The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-11

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The president in addressing con-
vress on the high cost of living made
his statements.
There are many things that ought
e. be corrected in the relation between
capital and labor. in respect of wages
and conditions of labor and ether
things even more fsr-reaching. and l.
for one, am ready to go into confer
enee about these matters with any
group Of my fellow -countrymen who
know what they are talking about ana
IRE wtI1g to remedy existing condt-
lions by frank counsel rather than by
violent contest"
The representatives of the railway
workers have seen 1T to take that
remark Of the presidents as special
srvitation To them TO consult with MIN
They think they know what they are
talking about and they have con-
s.ractiva program 20 advocate which
they are perfectly willing To submit
o the test Of reason and right.
WAIT ON PRESIDENT.
Accordingly they will seek an OPP
rcrtunity to confer with the presi-
dent. lay their plan before him and
advance the arguments they are pre-
pAred to make IN support OF IT. Hav-
frx done this. they will await specfnc
declarations from the president as to
" hether he favors the plan or opposes
l., II he opposes IL. they viii expect
him TO state fully the reasons for his
opposition. They WI then cons.oe'
their plan In the light of the oh1ec-
lions he may raise and viii determine
,pon their stand
Internationally the railway workers
and other advocates of the Plum plan
have been embarrassed by the strong
criticism which the president seem-
Irr,y directed at them. They are also
trtn ATTITUDE
81 ex-pr4sident Taft. who has declared
;, vigorous language that the Plumb
--orosai II selfish in character. %ouid
,verturn our whole economic system
~ individual initiative and industrial
Freedom and should be relentlessly op-
posed regardless Of political conse
.usnces. .
The antaGonism of President VIII
ser and ex-President Taft and the
srfr;endlv reception they have had
from congress have discouraged the
railway workers to some extent. nat
they are by no means inclined to con-
tess themselves beaten, They iatend
10 press their proposal with greater
~rerrv than ever They are now seek
,,r to gain for II the support OF the
PERSONS aud interests not identthed
tin organized labor. hoping thus to
ruuify the argument that 1t ts purely
. purely class proposition.
rn,istinr general support Of their pro-
posal, Glenn f.. Plumb. whose name the
cronosai bears. said today;
WORKERS REsPONSIRLE.
~, IL not TO be forgotten that the
initiative and frankness OF the RAN
u AZ employees ia responsible for the
nouse OF representatives remaining in
..s.Ion and the president having taken
mis- attention from the distant fields
Of European diplomacy to the acute
rAeds Of the American people am
certain that the public. far from be-
Ing risled by the confusion OF these
days into any unfriendliness - the
rsiiroad employees. feel KINDRED
anxiety with theirs and deep sense
~ obligation to the leaders Of these
hrotherhoods who have the courage to
distract the president from his peace
consideration"
Mr.. Plumb has been brought so
prominently before the people of the
I-nfted States by the events of the past
fsw DAYS that some personal facts
about him cannot fail but prove In
taresting. Although Mr. Plumb 10 ac-
cused Of intending to bring about
socialixed state In the United States
~ the naturalization OF all essential
industries. have his assurance for
the abatement that he has never read
Karl Marx or any Socialist literature
~ any kind, nor has ne followed the
cocialistic movement in Europe or
elsewhere.
Mr.. plumb is about so years old He
VAS graduated from Ooer1in college In
Isg1 and later from Harvard law
school. When he was at Harvard he
was the champion wrestler and the
second strongest man.
After he was admitted to the bar
he became a member of the Chicago
law Arm. OF which Merritt Starr was
raad That Arm had an extensive
corporation practice. States Attorney
Hoyne retained Mr.. Plumb in action
4 mich he brought against street rail-
law system. 1t was later that
M. Plumb was employed by the
h railroad brotherhoods to present an
.rrument before the interstate COM
1900 commission. Ever since that
Employment he has been studying the
&. galway situation In the United States
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