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'NO WAY ROUND BACK DOOR NATIONALIZATION'
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A WARNING that the Government's new White Paper on Road Transport could mean "nationalization by the back door" was given by Mr. J. D. Caswell, transport manager, Redfearn Brothers Ltd., to Barnsley and District Chamber of Commerce.
And this time there would be no "back way" round the proposals, and no compensation for hauliers who suffered as a result of these proposals, he said.
It had been suggested that a heavy lorry could discharge at, say, 90 miles from base, then take on a fresh load and travel another distance below 100 miles and so on. It was the load consignment which could not be carried for more than 100 miles—the vehicle was unimportant.
It was over these longer distances that there was cause to be anxious. On how the LA would decide between road and rail there were rumours of using a more comprehensive formula than the criteria of "speed, reliability and cost". "Overall detriment to the consignor" had been mentioned.
A loss of flexibility would be encountered. A Northern firm with a contract in the South would have to send the goods uneconomically in small vehicles, or by rail, which might still be uneconomic and possibly too slow and unreliable. To put on larger vehicles or contract a haulier to handle the traffic would incur lengthy procedure.