Pueblo chieftain., 1921-01-29
A SENATE BILL TO ABOLISH
BOARDS and BUREAUS and
TO MAKE AN INDUSTRIAL COURT
Seeks to Do Away With Utilities Commission, and
Would Repeal Several Existing
Sections

The erection, construction. repair, al
teration or remodeling of any house,
building or structure designed to be
used as either a permanent or tenn
porary homo or place of abode or resi-
dence of any inhabitant in this state.
Any person, firm or corporation en-
gagged in any such industry or en-
ploymcnt, Or in operation of such
public utility or common carrier. with
in the state of Colorado, either in the
capacity of owner, officer, or worker,
shall be subject to the provisions of
this act, except as limited by the pro-
visions of this act.
Seeks to Avoid Strikes
The party drafting tho proposed law
seeks to avoid any further strikes and
commercial disturbances by declaring
that IL is necessary for the pubic
peace, health and general welfare OF
the people OF this state that the in
dustries, employments. public utilities
and common carriers specified IN tho
, bill shall be operated with reasonable
continuity and efficiency in order that
the people of the state may live in
peace and security, and be supplied
with tho necessities Of life. That sec
tion seeks to leGalize what the attor-
neys for the city of Denver attempted
to do last summer in the street car
strike.
The bill makes it a crime for any
person or persons TO willfully hinder
delay, limit or suspend the operations
of any of the companies operating un-
der the jurisdiction of the law.
Section defines tho procedure that
shall be followed in tho case OF con-
troversy between cmploye and en-
ploycr:
In the case of a controversy aris-
ing between employers and workers.
or between groups or crafts OF work
ers, engaged in any of said industries,
employmcnts, public utilities or COM
mon carriers, If It shall appear to SAID
court of industrial relations that said
controversy may cndanser the continu-
ity ,or efficiency of service of any OF
said Industries, employments, public
utilities or common carriers. or Affect
the production or transportation or the
necessaries of life affected or produced
by said Industries or employments. or
produce industrial strife, disorder or
waste, or cndanger the orderly opera
ton of such industries, cmploymcnts.
public utilities or common carriers. and
thereby cndanger tho public peace or
threaten the public health, full power.
authority and jurisdiction are hereby
granted to said court of industrial re-
| Ilations. upon its own Initiative. to SUM
mon all necessary parties before 1t and
TO investigate said controversy, and to
mako such temporary findings and or
| dcrs as may bo necessary to preserve
the public peace and welfare and to
preserve and protect tho statue OF the
parties, property and public interests
| involved pending said Investigations,
and to take evidence and to examine
all necessary records. and to invest
gate conditions surrounding tho wor q
crs, and to consider tho wages paid :
labor and the return accruing to capi-
tai, and tho rights and welfare of the
/ public. and all other matters affecting
! tho conduct of said industries, employ
monts, public utilities or common car
/ riers, and to settle and adjust all such
controversies by such findings and or
ders as provided in this act. 1t Is fur
thor made the duty OF said court OF
| industrial relations upon complaint OF
other party to such controversy, or
upon complaint of any 10 citizens, tax
payers OF tho community in which such
industries, omployments, public utili-
/ ties or common carriers are located, or
upon the complaint OF any district at
tornoy of any judicial district of the
state Of Colorado. or upon tho com
plant of tho attorney general of the
state OF Colorado, or upon tho COM
plant OF tho industrial commission OF
Colorado. II II shall be made to APP
pear to said court that tho parties are
unable to aErcc and that such Contro-
versy may ondangcr the continuity or
/ efficiency of service of any of said in
/ dustrics. omploymcnts. public utilities
or common carriers. or affect the pro-
| duction or transportation OF the ncceE-
sarics of life affected or produced by
said Industries or cmploSmcnts, or
produce industrial strife. disorder or
waste. or cndanEor tho orderly opera
tion Of such industries, cmploymentS,
public utilities, or common carriers,
and thereby cndanEcr tho public peace
or threaten tho public health, to pro
coed and investigate and determine
said controversy in tho samc manner
as tho upon it's own initiative. After
the conclusion OF any such hcnrtnE and
investi tiCation. and as cSpeditiously ns
possible. said court of Industrial rcla-
tions shall mako and serve upon all
Interested parties it's findings, stating
specifically tho terms and conditions
upon which said industry, employment.
utility or common carrier should be
thereafter conducted insofar nH tho
matters determined by said court arc
concerned"
Section . declares that all workers
shall receive u fair wage for their work
and that capital shall receive q fair
rate of return for the investment; Tho
section also gives anyone tho right to
work whether he belongs to a union
or not. and II gives to tho Court or
industrial flolations tho right To
change or modify an agreement he
tween employers and employees II tho
court determines that tho agreement
is unfair to either.
supreme Court wou'd Enforce
Section l. is the compulsory section
of tho law and seeks to give the Su
prcmc Court tho right to enforce tho
findings of the industrial court. /.
says.
In tho case OF tho failure or re-
fuSal OF either party TO said contro-
Nersy to obey and be governed by
tho order Of said Court of Industrial
Relations. then and in that even,
a l. H. -l.,.. a.
bring proper proceedings in the
supreme court of tho state of Coll