Hauliers Want : • Positive : Action A N exceptional response was

25th April 1952, Page 65

25th April 1952

Page 65

Page 65, 25th April 1952 — Hauliers Want : • Positive : Action A N exceptional response was

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Made 1-1 when the chairman of the Road Haulage Association's Metropolitan and South-eastern Area asked members to state their views on the extent to which increases in costs should be borne by hauliers. In his annual report he says: " Fhere has always been a division of opM:on within the Association as to how much of these continual increases in operating costs should he riborbed by operators -rather than being passed on to the customer, for it is realized that increases in haulage rates contribute towards the increasing-cost of liv;nrg. Otis was recently the subject of a circular questionnaire I sent out with the object of obtaining your reactions, . • " I was amazed at the number of reolies on shis occasion. Nearly one third of the membership in the Area replied (i.e., approaching 800) and with only a few exceptions, all agreed that they desired the Association tomake

positive recommendations." .

Dealing with the work of road-rail negotiating committees, the report states that there had been complaints concerning the attitude of the Road Haulage and Railway Executives in attempting, under the Transport Act, 1947, to impose mileage restricti-ms upon an applicant's licence, in the absence of any such iimitatien front the Licensing Authority, Members are warned that they should not accept a nuteage restriction merely because it applies under the -1947. Act, because if they do so, the right to apply for a long-distance permit is lost, •