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Rearming : Favour for Transport ?

13th April 1951, Page 32
13th April 1951
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REARMAMENT could not be carried out without serious and growing effects on all industry, although transport might suffer less than most other commercial activities, said Mr. G. R. Strauss, Minister of Supply, at the annual luncheon of the Mansion House Association on Transport, in London, last week. There were no reserves of production and labour, and rearmament had begun in the face of a shortage of raw materials that was far worse than at any time during the war.

Zinc and copper would continue to be scarce for some time. Unless drastic action were taken internationally, the shortage of ferrous alloys was likely to be far worse than that of non-ferrous metals.

Mr. John Elliot, chairman of the Railway Executive, admitted that the movement of traffic on the railways was ;low, but denied that there was a nut/scribal shortage of wagons. He said that the influenza epidemic and bad A30 weather had. reacted drastically upon railway operation. During the past three years "tremendous efforts' had been made behind the scenes, the results of which would be seen in the future.

He predicted that, as the years went by, the place of the railways in the transport picture would become different. A great deal of light parcels traffic had been transferred from road to rail, and short-distance work on the railways was being contracted.

Mr. M. F. Barnard, chairman of the Association, made a strong plea that traders should be allowed reasonable time to consider the charges scheme to be submitted by the British Transport Commission. He was in doubt as to how the apparently conflicting policies of the Commission, on charges could be reconciled.

Mr. -W. H. Gaunt, C.B.E., who is celebrating his 21st year as president. presided. The luncheon was the biggest ever held by the Association.


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