Nationalization Going Too Fast
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UNFORTUNATELY for originalpermit holders, the process of ationalization appears to have been scelerated without due regard to the eeds of trade and industry and the mended rearmament programme," Lys the annual report for 1950-51 of le Road Haulage Association.
It had been found possible to obtain lleviation in certain instances, but, says Le report, "it remains the view of the ssociation that the R.H.E. was un.scessarily restrictive towards many 3plications for original permits."
Reports received from different parts f the country indicated that many riginal-permit holders had secured a ew lease of life on traffic which was irried only slightly beyond a 25-mile Aim. Under substituted permits these perators could continue to handle this affic for the next three years.
Referring to interworking, the report Lys that many areas have prepared, or .e preparing, directories of members, tting out the services still available. lost of the functional groups are orking along similar lines.
Liaison with the British Transport ommission had not always achieved the desired results, but had provided a Usefut forum for the discussion of members' difficulties. Among the matters discussed during the year were marginal cases concerning original permits, encroachment by the Road Haulage Executive into the short-distance field and excluded traffics, and the question of maintaining normal commercial practice with regard to the sub-contracting of traffics between the Commission and independent hauliers.
Expressing disappointment that the speed limit for heavy goods vehicles had not been raised to 30 m.p.h., the report says the Association will continue to press for this reform.
The licensing committee believes that the road-rail negotiating machinery can still be of real service to hauliers.
Proposals to prevent the alleged abuse of farmers' C licences are being considered by the Association and the National Farmers' Union.
The report refers to the reluctance of some groups to apply for membership of the National Traffic Co-ordination G rou p and to the disappointing response of hauliers to the Association's grouping plans.