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Board to Control All Transport?
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THAT all transport operators should be brought into one organization under a charter from the Board of Trade, membership to be a sine qua non in obtaining a licence, is the proposal by Mr. H. H. Nuttall, chairman of the Liverpool branch of the Industrial Transport Association.
In a memorandum, he explains that the 1933 Act has failed to achieve its purpose so far as co-ordination is con cerned. Under a proper system, it should be possible to arrive at a standardization of rate levels. " As things are to-day," it continues, "the regulations and procedure for obtaining road licences reveal a bias in favour of one particular form of transport. This, far from inducing co-ordination, is more likely to restore monopolies."
In Mr. Nuttall's opinion, each arm of transport should be organized within itself under effective central control. If a chartered organization were brought into being, there should then be created a central traffic board in the nature of a guild of transport. Membership of this board should give equal representation to road, rail and coastal transport interests and to users of transport, under an independent chairman, to give effect to the main purpose of co-ordination—to assist trading and manufacturing interests.