Montana labor news., 1945-09-06
WORKMEN'S
COMPENSATION
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Also amends the section relating TO
funeral expenses to read that the $3.50
allowed for funerals Is not a part of
the compensation which might be paid
but is a benefit in addition to and sep.
arate and apart from COMPENSATION
Section 5000 Of the Compensation Act
dealing only with workers whose en-
ployers come under Plan III, is amend
ed to read as follows provided that
the filing OF a certificate of the attend
ing physician shall not constitute a
sworn claim for compensation"
The Roll Call Vote on
Senate Bill No. ia
Voting Aye means to amend the law
IN an effort to prevent the courts Civ
ing an injured worker a decision SINH
lar to the n Chef Gugler received.
In the Senate T..
Voting aye-Arnold, Aaronson. Bak-
er, Balgord, Bourassa, B~ridenstine.
Campbell, Darlington, Cole. Cooper
Cotton, D'Ewart, Fewkes, Gabish.
G%rossman Haight Hagerman, Ham
mond, Henderson, Holland, Hollings-
worth, Kellogg, Keely, Leo. Liggett.
Lott, Lynch, McKenna, McQuinty.
Moss, Mulholland, Mundy, Olmstead.
Peck, Plank, Potter, Robinson, Ross,
Rice, Simmons, Smith, Stewart Deer
Lodge, Toman, Tyler, Wallace.
Voting no-Stromnes.
Absent and not voting Burke. Fc-
ton, Larson, Stewart (Rosebud). Sulli-
van, Wallender, Wilson.
Excused-Boyd, Manning, Sawtel.
In the House
Voting aye-Anderson, Arson, Akin
son, Baldwin, Ballard, Barnard. Blew
EFT, Bricker, Brumbaugh, Busch. Chat
fin, Christy, Cole, Cormack, Dahl, Dali
last, Duncan, Esp, Evans, Eynon, Fall
lon, Foot, Gebhart, Goffena, Graybill.
Greenan, Gunderson, Harken, Harlow.
Hazelbaker, Healy, Higgins, Holiday.
Howard, Hughes, Hunter, James, KEN
mis-, Kimpell, Krall, Preig, Lehrkind.
Loughran, Lowe, McCherry, McDan-
nels, McGreevey, Martin, Marty, Mayo.
Moen, Nelson, O'Connell, Oliver, Pad
bury, Page, Parker (Wibaux), Parker.
(Cascade), Patterson, Phillips, Pierce,
Rasmussen, Scofield, Simpson, Stout.
Tabor, Taylor, Teigen, Thomas, Tier
ney, Toole, Udin, Williams, Wilson.
Voting no-Helding.
Absent not voting-Antrim, Arm
strong, Banka, Blenker, Bovey, O'Con-
nor, Doughtery, Dunn, Hall, Harrison.
Horrigan, Little, Parker (%Flathead),
Settle, Minnick.
On behalf OF the many members of
the legislature who voted for this bill.
it should be said that they voted for
the measure with the understanding it
was necessary to protect injured work
ers from the results of the Supreme
Courts decision on the Gugler case.
Between the time when the Supreme
Court, on February 23rd, gave its de-
cision on the Gugler case and the night
Of February 18th, when Senate Bill No
ia, was enacted, some person or per
son we're exceedingly busy spreading
propaganda among the Legislators to the
effect that the decision Of the Court
would compel the Industrial Accident
Board to refuse to give medical atten-
ton or disqualification to injured work
ers, until such time as some one was
sent by the Board to investigate the ac-
cident, therefore, the injured worker
would have no doctors care until the
Industrial Accident Board had received
the report of the investigator and de-
cided that the injured worker was en-
titled to a doctors attention and to
prevent this state of affairs, it was nee
essary to amend the Workmen's Com
pensation Act to clarity the courts de-
cision.
The legislators should have %investi-
gated this story before they considered
the bill. John Holmes, State Auditor,
and Albert Kruse, Commissioner Of
Agriculture, Industry and Labor, both
members Of the Industrial Accident
Board knew nothing of the propaganda
being spread among the members OF
the legislature, neither were they con-
with by the Chairman Of the In
dustrial Accident Board as to the adj
visibility of amending the Compensa-
ton Act by Senate Bill No. ia.
The legislators could have enquired J