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Show ROCKEFELLER PLAN IS NOW BEING GONE INTO H DKNVKIt, Colo., Dec. St. The fed. BBBBt era! commission Inquiring Into Indus I trial conditions In Colorado's coal B Held today received froii) J. V. Wol- H horn, president of tha Colorado Fuel H' nnd Iron company, nn exhaustive re- B port of the operation of the aocallod H Itockefeller Industrial plan. The re- tB jwrt outlined generally condition! H since the recent strike. C J. Klcku, H- supervising the Itockefeller plan, en- B trred with Welborn Into an Informal i discussion that followed, llepreson tatlves or the ltocky Mountain, Victor- H American nnd other companlea next KV weiv heard. B Will IkKlu Kunday. BH The three commissioner expect to H leave Sunday to en In first hand In- B formation 'In the coal fields, going H ttowt to Trinidad, Walsenburg and Canon City. I.atr In the week the northern field are to he vleltcO. The commissioners expect to return to Denver for final heading with the operator and representative of tha miners' union. In hli statement Welborn aald It w the desire of hla company to cooperate co-operate with the commission In Its la-bora. la-bora. Jfe outlined the Itockefeller plan adopted lout October and told of Ita operation. In reviewing welfare work In the tnlnluic camps, tha statement state-ment asserted the company had spent $119,471 In t15 In removing: objectionable objec-tionable buildings, erecting model dwellings, fencing homea for Its employes em-ployes and constructing club and bathhouses. To Itulld lfoupltalit. The statement also announced a policy of building emergen- honpl-tals honpl-tals In mining camp. 8ueh buildings. Welborn stated, were In kjumc "f construction at I'rlmero, Colo, and Sunrise, Wjm , being the gift of John H Itockefeller. Jr feftturo suggested suggest-ed by thn federal conimliwlnn had been Intituled In the HockeOlter InduftUlM plan, Bnld WeliHirn. as well ns the substantial acreptanee of three findings find-ings of the onthra-lte strike rommla-slon rommla-slon which had been suggested b the president nn applbnbln to the Colorado Colo-rado situation. These protlded a board of conciliation containing representatives rep-resentatives of miners and operators, the right of mlneis to employ check welghmen and the guarantee agatnst discrimination on neeount of membership mem-bership or non-mcmberrhlp in labor orgnnlxntlons. Time Is Itrjiilrpil, Welborn referred to a conference with the federal commission In New York early In 1916, nnd asserted that sugxestlons then made hnd been embodied em-bodied In the company's plan for a (presentation of empto)cs In handling hand-ling Industrial matters. "Time will be required," continued Welborn, "to enable the spirit which underlies the IndustrlnJ plan to permeate nil phases of tho company's relations with Its employes, but thn company believes that careful consideration by the commission com-mission of Its efforts to demonstrate the unity of Interests which should govern each nnd every one Identified with thn activities of a largo corporation, corpora-tion, will disclose that real progress has been made In this direction, nnd that Its thus seeking to maintain nnd further harmonious and friendly relations re-lations In Its own Industry, the company com-pany has developed n plan of cooperation co-operation which will bo not only of advantage to Itself, but also prove n substantial contribution towards Industrial In-dustrial peace within the state. "Tin H)lltlcn1 iHillcy of tlifi Colorado Colo-rado I'uet and Iron coniinny I lion-Inlerfrrciicr," lion-Inlerfrrciicr," sold Welborn. "Where officers or cinplojc. of the? company iartlcltatc In Nlltlcnl matters, It iniiat !h n litltcn only nnd not nt n means of bringing comiany Influence or prpMuro to tx'nr. No officer or official of-ficial of the i-nniiNtny lias n right to speak In Its name In rrgnnt to such inntlrrK." |