Show PLUNDERING OF UP ROADS SYSTEMATIZED EXPLOITATION Om OF LINES BY MORGAN AND ROCKEFELLER IS ALLEGED Sensational Statements ts Made Before House Committee by Attorney for Brotherhoods of the Railway Employees s. s Washington Washington Leading Leading directly from Wall street and from the banking houses controlled directly by the Morgan Morgan Morgan Mor Mor- gan and Rockefeller groups Information information tion has come Into the possession posses posses- sloe sion of the railroad brotherhoods bi shows that there has lies preceded a systematized systematized plundering of virtually all of the public transportation highways In the United States the house Interstate interstate inter later state commerce committee was told by Glen E. E Plumb of Chicago There sva was was' no co connection between the presentation of the Plumb plan to congress an nail and l labor disturbances and demands for higher wages Plumb said replying to a question by Chairman The fact that both broke together PLUmb added was due to your invitation tation to appear at this time Other Otherwise vise wise our plan would have ha been presented presented presented pre pre- in the fall Definite information on which his charges were vei based Mr Plumb said would be turned over to the committee commit tee upon which it may ask for a full congressional investigation w We believe such an investigation nV lie he continued will reveal re that there theres Is s not one railroad system dominating any part of the miles of railroads railroads railroads rail rail- roads in Inthe the the United States but has suffered suffered suffered suf suf- and Is suffering In a degree e if not to the same extent from carefully deliberated manipulations of the sort that have wrecked and ruined the railroads railroads rail rall- roads I have haye mentioned It will reveal that these interests are again gatherIng gathering gather gather- ing lag their forces of private ate and secret control and seek after having gained from congress a sanction to rehabilitate rehabilitate rehabilitate tate their railroad properties at public expense to begin again and follow through Its corrupt and wicked cycle c the systematized plundering and lootIng lootIng looting loot loot- ing of the public nubile and the public In Interest interest in- in terest in the nations nation's In In view of the gravity of this situation situation situ situ- atlon and in order that w we may have havethe havethe havethe the benefit of their counsel on behalf of the public in presenting our statement statement statement state state- ment to congress and to the American people the fourteen affiliated railway labor organizations are summoning to toI Washington a national c conference ce on I railroad control |