COMMENTS ON PASSENGER ASSOCIATIONS' MERGER
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A T the extraordinary general meet ing of the Public Service Transpor: Assoeiation, held on Jima 16, to which reference was made last week, a letter from the chairman of the Council and a vice-president, Colonel Sir Joseph Nall, D.S.O., M.P., was read. He said that there was no doubt in his mind that the proposals designed to merge the two associations would command ready acceptance (see page 374). •
It 'is a striking fact that notwithstanding the severe reduction in services and facilities as they existed before the war, the passenger road transport industry is, under the pres . •
sure of war-emergency requirements,. performing a 'service to the Nation more vital than it ever was in the past. It was also obvious that in the future the industry must take a very important place in the -public services essential to the daily life of the people. From every aspect, therefore, it was essential. to .consolidate the means for making representations to the Goyemment, and for obtaining a measure of general 'agreement on the many problems that would now confront this side of the industry.
Mr. T. E. Thomas, C.B.E., a vicepresident, added, in another letter, that the two bodies concerned have so much in common that there is not only an economy in fusing their interests, but any action it is desired to take will carry far greater force when a joint case can be presented, Nothing but advantage could arise from the scheme.