Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-08-11
CALL CONFERENCE
ON PLUMB PLAN
Session Will BE Held in
Washington on
October 8.
THREE COMMITTEES NAMED
Technical and Engineering Ex-
perts to Examine Schemes
Now on File.
tRy Universal ssn.ic.A

WASHINGTON, August lo.-A ma
tional conference on October s. for con-
sideration of the problems surround
ing the characterization of the rail-
ROADS was announced today by the
men invited here by representatives
OF the railroad brotherhoods and other
labor elements who stand behind the
Plumb plan for the naturalization of
the eountry,s transportation systems.
STA ine teToeni a1notrncement tnace was made in a
Justice ~ Of the Supreme Court OF North
carolina: who acted as chairman of
the prelim mary conference
what the national conference will
seek is a solution Of the railroad prob
lem through the adoption OF plan
hands of the government. afford fs IN transe rne
portation at cost and give 10 labor a
snare IN the management and the prof
r does not necessarily seek the adop
ton OF the Plumb plan. but the state.
mTent issued from the preliminary CON
the salient features of that plan
Committees to Invc.tiEnte.
Meantime the preliminary conference
VIII proceed in orderly manner.
lines: a'o"s the i0iio"ins
|. a committee of technical and en-
proposals n embodied ep0ff n tbe upon sGver,l lhe
plans now before Congress and per
tanning to the railroad problem This
basis OF the plan which stands ,the
highest test with regard 10 economy
! 2: The second committee Will be com
posed of legal authorities to repor,
upon the various legal and constitu-
tlonal questions involved.
3. The third committee will be com
posed OF economic and financial ey-
perls. who Will report upon the sound
ness or the various plans from a imam
To Awaken Interest.
The call for a national conference,
however, does not mean that the ad-
yoeates ot the Plumb plan will hold
final plan is decided upon by the men
who viii gather here in October.
au,bos nsr Of Pi1n ,b sal said Gisnn sinn Plumb
day and its cali for the national con-
ference. lis TO awaken public interest
and free discussion SO that the best
plan available may be adopted by the
public These men who met today. are
are publc-spirited citizens, who are
going to help us in procuring a free
ton
A dispatch tonisht from Atlanta
said that after an al-day session, dur
ing which appeals were made TO them
strikers to return to work. members
Of the Atlanta Distric; Council. Fed
Grated Railway Shopmen. announced
they had reached a decision to con-
tinue the strike here until the original
demands were met. The executive
committee adopted a resolution call
ing a convention here a. once, to which
all lacals in the Southeast were re-
quested to send representatives.
The action Of the executive commit
tee was taken despite appeals made
by grand lodge officers of the Inter
national Brotherhood OF Electrical
Workers and the International Ma
chintsts' Association, who addressed
the committee.
The union electricians today re-
turned to work al the union depot and
ioint terminal station. The stations
have been lighted by Kerosene lamps
and candles for the past six days
owing TO the electricians strike.
Conditions throughout the Southeast
were unchanged from saturday. ac-
cording to reports received tonight.