Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-08-11
CALL CONFERENCE
ON PLUMB PLAN
Session Will BE Held in
Washington on
October g.
THREE COMMITTEES NAMED
Technical and Engineering Ex-
pcrts to Examine Schemes
Now on File.
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WASHINGTON. August lo.-A ma
tional conference on October 6 for con
sideration OF the problems surround
ing the characterization OF the rail-
roads was announced today by the
men invited here by representatives
Oh the railroad brotherhoods and other
labor elements who stand behind the
i!umb plan for the naturalization of
the country's transportation systems
a.. me announcement was made, in a
Jus,,nn JJ,siement mt from Waller Clark. Chief
G,haroIina; VINO acted as chairman of
'hS pr, PPae,iim,hinary min conference;
seek is a solution OF the railroad proh.
lem through the adoption OF a nlan
M.nGn MMniGn VII place the railroads in the
portation at cost and give to labor a
snare IN the management and the prof-
is daai arising from increased efficiency.
tion or the Plumb plan. but the state
TTnen. ISSUED from the preliminary con-
,srence ,s today dwells favorabiy on all
the sailent features of that plan.
Committees to InvestiEntc.
Meantime the preliminary conference
VIII proceed in an orderly manner.
Ihree main committees Will be named
lines" '"VeS''sa'e aions the following
J. a committee OF technical and en-
6IneerinS experts TO report upon the
plans now before Congress and per-
tanning TO the railroad problem. This
Gho,nm'ttee VIII make its report on the
highest test with regard TO eeonomv
and efficiency
?. The second committee will be com
posed OF legal authorities to report
upon the various legal and cons!ituS
tional questions involved.
The third committee will be com
posed OF economic and financial ex-
perts, who will report upon the sound :
ness OF the various plans from a imam
cial standpoint.
To Awaken interest.
The call for national conference.
however, does not mean that the ad !.
vocates of tho Plumb plan will hold
their activities in allegiance until n
who will gather here in October.
Their plan" said Glenn F.. Plumb.
author OF the plan which bears his
day and its call for the national con-
ference. is to awaken public interest
In this situation They wan; an open
plan available may he adopted by the
nuhiic These men who met today are
are public spirited citizens. who are
going to help US in procuring free
and open discussion OF the entire ques.
ton"
A dispatch tonisht from Atlanta
said that after an all-day session, dur
inE which appeals were made to them
ny grand iodSe ofncerS 10 order all
strikers 10 return TO work. member s
Of the Atlanta District 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 convention here a, once. to which
all Meals in the Southeast were re-
qucsted 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
chinists' Association, who addressed
the committee.
The union electricians today re-
turned to work at the union depot and
Joint 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