Haulier's Tribute to Dr. Beeching
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SPEAKING at the annual dinner of the Colchester sub-area of the Road Haulage Association, the chairman of the Eastern Area, Mr. R. B, Brittain, Essex Carriers Ltd., South Benfleet, said: "1 should like to take this opportunity of paying a tribute to Dr. Beeching, although this may seem surprising com
ing from a haulier. For some three years or so a group of people calling themselves the Road and Rail Association have been spearheading a fullblooded campaign in the Preis with the idea of abolishing, the heavy goods vehicle and its driver and, no doubt, their employer in order that the traffic may be transferred to the railways.
"It has now been revealed that the Road and Rail Association, in spite of its frequent claim to be impartial, has, in fact, been receiving a substantial subsidy from the British Transport Commission. Dr. Beeching deserves every tribute for making it clear that he will
have none of it, and that, in future, when the railways wish to make their case to the public, they will do so openly just as the hauliers do."