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LORDS WILL BACK ELECTORATE THE Upper House, said Lord Mancroft,

6th June 1947, Page 28
6th June 1947
Page 28
Page 28, 6th June 1947 — LORDS WILL BACK ELECTORATE THE Upper House, said Lord Mancroft,
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M.B.E., in replying to a toast by Mr. Cyril M. Cohen, always revised and scrutinized Bills of the Lower House, but, as a matter of principle, would not go contra to the will of the people as expressed in Parliamentary elections.

The occasion was the annual dinner of the Traders' Road Transport Association, when the opportunity was taken by members to celebrate their reprieve from nationalization.

Mr. Cohen had said that C-licensees still had their forebodings. It was quite true that they were free to operate their own vehicles, but in the past they had been accustomed to make extensive use of hauliers to take care of their peak loads, They were afraid that the facilities that would be offered to them in the future would not be so good as in the past.

Col. Arthur Jerrett, president of the T.18..T.A., disclaimed, on behalf of the Association, the credit for persuading the Government to drop C-licensees from the Bill. It was his opinion that this was brought about by the united voices of both trade and industry, and he added a compliment to the Minister of Transport for his courage and common sense in taking the step he did.

Mr. H. C. Crane, treasurer to the T.R.T.A., expected that when Viscount Portal, D.S.O., left the Great Western Railway Co. he would probably take as important a role in industry.

Viscount Portal said that it was unfair to ask industry to increase production with the threat of nationalization hanging over its head.


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