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I I I . ~ THE JOURNAL OF ~ - . tt't\\lCAL WOR/{£' ~~ AND OPERATORS 113 OFFI~IAL PUBLICATION INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS ,Ju~rrJct Uj\JtfY Irl;rr ZI1JHfY ..., 1 '" ..', : A . :.,' '",; .#- '-~ .\~ ',"".- F== ""#,"., ......:". .,:,,-, - ';14.::' "J •• P== ~,~:~.. I,.!:, '== II VOL-r';'\ II :;," ',:.::. IIJ.\NPtfl! II : ', .... tu:;f :u: ..;~ fS>: ~!? .- // 1\'" ~:C? ~:- """. II ~\!. y,,\m II II OHt-l ij July, 1919 111 ;l;\J'J}( WJ II 1I1Art.AOY N II 1:!:) J:s>oJ'lII AFFILIATED WITH THE II J';JO;I:ig ~ AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR IN ALL ITS DEPARTMENTS III :W!:rt(£i!:j'J II II El!!..!. II DEVOTED TO THE CAUSE OF ( ORGANIZED LABOR ( ') I II -r t:5 LA II II HMU;: 01'111 t!:) U ~\·r Jo~J II .11 II 302~ I " :!Itp~t!itn t t WOOD BORING TOOLS aII-.i~lIdl"I-I!I'SI-1ii5.~ !i!iiiilr~Q.INMI•• EACK BIT STAMPED W'XTH THE UNION LABEL "\V. A. Ives ::\1 fg. Co.. "\Vallingford. (·nnn. Gentlem .. n: Your communication of June 5 rc("ein'd. and read at Our last meeting. If Wa"l found that everyone present wa-; using your Mephisto elec trician's "11-16" llit. 'l'he dealers here stock only the small sizes. I am going to inform htt'llI of the action taken at our meE'ting and request them to lay in some of the larger sizes. I have neyer seen a bit that could compare with your NO.9. Thanking you for your interest in organiz~d labor. I remain, Yours resp"ctfully, KEX~ETiH D. CARROl.!', See·Y-Treas. L. U. No. 840. THE W. A. IVES MFG. CO .. (Elltabllllhed 1830 I WalUngford. Connecticut. Blake Insulatad Staples BLAKE "3 It(5 Signal & IIfg. Ca. 4 Size. 251 CaUlewa:r St. BOSTON I-I MASS. Pat. No... 1900. ILAIf TUBE FLUX Pat. Jal:r 1906 TT Convenient to carry and to use. Will not collect dust and dirt nor get on tools in kit. Yon can get the solder Ing flux just where :ron want it and in jnat the desired Quantit:r. Named shoes are frequently made in non-union factories DO NOT BUY ANY SHOE No matter what its name, unless it bears a plain and readable impression of the UNION STAMP All shoes without the UNION STAMP are always Non-Union Do not accept any excuse for absence of the UNION STAMP BOOT AND SHOE WORKERS' UNION 246 Summer Street. Boston. Mas8. Collis Lovely, General Pres.' Charles L. Baine, General Sec.-Treas. When writing mention The Journal of Electrical Workers and Operato .... " The Journal of Electrical Workers and Operators OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Affiliated with the American Federation of Labor and all Its Departments. OWNED AND PUBLISHED BY THE INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS CHAS. P. FORD, International Secretary, GENERAL OFFICES: REISCH BUILDING SPRINGFIELD, ILL. This Journal will not be held responsible for views expressed by correspondenta. The tenth of each month is the closing date; all copy must be in our hands on or befON INDEX. PAGE. Adopt the Plumb Plan ........... 611 Around the Circuit ................................... 620 Correspondence ..................................... 629 Editorial .......................................•..... 621, 623 Executive Officers..................................... 619 In Memoriam ......................................... 615, 617 Free Speeches on Trial in Western Pennsylvania. .. 612 Local Union DirQqtory ............................... 651, 664 Local Union Official Receipts ................ •••••••••• 624, 626 o Local Union Missing Receipts......................... 626 Local Union Void Receipts ........................... 627 Notices .............................................. 619, 620 llf JOU8IAL OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS AND OPERATORS OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS Entered at Springfield, Ill., as Second Clul!I matter "accepted tor ma1l1ng at special rate e« postage provided for in Section 1103, Act ot Oct. 3, 1917, authorized on .July 2, 1918." Siat/Ie Copia, 10 ee.... VOL. XVIII, No. 12 SPRINGFIELD, ILL., JULY, 1919. 25. per Year. in ad_ To Secure Public Ownership and Demo cratic Operation of the Railways of the United States Adopt the Plumb Plan By Chas. McKeller. LABOR SOLVES THE RAILROAD teen labor organizations are vice-presi PROBLEM. dents of the League. Glenn E. Plumb, by whom the detailed Issues in the railroad problem are be plan was developed, is general counsel coming concrete through organization of the organized railway employees. of varioua bodies destined to get before The Plumb Plan proposes public own· the people of the country the views and ership of all railroads, control being beliefs of their memberships. The Na vested in a board of fifteen directors, tion will soon be fiooded with publicity five named by the President of the United devoted to the railroad question; every States to represent the public; five man in the country is vitally interested elected by the operating officers; five in its solution, and will be put to it to elected by the classified employees. Such determine what method-what action an arrangement must not be confused will make for the greatest good. with government operation. It is oper The labor element of the Nation will ation by a board in which those having have the advantage of knowing that al the responsibility have also the authority. ready there has developed a proposal for It is superior to government o]leration future action-a clear, detailed, inclusive because it prevents control by an ineffi plan-which has the down-right support cient bureaucracy; and is more demo of the two million organized railroad em· cratic, since it gives the men engaged ployees of America with whom the ex· in the industry a voice in its manage ecutive committee of the American Fed· ment. eration of Labor has been instructed to The roads will be purchased by issuing cooperate. government bonds with which to pay for The Plumb Plan for public ownership the legitimate private interests in the and democracy in operation of the rail railroad industry. The value of these road is the plan of labor, produced, en legitimate private interests is to be de dorsed and sponsored by labor. for the termined by the courts. It is a judicial best interests of the country at large. question, and is to be answered only Samuel Gompers, President of the Amer after an examination of the charters of ican Federation of Labor, is honorary the existing companies, the laws under president of the Plumb Plan League, or which they are created, and the mr.tnner ganized to get the Plumb Plan before in which the company has lived up to the public; A. B. Garretson, ex-President its charter and these laws. Through this of the Order of Railway Conductors, is me.thod the public will not be required honorary vice·president; Warren S. Stone to pay for watered stock. The public Grand Chief of the Brotherhood of Loco probably will pay less than two· thirds motive Engineers. is its president; inter of what the railroads claim as their national and national presidents of four- value. 612 THE JOURNAL OF ELECTRICAL Money to purchase the lines can be five members. In case of failure to reach obtained at 4 per cent, whereas the pub an adjustment, the case is appealed to lic is now charged rates to guarantee the directors. the roads 6% per cent on their money. The Plumb Plan League has headquar The saving on the present capital ac ters in the Munsey building, Washing count of the railroads would be about ton, D. C. $400,000,000; and on an honest valuation -------- would be nearly twice this sum. The FREE SPEECH IS ON TRIAL IN WEST· Plumb Plan provides for a sinking fund ERN PENNSYLVANIA. and every year one of the fixed charges would be one per cent of the outstand By W. Z. Foster. ing indebtedness, to be used in retiring On July 7th five organizers of the the bonds. American Federation of Labor w ere After operating expenses are paid, and haled before the bar of "justice" in Brad fixed charges are met, including the in dock, Pennsylvania. These men are terest on outstanding government securi called upon to answer the charge of try ties the surplus is divided equally be ing to inform the citizens of that suburb tween the government and the men. The of the program the American Federation sum falling to the employes is to be of Labor has for organizing the iron and divided between the managerial and steel workers, the offenses having been classified employes, the former receiving committed the day previous. Be it double the rate received by the latter known that for more than seven months class. This is not a profit, since the efforts have been made to secure a per corporation has no capital. What the mit to hold meetings in halls. These men receive is a dividend on efficiency efforts being ineffective, a street meet and on new business. This gives those ing was undertaken. All who partici who increase production a share of the pated therein were immediately arrested. results their increased effort has pro Appearing before "the court", it was duced; and this share is theirs for as learned that Burgess Callahan was out long as they are actually in the service of the city. L. F. Holtzman, President and is not forfeitable. of the City Council, therefore, found him The operating officials receive a larger self under the necessity of handling the rate of dividends because it serves as a case. He did not relish the position he greater stimulus to the group with the was placed in. In explanation be de most responsibility. And since the oper livered himself as follows: ating officials would lose dividends if "Burgess Callahan is out of the city.