatter whioh nay or inaynot have relation to working ooaM.- tionr hours, or rata8 of pey in the employer18 buelnaaa. Oa thaother hand, it mui bo plm~aibilqargued that tha Bill aontOI@8tlJ8 thet a dieputo i&u&4aXi8t between an 

### employer and

8s of his amployser wit&out eroeption. In theraem,apeotr otion 1 oi iiou5eSill 746, ic our opinion, in tuo vsgua, gemera1 and indaflnlts to be valid or enforceable.

The Bill by its term8 A8 aonffned to hidWtxd.e8 %aantial to E;atiocalD&enee or Prharsthe ampkJy6r ia OparS8iag
a hoepital, publfo utility, ST a trt~4caportation syatam*+ ai definition is cont*ineU in the oil&lpL8to what eoastitutea, Wtthin the waning of the Ad,, an iSldUUtry4WWS&31 t0 &XtiO3Ial hf. en0e. I* requires no argument **to** demonstrate that **there** a8D. 6d Qcms;b~ &X38 id,& % wiba diffW%IlCl‘Of OQtlliOnQS t0 which in&uatpies 5.nTexas e-e or are not '@eSsential"ta N~ti~~l h3?nB~.' Numerous industries in Tsiterr asa oertaialg perform%3 *z-tat part8 in the Batic3nalDefense Pro&Tam but we bali*v* 00 jut&e, jwy or layman aan with eractnstm e%ate the indu%tsir8**&?A.** w. 0. Reed - Page 4.

**Seatton 1**  **es quoted**  **rurtbsr grovider**  **fop the**  **“ ii**  Or **wPftt85** notice wfth ths County Clerk by euoh 0rqplO~n00Or 8~~10 

### day8i; er @ivthe 0~80 may be* for a pm-led or **at** least 0ixm 

### orem RAY

nrtrilce*

### or *laok~ut* shall **be** nurd00rre0tlr0. Th0 tOX@8 *strike" find"lOOk0Ut" are not d0ffa0d. !&0 Bill dO00 not stata what in roswrtby the term "maah saplOy0sa Or Omployerw. 

## cwtli0ting lnt0rpretation0 0an logi~axiy be mabe of this previiaionof t&e Bill. It ia poral~0 th0 inta7itis that only those esnployoaethat aptaaotirrly IA dlsputs with an e4nployer6re rapo;tred to 

## ril6 the 

### or it uun a8 legloally b0 oontand& Chat tJ& porfrton ia intended **tQ L'OQUbb**  **j&& OIi@O$'fJeS** 

***iho ~I?O~O8@** 

**t0 ,rtdks**  **t&3 rile**  

## notioo theraof..

**SeotLoii 1**  **in it8**  **final** paragreph **prrovlU%les** thet **ary** ***mtPike** eaxleb~ or any "lockout made" in vtolatiba 

## or 3e0t1oA **1 rhall**  **be deemed** ***an iUe(gal**  %trike* **or an**  aillOgal lookout** The p~%notptmleM&a a0tualS.y**bdag** about **anil auwg(,**  **intko** strike tarleekout ~PQ net punished. Them rho knorrU& **rent** any aid **or** aeaistenoe 

### to any porsan sngFagedin mar rub iB- l-al **rtrike or**  lookout are pMl8hm¶ bf the ail& whdah 

### pro**vider met**  **tk4g** shall be 

### 6U.W Of a ari8dubsanOrand upon oonrlotion shall **be**

## rlrmd not1**08s** t&en $l,OOQ.oO nQr 5Or0 than @,QQQ.OO for eaoh day SU0b Pi6 Qr 6S0i8t-00 iU OOA**tiAU4d.**xon. w. 0. Beed - Page 5.

It hao been uniior&J held that l%we, to be v%Ud, mist rs;;ulm the &tpe treat&sat of all who are'ti like oircufaetanaerand cOAditioAs. satourr v. 

### Btats 289 6. W. 1072, Yck Wo V. EZopkine, 118 U. 6. 356, 30 l!.kid. 22.01 **COmuy V.**  **u@Q seWer** **’ l?UbliU** 

### Eje~+Vii~ **00.. m**  **v, S.**  54o, 46 

### L. a;d.679. We believe Se&ion 1 of 

### IIowa Bill 746 ia 

## Toid**~6** ummrorceeble, **as** new dr%wn, beoauee it leaves unpunished the prlnci ~ln in R eGrike or lockout L while pmridin$ aev~re punfs ent for thone who bnly ei4 and aeeiet the prinolp%ls. Furthermore, the ctharaoteror aid 

### Oraosistanoe to an 

### miploye4 or tsaployer neueasery to constitute a violation 0r t&s hot is nowhere dsrlned and is not d%finitsly ratetedin the Bill. Xt is not provided thet the aid or aaeiataaos shall be in %id oi the prohibite strike or lcakout but apparently w **rid** or aesiotancs to an 0rrwuAg mnployex or 61~loyee, whether or not it bear8 eny relation to the strike or E**eokout, irr**  4eeslarsdto br unlawhkl. Iuthis reepeot we believe Seotiaa 1 M.&I **te** define with 6uiPiolant certainty and defialtenees sop punleheblo arJ,bva

und,aa d.rrwA,is wlttnfar0cPable.

**Bectien** 2 

### provideas

, "XIIall e%%ee where diaputea sxiet between employerr,end eaployoea, it ehall be uul%wit& to have tame then two (2) p4rsozu on pi&et 

## dutyet any entranoa to s plaoe **or** bulldin& where a labor 

### dirf**i0ultt** 

### exista. ~n~rpw3f.m guilty Or violating thie 

### ssction, or ang p6reon or 9rgaPfzatfon guilty of abettin& or 

### aiding otihers **to** 

### VloheQ thlr #eation, shell be guilty or a aied4mvmor and upon aoWotien thexeof 6hal.lbe pashed by % tine of not lee8 than ihe 

### Etirsd (WQ.00) DOUWS, AOr ~twe than OnQ Thouoend 

### ($l,SOO,OO)Dollars, and 

### 6aob dq au& violation of this motion shall 0OntiAua sh6l.l **aOnrrtitUt0 A**  **SegCWi3tB OifOAiWs** **”**

It ir observed that S60tion 2 by its tW i6 **AQt** ezpreeely 1Faited to iaduetslee eaeentLal 

### to ZlationalDef%IWe
or to ho&tale, publio utllltise end trenSpHt*tkQn efet@%er 

### & exatioa or the fill as B whole imluding fto aap%ton Q-a not 4ntirgQ rBtpo*ed0Ubt as td induatsiee **tAtQPde4**tOHon. I+‘. 0, Xeed - Pa&e 6.



### be oovered fn Ss0ticm 2. The m%a,ning; 02 the teriaa**“ labor**  ,d.Wficultieaa or mdisput%r b%ta%%n employere and employees* ie not defined. It is not ale&r whether the Dill intends to make croninal the ect,oi peaaeful picketing by all p%r%ous in 8x0666 OS two, or w$sther the Bill 1% dtiooted solely at the organization or petieonwho aupplilespickets IA exeem of two in nurabsr. Xf the Bill intend% to lpeke . or&minal the aat of picket- **by** a3.lexoe whioh two employees my legduy picket? B**t** tuo employee%, 

## r three pioketa are Ip 

## resent, whioh one ia guilty? Bouse Bfll 746 doer not pror de the fmewer. 

### Or if Pleot5.an 2 

### ie..dlrslobed eol%ly at the 

### organiastion furnirhlng the giokets, what is the 

### result if 

### nor8 than one organizetfan undertakes to oupply pioketr? I&y eaQh organization eupply two pioket8, or if a total **of only**  **two piokelw**  

### are **permitted rs&wdlese**  **of the**  

### number OP srgenieationr, whioh or@nilratioa is p%rmitted the lege OZ having,two pioketr, end 

### to whiah 

### organiaiationPpiti

### 8 that privflege denied? The BIU doe% not %eyI

The right of a pewma to pioket in a peaceful 

### mmmr a buslneee aetoblirhmatt a,t which he ir OF wailformmly employed haa reoently **b,oan**reannounced 

### by the Unitad St&or Supsmu Court in three oa%e%* lirosrie8~ F%d%ration.

## arhbor
v. Gwhtssg,,

85 2, Ed. 313, W&man Drlv6rs 

## ‘union vi Ysadoaioop **Dairies, 85**  **L. Ed.**  **497, and** 

### Thoznhlll **v+ n;labaoa,**  310 U. 8. **66, &**  **t. Xd.**  **209).** Kn the flr%t **oitod** eaee, th% &Ipr~te Court had before It **the** queatton of the oon8titutionaUty **0f an**  **i.njus~~Dian &o6woe**  **of an**  **UUnolr CquFt**  **wh&ob in**  l **ffsat** nscrd.ned the 

### nwimberr of a Labor union Mm ~iaetullg 

### piek~t5a& an 

### employer*8 establimhmmt. S’heCourt in ho~diIU$ the inju~otiOA 

### inval&dasr ~OhCf~cr 

### of the $~w@AE Oi UpO%‘Sh %nd &a. pret%%as ek%ua%a 

### of the ,hW#titUti@Il MidS

*thnare asked to au#tgPn a deeme whioh for **purporsr, oi**  **thilr oaae** **aewrt8 am** the eomman 3.m **of a**  at&a **that tbsre**  **u(u1 b6**  09 'peaO'~,hrt **R% ‘** **-+ j.ng**  or **paacaeful pereuaeioa** * **in selatlon**  ***Q arUr**  

### diepute betw%%n 

### an employee and a trade Wian ~~86 th% 

### cungloper~*s own eapl~y%%a 

### ar6 in contrarepay with him.

~~~blelasthrown up iby**~d%rn** Isiduatryend to preeerve the peace 1% %xiomtticrl But not efe~ the%%

era em unfettersd by the requlrerasnta i$g$$%.i?~ kQht%. The %,aopeof the Fourteenth JLmsndtaent

is rmt confined by the notion of a dregarding the *ii58 @I 

### industrialHon. W. 0. Bead - %'~a 

### 7.

rant t0 their intoreaia, be **barred** 

### baga&m 

### ofoowern for 

### theeeimemlo fnteraeta againrt w&ioh

**Of II**  **Union sight,**  without 8peoial 

### l **tatutory au$&ri~**  tion 

### by a State, m&oab lcnom the faota of a labor dispute, for 

### freedom of 

### a eoh la uarantsed 

### by t&a Federal 

### Constitution. 8 -LA v. T&r **Layer6** Protetetiro UAC~A ,OlUS 466, 478, 81 L. Icd.l229, 1236, 

### 579. Qt. 

### 857:”

The lieadowiworand 

### ThorAhill 4~olaN~a, 

### rupra, areto t&i darn0

0fSeot. That ia,tkey

### l .fia?n therule fobe thata rtatute **or** ootwt dmmos whioh 

### opmratra

## to **ditprtm** on oaployoe oi

“Xt 

### shall be unlawfti for ev perron by tha u8* Qf foroe or 

### Vb3leAOe, or Chm@b Gf the uam Of 

### fOXO8 

### OP riolens*, to 

### attesqt to 

### prevent

ukypws;ool

froa engaging in any lawful voaatiun 

### withinthis 

## State. by 

## person

guilty or riolatiag tafa reotlotishall be beand 6tdlty of % ieiOAy, snd U&WA OOAViOtfW thereof a&LA be punished 

### by 0oniin@&eAt 

### b the Stat8 Penitenti~ for not lees than On* (1) paw, ll0T
awe than two (2) years.”

## 438

desire Our opinion on c3.l. conetitutlonal queetton8 raised by the subatenos of the Sill.

It ia 3uT 0 iniOn **that** tho LagisLsture i8 without oomtltutiunc;l Pruthor Plit, by simpb **req&idng** the **givl.ai#** of B 60 day r;otioea8 crproraqtieite **to** the l.qgsll.ty of a @trike or lookout, to suspend the legal right of snployger, for Jwt aauso or the legal rb to q.Uittheir eS@.o~aait SW or in grotqm,

ht of an employer, for Just @aWe, to &me hia busimaa and leak out hi8 egployeea.

In Bheohen 'vbLevy, 2L5 ti.X. 229, afrimmd 236 8. 'tl, 900, the Della Court of Civil &pp~&r $n ho&Qina that tho &%:a of e l&Or unicm ocmld not be enJolard from leaving th8 employemit et plaintitS aoidr.~ 

## 441

Eon. k?.0. Reed - Pago 12.

&E’PROPED~R 21, 1941