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Transport Company MUCH has been said regard which Provides Beds ing the difficulties experi and Meals . . . enced by drivers in obtaining
accommodation and refreshment. In this connection, the London Brick Co., Ltd., .has, at its Stewartly and Calvert depots, made arrangemtnts to provide hot meals at the canteen's and beds for those men who cannot conveniently reach their homes. This is a practice which -blight well be instituted by many other concerns. It would do a great deal to relieve a difficult position and to assist in obviating any feeling amongst the men that their interests were being neglected.
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ing Assists the War (-X tiser, Mr. C. W. Brett, Effort • managing director of Barirnar, Ltd., has kindly put his spoke into the wheel of those who suggest that Press advertising should be abandoned _during the war. He thinks that this policy is wrong-headed and, taking the long view, suicidal. His experience is that the Press as an advertising medium stands without rival, notably to-day, when other forms of publicity have practically ceased; disappearance from the columns of the Press means post-war loss of business, restricted employment and then a hard and long strnggle to become re-established in public favour. These considerations„ concern specialist services as much as they do those of manufacturers. In many cases executives and senior members of buying staffs are serving in Government positions or with the Forces, and their deputies are often unacquainted with recognized services and sources of supply, whilst many trade directories. are no longer available or are out of date. Government Departments themselves benefit corisiderably from the knowledge they obtain from the Press, so that even restricted advertising has its value in expediting the war effort.
Berlin Gestapo Wel!UST before the Editor of this comes the Editor of Jjournal proceeded to Berlin this Journal in February, 1939,. to attend the international motor show which was being held there, a Member of Parliament telephoned to him saying that he had heard of the intending visit and could put him into touch with people who might be able to help him. The offer was declined because the Editor knew exactly what he wanted and had paid many visits previously. However, upon arriving at the Hotel Kaiserhof, he was called to the telephone and politely asked if anything could be done to facilitate his visit in any manner, the person concerned giving his name and telephone number; the remark was also made that the Member of Parliament to whom we have referred had ' suggested this courtesy, which, however, was refused with thanks. Being extremely curious regard-ing the matter, the Editor made inquiries as to the business of this would-be help, and, to his astonishment, found that he was an important official of the Berlin Gestapo! Post-war Trade Feelers NALICH has been said regardBetween Britain and 1." ing the attitude of Spain Spain towards the United Nations, but, apparently, many Spaniards have decided views as tOs which side will achieve victory, because some are 'already endeavouring to make preliminary contacts with British vehicle manufacturers in order to promote post-war trade between Britain and Spain.
Has Road Transport A JOURNAL dealing with Proved Itself to be roads recently stated that Unworthy ? theGovemment had been forced to start a road-haulage organization of its own to counteract the "ineptitude of the road-carrying industry," for which position, it added, however, the Government is to blime. It is not our view that. the Government Haulage Scheme was started for this reason, and we believe that the officials concerned will CODCUP in this. The real object was to have immediately to hand a nucleus fleet which could deal mainly with the transport of war material, and, at the same time, to possess a
trade organization which would cover other important but less urgent needs. Both fields are being managed by people from this so-called inept road-transport industry. The journal also somewhat unfairly states that the only unity of action in the industry is in its clamour for ever higher reward for services rendered.
Tillings and Fougasse MO doubt many of our Help Towards Child" readers will have seen the ren's Safety . . . . series of Fougasse coloured drawings issued by the Tilling group of companies to promote safety and to assist , the war effort. In their latest form, these drawings have been embodied in a painting book, each sketch being shown both coloured and plain, so that children can get busy with their paint-boxes and, at the same time, absorb the wise teaching which should do so much to preserve them from road accidents. Fougasse and Thomas Tilling, Ltd., have arranged to divide the profits from its sale (at Is., from the publicity department of Tilling's Association, 105, Park Street, London, W.1) between the Honourable Company of -Master Mariners and the Merchant Navy Comforts Service.