And all the big auto companies came forth with "voluntary" plans on cue, when the ministry told them to.

"If school districts lose these voluntary plans, then the aspirations and the relevance of Brown to the 21st century is over."

A few weeks ago, the auto industry announced a voluntary plan to deal with some of these design problems.

He was intrigued with the idea of a voluntary plan that would have allowed workers to make their own investments.

But health care experts said it was highly unlikely that so many people would participate in a voluntary plan.

About 200 to 400 people are in the voluntary plan, he said.

But the panel recommended a stay of further litigation until a voluntary plan could be drawn up and put into effect.

But even there, the voluntary plan would take 12 years to implement.

I refer in particular to the concept of voluntary plan and to the provisions affecting third countries.

The president responded by saying, "I think it ought to be a voluntary plan."