Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-08-10
WILL NOT TRY TO
BoLSHEVIK COUNTRY

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 its fight Tor
public ownership of utilities will not
stop until it has reached that point
where graft and privilege cease"
This was the message delivered to-
day by Glenn =. Plumb; speaking as
labor's representative to the house in
terstate commerce committee, which
for three days has been holding hear
ings on tri-partite control of the trans
portation systems 1t was spoken
calmly, after the witness has denied
that the plan was socialistic
Again today Plumb pounded tho
table and denied in terms calculated
he said to brook no repetition of the
charge that the railroad brotherhood3
had attempted by threats or violence
or strikes to force congress to adopt
his plan for control of the railroads
by the public, operating officials and
employees. The denial was made first
In statement from Plumbs office
and signed by the heads of the / 5
brotherhoods and while Plumb was
answering hot fire Of questions from
Representative Dewalt, democrat. of
Pennsylvania, who wanted to know
whore the new idea would stop.
1--WE unite in a definite assertion
that we have no desire and have had
none" said the statement and also
Plumb, who paraphrased ii, "to i'm
press upon the public, by violence, or
by threat. our proposal that the rail-
roads be nationalzed under 'tri-par-
tite' control"
labor would be blind to its own in
terests, Plumb added with emphasis,
If 1t attempted such methods.
Citing the case OF railway execu-
tives who had advanced from the
ranks, Representative Montague asked
Plumb If he had found evidence of
undue repression which would halt
the upward march Of the under man.
He quite agreed that a majority of
the highest paid railways men today
went up from the bottom, but insisted
that they We're not advanced through
vote or voice of employees. but rail-
road autocrats who felt they "were
extortioners of human effort" He
wanted employees to pass on q mans
right to go higher.
Carrying out the same line of
thought, Plumb said in the army there
We're many able officers, but there
would have been a larger number of
good ones had the privates been given
voice in their selection.
Later, Plumb announced informa-
ton would be put before the commit
tee in support of his charge that there
had been systematic Hlundering of the
great railway systems of the country.
Plumb stood his ground while Rep
resentatives Dewalt. Montague of Vir-
gina; Merritt. republican. Connecticut.
and ptharC ngkn1 ulogtiOOS which
| they intfmated were intended to point
out defects in the Plumb plan Rep
resentative Montague plainly wanted
to know If, in buying the railroads the
government would pay for tracks and
lines built out of profits, Plumb said
II would not. Representative Dewillt
inquired If the Plumb plan was lead
ing to socialism. Plumb said it was
not. Representative Merritt wanted
to know IL the plan would be extend
ed to gas plants, trolley lines AMI the
like and Plumb said it would.
Plumb cited the case of the post
office department, "the only great in
dustry politically managed" anc said
its efficiency would be greatly in
creased If the employees had n voice
in its management. "or il 1t were op-
Grated under the democratic orinei-
pies of this bill" It would be absurd,
he declared. to suggest farmers might
come forward with a demand for tr!-
partite control. but If they wanted i
and the public said so. they should
have 1t.
1000 SITOPMEN VOTE
TO RETURN TO WORK
Baltimore, Md, Aug. a.--The 900