Yorkshire Urges Association Merger
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rIISSATISFACTION in Yorkshire I.J-with the divisions in the ranks of road-transport operators found expression at a meeting of representatives of six associations, in Leeds, last week, when the possibilities of amerger of organizations, both nationally and in Yorkshire, were discussed.
The meeting approved the principle of both a national and county amalgamation, and, with a view to furthering this object, a delegation was appointed to interview officials of Associated Road Operators, the Commercial Motor Users Association, and the British Federation of Road Transport Employers. It was also decided that if the national Associations declined to unite, the necessary steps should be taken for a Yorkshire merger.
Those present included representatives of the A.R.O. and the C.M.U.A. The Yorkshire bodies represented were the Yorkshire Stage Carriage Operators Association, the Sheffield Horse and Motor Owners Association, Yorkshire Motor Coach Owners, Ltd., and the
Halifax Transport Owners Association, through its representative, Mr. Charles HoIdsworth, who is also connected with the C.M. IL A.
The following were appointed to the delegation:—Messrs. Holdsworth and Wallis (C.M.U.A.), Barr and Symmonds (A.R.0.), Burrows and Ribbings ( Y. S.C.O.A. ) Sharpley and Grocbck (Sheffield Association), and Pilling and Midgley (Y.M.C.0.).
Yorkshire advocates of the merging of associations point out that there are still thousands of Yorkshire operators who are not members of any association, some of whom cannot make up their minds as to which to join. Another argument is that if there were only one body in the county, pressure might be exerted to bring in operators who have So far shown a disinclination to join any association.
It is also pointed out in Yorkshire that not only has there been overlapping in the work of the associations, but, in certain cases, a clashing of in terests on matters of policy.