Word: plumb
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...There is no hope for the railroads at the present time," declared Mr. Glenn Plumb, when interviewed by a CRIMSON reporter recently. Mr. Plumb is well known as an expert on railroad and industrial problems, particularly with regard to the relations between capital and labor...
...practice of borrowing on uncertain future earnings," he went on, "combined with the financial strain of the Great War, has driven the railroads into bankruptcy". Mr. Plumb then demonstrated that the railroads are a mirror of the condition of industry in general at the present time...
...Plumb went on to discuss a plan for the reorganization of industry, on the lines of profit-sharing, and equal control by capital and labor. "Remember that the railroads are only a part of a great industrial system. What must be reformed in the railroads must also be reformed in the rest of our industry. The whole system needs drastic reorganization, politically, socially, and economically...
...Problem of Industrial Democracy" was the subject chosen by Mr. Glenn Plumb, the famous industrial economist, in his speech at the Student Liberal Club on Saturday. Mr. Plumb has made a lifelong study of industrial conditions in the United States, and has become an authority on the subject. The main foundation of his remarks was that there can be no political democracy without industrial democracy, for the two are by nature inseparable...
...Glenn Plumb, the railroad expert, will speak to the Student Liberal Club today at luncheon at 1 o'clock on the present railroad situation in the United States, Having been an authority on railroad conditions, particularly in regard to the relations of capital and labor for many years, he is eminently qualified to speak on this subject. The luncheon will be open to members and associate members of the Liberal Club...