SDP aid to transport?
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THE UNFORMED policies of ft new Social Democratic Par may have something to offer ti road haulage industry, Roe Haulage Association nation chairman Ken Rogers suggest( this week.
Speaking at Willerby, on Hur berside, he appealed to form, Transport Secretary Bill Badge to remember his years of expe ience with the'haulage industr and help mould a policy to tt liking of hauliers.
"Let us hope that the ne party will not propose again treat our industry as an Au Sally. We want to look towards real future in which we can t left alone to get on with our jc with the reasonable expectan( of making a profit," He rejected the prospect further nationalisation of the i dustry, as proposed by tt Labour Party, and alluded to nationalised undertaking beir beset by permits, tariffication consultative councils, boai level participation, bureaucrac and red tape.
An RHA spokesman told C this week that some of the tra pings of industrial democracy large enterprises are inappr priate to the small companil which dominate haulage. "Fe have a board as such, and 11 quality of the industry depen( on fast thinking so much th lengthy consultative procedun would hold up commercial dec sions," he stated.
Mr Rogers added: "What mo of us would say we want, is fr4 enterprise competition, the d veloping world of the entrepr neur, the open road with no i terference."
But Mr Rogers went on to Si that the pre-1968 A, B, and licensing system had been r placed but not satisfactoril "I'm certain that the 2,000-o( hauliers who have been fora out of business during the p.tyear are very unhappy with licensing," he asserted.
The RHA spokesman said th. while Mr Rogers is not sugge: ing a return to quanti licensing, there is a feeling in ti industry that the old system c lead to a stronger haulage indL try.