R.H.A. Will Not Commit Itself
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AT a meeting lasting about 5f hours, the national council of the Road Haulage Association last week declined to adopt a resolution from the West Midland and East Midland Areas urging members to refuse to offer their businesses to the British Transport Commission. The R.H.A. was asked to make this a plank in its policy.
The national council appears to have taken the view that such advice could not be given without knowing the circumstances of each case, and that without this knowledge the effects on individual hauliers might be unfortunate. In any event, few operators seem to be wiiling to sell out.
It had been hoped that the council would draw up a complete statement of policy, but although the meeting was fully attended, no memorandum was issued
-After the meeting, Mr. G. F. Goodwin, secretary of the West Midland Area, told "The Commercial Motor" that the area had not changed its policy of advising members to refrain from offering vehicles to the B.T.C., except in unusual circumstances.
Mr. H. J. Bedworth, chairman of Birmingham Road Haulage, Ltd., said that this policy was justified by the response of trade and industry to the call of free hauliers for support.
Mr. L. W. Thurman, secretary of the East Midland Area, said that his committee's resolution was put forward solely to test national feeling. The committee had not recommended members as il. whole to refrain from offering vehicles to the B.T.C. Area officers gave advice on pitfalls in individual cases and checked entries in applications for acquisition, but did not advocate an uncompromising attitude towards the State transport undertaking.