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RENATIONALIZATION WOULD BE A TRAGEDY'
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Ei VERY opportunity should be taken I—, to bring to the notice of the public the seriousness of nationalization, said Mr. J. Jack, managing director (Group Finance and Administration) of Dorman, Long and Co. Ltd., during a speech at the annual dinner of the Tees-side sub area of the Road Haulage Association at Redcar last Friday.
Toasting the Association. Mr. Jack said that if road haulage was renationalized, it would be a tragedy for the nation. "On the last occasion there was no time for the Government of that day to upset things permanently or to set aside the years of work done by the capable men who built up and are running the road haulage industry ", he con tinued. Nationalization was a serious threat—a case of "childish tit for tat" on the part of the Labour Party.
Replying on behalf of the Association, Mr. R. Clifford, a national vice-chairman, said that since the Conservatives came to power the industry had grown from strength to strength and had reached a high standard of efficiency. But the Labour Party's plans for nationalization seemed to be shrouded in mystery. Clause 5 of "Signpost for the 1960s" was still in existence, and until the Association got a firm promise on the part of Labour that they would not touch the road transport industry, the Association had to fight the Labour Party.