No Discrimination in Transport
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THE policy to be followed by Governments in the co-ordination of transport and the need for avoiding discrimination by means of subsidies or taxation will be discussed at the international congress of the International Chamber of Commerce, at Lisbon, next week.
Representatives of users and operators of transport will deal with the improvement of techniques in the transport of perishable foodstuffs, international container traffic, the economic importance of transport, etc.
Forty-eight British representatives will be present among Over 700 businessmen from 30 countries. Among delegates from Britain will be Mr. L. G. Burleigh, transport officer, Imperial Chemical Industries, Ltd.; Mr. H. C. Crane, transport manager, I. Lyons and Co., Ltd.; Mr. W. Latham, 0.B.E., district manager, Road Haulage Executive; Mr. A. G. Marsden, C.B.E., transport adviser, Lever Brothers and Unilever, Ltd.; Mr. A. F. J. Wills, vice'chairman, Bristol Industries, Ltd., and Col. W. Wordie, 0.B.E., chairman, Wordie.and,Co.-(Ulger), Ltd.