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Alex Kitson Urges Co-op' to Rationalize its Transport
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rHE suggestion that the Co-operative movement should examine the possioility of rationalizing neighbouring translort services, even although they did not fish to effect full society amalgamations, vas made by Mr. Alex Kitson, general ecretary of the Scottish Commercial tiotormen's Union, when he addressed he annual meeting of the Scottish 3o-operative Transport Association in ilasgow last week.
Distribution was becoming outmoded nd far too slow, said Mr. Kitson. He iought that the Co-operative movement mild go a tong way in easing this rohlem. Their transport was still operatig on a basis of conditions in 1910. he ontended; they had to be harsh and ealistic and stop sending a van three -ales because a customer wanted two ints of milk.
All the time the industry worked as zparate units it was not facing up to the roblems, he said. If co-ordination of oth sides of the industry could be !cured they could hammer out some Ian; the matter should not be left to ivil servants.
The whole address caused much disussion and questioning, and Mr. J. B. :ay of Kirkcaldy, saying that he spoke s one who had knocked his head against le wall of abortive amalgamation. asked le speaker if he would raise with his nion the possibility of it giving some ssistance if it came to a question of ttionalization instead of amalgamation. Mr. Kitson replied that there were mme difficulties attached to this point. /hen it came to streamlining, the union rust have assurances that if there was to be redundancy and surplus labour that at least it would have protection. That was the one fear among the workers of this country; they were all against streamlining only because they did not have protection.
Chairman of the Association, Mr. A. Prentice, spoke of the problem created by the five-day week_ The physical aspect of doing a job remained and they had to look to mechanical aids and other means to get the same work performed and the same frequencies maintained in shorter time.
Telecommunication was another aspect of the field of distribution which could be developed, and Mr. Prentice counselled societies to keep in touch with local authorities which were interested or active in this field. Speaking of road safety, he mentioned the successful experiments conducted with mirrors for reversing. Irrespective of the cost of the arrangement, a driver ought to be able to see behind his machine.
Oyprien Fox Moves TTOMORROW (March 20) Cyprieni Fox (Transport) Ltd. vacate the Harvist Mews, London, N7, premises and will operate from The House of Transport, Eastminster (Tower Hill), London. El (tel.: Royal 9100).
These are the premises of the com pany's wholly-owned subsidiary, Burrows Transport Ltd.. and facilities will be combined under the control of a joint directorate comprising Mr. R. A. Mulvey, chairman: Mr, L E. East, managing director; and Mr. C. H. Massey and Mr. P. A. Goodrum.