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R.H.A. CHALLENGE TO T.U.C.
AN important booklet, "The Challenge of To-morrow's Transport," has been issued by the Road Haulage Association as an effective reply to the T.U.C. Report on Transport. It comes at a vital time in the industry's history, and copies may be obtained, free, from the Association at Roadway House, 146, New Bond Street, London, VV.I.
Apart from being full of informative matter and cogent arguments, it is exceptionally clearly printed on art paper. The T.U.C. proposals, which may be expected to form the basis of any Government Bill, are analysed with precision in trenchant and non-technical language, and the many. mis-statements which the T.U.C. Report contains are laid bare. It vindicates the right of the " C " licensee to operate free of restriction, and points out that the nationalizers intend, sooner or later, to abolish or seriously curtail this right.
The book does not complacently regard the existing transport system as perfect. It envisages the full co-operation and co-ordination of all forms of transport, beginning with road and rail interests, and it commends the proposals contained in the Road-Rail memorandum of July last as a practical basis for this.
GOVERNMENT'S " HITLERIAN " TECHNIQUE MAT the small operator would not 1 come within the scope of nationalizadon, or that, if he did, he would be able to live on the compensation paid him for loss of business, was effectively countered by Mr. F. F. Fowler at a recent meeting of the R.H.A.'s Metropolitan Area Western . Sub-area. Mr. Fowler said that the belief that State central would not apply to the small contractor was unfounded. Any compensation he might receive would possibly amount to only 10s. a week.
The Government, he continued, was adopting the technique of Hitler. At present it talked of absorbing only the long-distance operator, giving the impression that its "territorial ambi
tions" would be satisfied. Actually, it would go from strength to strength until not only would every small haulier be
taken over, but also the C-licensee. • 9,500 PEOPLE SEE R.H.A. FILM
A TOTAL of 9,500 people saw the I-1 Road Haulage Association's film,
A .Matter of Opinion," at the "Carry On, Road Transport" exhibition held recently in London. About 77 per cent. of all visitors signed the antinationalization petition.
During the last few days of the exhibition, queues waited to see the film.
R.E.M.E. PERSONNEL VISIT CHAMPION FACTORY
AT the request of the War Office, regular parties of R.E.M.E. personnel have been visiting the factory of the Champion Sparking Plug Co., Ltd., Feltham, to see the processes of manufacture and gain instruction on the servicing of sparking plugs. Special instructors ate detailed to conduct the trainees through the works, and educational lectures, accompanied by sound films, deal with the ignition systems.
The company has received an expression of high appreciation from the officer in charge of the Vehicle Group Workshops.
INDUSTRIAL TRANSPORT ASSOCIATION PROGRAMMES
THE London and Birmingham branches of the Industrial Transport Association have organized a full programme of meetings for 1946-47, and information concerning them can be obtained from the respective honorary secretaries: Mr. A. W. Ferguson, 12, Hyde Park Avenue, Winchmore Hill, N.21, and Mr. G. L. Eades, 27, Mayfield Road, Wylde Green, Sutton Coldfield.
SERVICING LOCKHEED BRAKES
A MANUAL dealing with the ser
vicing of Lockheed hydraulic brakes has recently been issued by the Automotive Products Co., Ltd., Tachbrook Road, Leamington Spa. Well written and clearly illustrated, this publication should prove invaluable in the repair and maintenance shop.