The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1920-01-15
PLUMB PLAN DEAD, ABANDoN'
ED BY ALL EXCEPT RADICALS
Burial May be Postponed. but Railroad
Brotherhoods VIII Have Nothing to
DO With IL.

through with the Plumb plan
For a time the Plumb Plan League
will continue in existence and send out
literature. and Glenn +. Plumb will be I
available for lecture dates, but what
ever hope there may have been that
the Plumb plan or anything Ike X "ili
! become law has been abandoned By an
except the extremists.
/ The difficulty with the Plumb plan Is
that it has not appealed even TO the
railroad men for whose benefit II "as
devised. To date none Of the brother
hoods has submitted it to an Official
vote Of is members. Unofiicially, the
membership has been canvassed with
requests TO become members OF the
Plumb Plan League and send in their
contributions.
The initial response was not such as
N encourage formal referendum
vote More recently these individual
contributions have fallen off and the
leguea's activities have been cireuhl-
scribed in consequence.
For time, however, the Legislative
representatives of the railroad unions
. on duty here will say good word for
! the plan whenever il seems advisable
to do so, and when doing so viii not
A interfere with more important mat
, ters. such as the anti-strike legisia-
: tion contemplated by the Cummins
5 Railroad Bill.
- Center on Railroad Bill
The conference committee when
4. will try and make a bill out OF tne
House and Senate measures that wlii
be acceptable 70 both Houses VIII DC
the immediate object Of the attentions
,e of these representatives of the unions.
o Following up the programme decided
A. upon at yesterdays conference, all the
= arguments of the unions will be deyot-
N ed TO showing that anything sayoring
ID Of COMPULSORY arbitration will serve 10
make. rather thar prevent, trouble.
a. Discussing this point today, one rep
IA resentative Of the railroad upions'
in whose name appears on much OF the
% plnp,b plan literature, asserted that
o. blunders had been made on both SIDES
bt and that from now on all energies
he should be devoted to working out a
r. measure that will stand the test o.
n use.
"To be entirely frank" said TIN.
Is. Leader, .'those who let loose a lot O
r. strike talk erred. They made th'
m same mistake those who talk compul
he sorry arbitration and Jail for those wh'
is strike are making. You can't Tel
Is people they must work any more thar
ed we can get results by making threat
or the sane majority know cannot b
cal made good. So Duch for that.
ye- "It is a mistake also to think .
,rv compulsory arbitration as panaca
nv for strikes. 1t has been tried on
large scale. 1t has failed. 1t wa
es- hailed as the great idea when II mrs
mn came out Of the Antipodes. Since II
ote adoption there they have had IN
uld worst strikes in their history.
ide Willing to Forego Management
,er eThe Plumb plan agitation was
Use mistake. Nominally have been fc
,ws the plan. Actually il has ney'
zad appealed 10 the railroad men. Why
ere Because they are practical men
Of takes a practical man to run loc'
to- motive or a train or a switching var
lue- What our people are interested In
her the contents Of the pay enyeiop
Give them fair break there, and tbs
ing are willing TO let somebody else ha'
ons the worries and the rewards Of owne
cts: ship and management
IA a what we have got 70 do Is to Z
lino nd work out the best bill possio
how Such a bin will not contain anti-stri
clauses. It will, however, at leaste
o.'s none II will, contain provisions
CONS machinery that will make easier {
Ear- adjustment Of any matters that m
IN become the subject Of disputes
Ygs Next to killing the anti-strik7 e.au
|af the senate bin. the railroad work'
A. are most interested in seeing that
ar bin which IS finally reported cot
"a +. conference ri % rot make Fl 800 .l.al
-- fa- tfa roads. 6ada theg are h1eE
privHte hands. 20 seclHe a tF"
-.t revision ~ rates. Tho reason for q
tre rE.a
e g Disposed ~ q