ASLEF's then General Secretary, Albert E. Fox, claimed that the 1911 victory showed there was no need to amalgamate with the ASRS and that Federation should be restored. Fox drafted a new federation scheme, but in October 1911, the ASRS rejected ""the further extension of sectionalism contained therein"" and expressed the opinion that the success of the national strike indicated ""that one railway union will prove to be most beneficial for all railwaymen"". In 1913, the ASRS, GRWU and UPSS duly merged to form the National Union of Railwaymen. ASLEF stayed out of the new industrial union and held to the slogan ""organise your trade, federate your industry"" coined by Fox.