Jobs cut 'if State controls'
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STATE control would cre redundancies in road haula Opposition transport spok man Norman Fowler predici when he spoke to East Ab deenshire Conservatives.
He dismissed Labour pro] sals for a National Transp. Planning Authority as a mee of taking freight movem€ out of customers' hands ir State direction.
"The first result of suet policy would be that decisic would be taken out of t hands of the customer a given to the authority.
"The second result would a growth in bureaucrr employed by the authority a a reduction in jobs in the rc haulage industry," he said.
Mr Fowler said that Labr was determined that ro haulage should be nation ised, and he accused "so cal moderates" of supporting sr, plans.
He added: "Mr Rodge chief of the cardboa moderates, makes no secret the fact that it is Labour poi and has done nothing reverse it."
Tens of thousands of srr businesses, according to Fowler, will be threatened State takeover if Labour w the next election.
"The result would be a II competitive industry. For I taxpayer it would mean t prospect of yet another sr sidised state undertaking."