Show PLAN LEAGUE LEAGUES S DOING BUSINESS ON BIG SCALE S Now Has Members and Proposes Big Educational Educational Edu Edu- Drive fl Br Y GEORGI n. n A WATERS VATERS Newspaper Xe Enterprise Association Staff Correspondent W WASHINGTON Oct 23 Te Plumb Plan Pan league eague h has s not beeh been put out of ot existence by the passage of the Esch- Esch Cummins bill returning the railroads to private control On tho the contrary contrary- The league eague has settled down downto to an effort to educate the country and congress congress congress con con- gress to Its program for government ownership and democratic control of railways To carry carryon on its work of putting the Plumb plan over the league now has hasa a potential income of a year ear It has members and each of them pays 2 a year The Tho league occupies the occupIes the entire fourth floor of the Machinists Machinists' building building- in Washington seventeen rooms in all PLUMB GETS TS The highest salaried person in tho organization is Glenn Plumb originator tor o of the plan who gets a year His 1 chief function is to make mako speeches on the plan throughout the country Edward EdwQrd Keating league manager manager manager man man- ager and former congressman from Colorado gets The Plumb plan was originated by Glenn Plumb Chicago attorney for nu numerous numerous numerous nu- nu railroad labor organizations About a year ago it opened an office here and put Plumb in charge In addition to Plumb the field staff includes five tive other paid lecturers besides besides be be- sides numerous men over the country who are not paid regular salaries but accept assignments to make speeches f and receive ce pay and d expenses p for do do- hi tog ing so The e league has between sO fifty fl f and sixty Many of ot these help publish the weekly newspaper LaborThe Labor The Plumb Plan teague league it Itself se It by name Isn't taking part part in in this cam cam- But it has a sister organization Known as the nations national campaign com corn also organized by the sixteen railroad organizations with Keating as chairman that is taking an active part in it VA ON SOLONS All congressmen congressmen and nd senators who voted for the Esch Esch-Cummins railroad bill are are the tho center of its attacks KeatIng KeatIng Keat Keat- ing says around forty or fifty congressmen congressmen congressmen con con- gressmen who voted for tor it were beaten in the primaries and that as many more will fall tall by the tho wayside in the November election The campaign committee says KeatIng Keating Keat Keat- ing Is against Senator Harding but it hasn't indorsed any anyone one presidential candidate The Tho Labor Farmer candidate candidate candi candi- date Parley Christensen who Is for the tho plan squares more nearly with the views bf f the tho committee e than any other but t he I he e hasn't sr been 1 Indorsed indorsed- S d dwell well the reason is the railroad boys bos are practical politicians and want to win They haven't Indorsed Cox because he ho hasn't yet indicated his mind runs along with the tho committees on ort how the railroads should bo be run |