Labour's Transport Plans Vague
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From our Political Correspondent
WTH Mr. Harold Wilson as its leader, the Labour Party is not likely to go rocketing off on a new course in its transport policy.
Indeed the word went out, after his defeat of Mr. George Brown, that the new leader considers "Signposts for the Sixties" capable of carrying the banner toward the election front without massive reconstruction on the issues facing the home front.
As a leading light behind the production of "Signposts", this reaction from Mr. Wilson was predictable. Equally. the rejection of Mr.-Callaghan—who put transport firmly down for the controlling hand of the State at the last Party conference—is no reflection of the Party's desire for •a change. His lack Of support had its explanation elsewhere.
To recap, Labotre condemns a system whereby inadequate investments in railway and roads runs hand-in-glove with rapidly expanding private road haulage. It believes that nationalized transport must be free to extend its road services wherever it can usefully do so, and that transport problems must be given cash priority.