Peace makers
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It is a great pity that Mr Farmer could never be persuaded to stand for leading office in the RHA although he has willingly given much of his time to its work. He has been a great moderating influence.
I tried more than 20 years ago to induce him to take office. At that time most free-enterprise hauliers, as they liked to think of themselves while they hogged their A and B-licence chains, were bitterly opposed to the nationalised transport system.
One who was not was the late John Barber, a young master mariner turned haulier and gentlemen withal. He was managing director of Victory Transport Ltd at Rownhams, Southampton, where peacocks displayed on the lawn outside the gracious manor house that was his home as well as the company's office, Mr Barber believed that the State-owned undertaking was a stabilising influence in road haulage and he resigned as vice-chairman because he could
not reconcile his convictions with the Association's hostility. CM backed him and time has proved that he and this journal were right.