Arizona republican., 1919-08-10
Organized Worlunen Will Not Attempt To Impose Plan Unless Employes and Public Desire Same, HeSays---
 Denies Strike Threats
HAS LAUNDERING EVIDENCE
Asserts That Information
 Will Be Placed Before Committee to Show How Systems Were Looted
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 WASHINGTON. Aug. 9.-Organized labor will not attempt to impose the Plumb plan for railroad control on other industries unless employees and the public desire it. and it's fight for public ownership of utilities will not stop until it has reached that point where grant and privileges cease.
 This was the message delivered to- day by Glenn E. Plumb. speaking as labor's representative to the house interstate commerce committee, which for three days has been holding hear ings on tri-partite control of the trans portauon systems It was spoken calmly after the witness had denied that the plan was socialistic.
 Denies Strike Threats
 Again today Plumb pounded the table and denied in terms calculated. he said, to brook no repetition of the 1 charge that the railroad brotherhoods had attempted by threats of violence or strikes to force congress to adopt his plan for control of the railroads by the public, operating officials. and em- | ployes. The denial was made first in statement from Plumb's office and signed by the heads of the 15 brother hoods and while Plumb was answering hot fire of questions from Repre- sentative De Walt, democrat, of Penn sylvania. who wanted to know where the new idea would stop.
 We unite in a definite assertion that we have no desire and have had none.' said the statement and also Plumb who paraphrased it, ito impress upon the public, by violence or b, threat our proposal that the railroads be nationalized under tri-partit9 con 1 troll
 Labor would be blind to it's own in- terests, Plumb added with emphasis, 1 if it attempted such methods
 Alleges Systematic PIunderinq
 Later Plumb announced information would be put before the committee in support of his charge that there had been systematic plundering of the great railway systems of the country. Plumb stood his ground while Rep resentatives De Walt. Montague Vir- ginia: Merritt. republican. Connecticut and others asked questions which they intimated were intended to point out defects in the Plumb plan. Repre- l sentative Montague particularly wanted to know if. in buying the rail roads. the government would pay for tracks and lines built out of profits. Plumb said it would not Representa- tive De Walt inquired if the Plumb plan was leading to socialism. Plumb said it was not. Representative Mer- ritt wanted to know if the plan would be extended to gas plants. trolley line. and the like and Plumb said it would
 Says Bill is Democratic
 Plumb cited the case of the postoffiee department 'the only great industry lpoiitically managed and said it's ef- lficiency would be greatly increased I the employees had voice in it's man. agement "or if it were operated under the democratic principles of this bill
 It would be absurd. he declared, to suggest farmers might come forward with a demand for tri-partite control but if they wanted it and the public said so. they should have it.
 Citing the case of railway executive. who had advanced from the ranks Representative Montague asked Plumi if he had found evidence of undu, repression which would halt the up. ward march of the under men H, quite agreed that a majority of th, highest paid railroad men today wen up from the bottom. but insisted tha they were not advanced through vot, or voice of employees but by railroa autocrats who felt they -were ex : tortioners of human effort"
 He wanted employees to pass on mans right to go higher.
 | Carrying out the same line n thought. Plumb said in the army ther were many able officers, but ther would have been larger number Q good ones. had the privates been give a voice in their selection.