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22nd December 1944
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Which of the following most accurately describes the problem?

C.M.U.A. President rINE of those who press for No Believer in \-Ithe earliest possible removal Government Controls of Government controls, in relation particularly to road transport, is Major R. A. B. Smith, M.C., President of the C.M.U.A. (shortly to became the Traders' Road Transport Association). He says that it is obvious to the discerning that Government control may engender, over a period of time, a dangerous sense of security. Especially may this be so amongst those who find their pre-war standard good and guaranteed, although the work done by them during the war may be no whit superior to that of those who are permitted small, if any, profit and certainly insufficient reserves to renew fleets worn out in the service of the country. The hired-vehicle operator may also be lulled into a false sense of security. He can now count on a fair return whilst doing little personally to earn that money. If control be not removed quickly, he may gradually lose his freedom of action, or find himself so frozen out that he may seek absoi-ption in bigger concerns in an effort. to save himself. The large hauliers may be divided into two camps

—those who have and those who have not—and the latter may also be driven into the hands of the former or into those of the railways, otherwise little remains but an unequal fight. The removal of Government control should, however, be followed by individual control, and, in the mass, by associations, otherwise we shall return to the bad old days.

Strong Approval of jN a letter from a staff serOur. Service EmployIgeant, in which he applies to

ment Index . enrol in the " C.M." League of

Servicemen, he makes the following observations:—" I think that this is an excellent and original idea and one that might well be followed by other bodies. It is sustaining to feel that someone is actively engaged on plans to assist our return to civil life. May I offer my congratulations on a splendid lead and example." We may add that entries are coming in almost daily, sometimes as many as four being received in a single day. By the time demobilization commences we should have available to employers a fine register of qualified men, in many categories.

Carrying Parts for THE volume of traffic from

the Prefabricated A places of origin to the sea

Harbours involved in the construction of the prefabricated harbours used for the invasion of France, exceeded 1,000,000 tons, and often required intermediate movements to fabricators. The transport had to be regulated to accord with the programme. The project was'first priority on production and, consequently, on transport. Initial stocks were delivered by road, and throughout the period road transport had to be provided to meet immediate needs as they arose, whilst a great labour force had to be transferred from their homes in all parts of the country to the construction sites. There were many units of equipment of abnormal dimensions, some to be moved from Scotland to the South Coast. There being no vehicles capable of accommodating these, the problem was solved by dismantling several road machines and creating others of the required dimensions from the dismembered parts. In one case over 10,000 tons of traffic had to be diverted 150 miles from its route because the latter led through an old walled city, the gates of which were built before such loads were thought of.

But Road Conditions DEALING recently with the May Delay Vehicle subject of road construction Production . . . . in Wales, the British Road

Federation pointed out that the Government had prophesied that by 1965 there will be 12,000,01)0 motor vehicles on our roads. It is important to remember that the road and the vehicle are two integral parts of the same machine, and unless highway conditions throughout the country can keep pace with the achievements of the vehicle makers, they will prove an artificial brake upon one of our most important industries. This applies particularly in Wales.


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