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Ilackpool fcroormresopuornpdoelnittical A general air of satisfaction with the .ansport Bill will permeate this year's inual conference of the Labour Party, to held in Blackpool at the beginning of :tobar.
Only three transport resolutions have en submitted to the conference, and two them are related to the future of railtymen and the ports.
The other, from Watford, attacks the icious propaganda" against the Bill. It ys: "This Conference welcomes the Dvernment's transport policy as expressed the Transport Bill. It condemns the :..ious propaganda against this policy, ich is financed by vested interests who e determined to stop the progressive =sures of the Labour Government."
The other two resolutions come from the UR and TSSA. The railwaymen welcome e "broad terms" of the Transport Bill but 11 on the Government to give greater nsideration to planning the future of railty staff—the human asset.
The Salaried Staffs' Association pointedly ks the conference to reaffirm support for irt nationalization—an obvious move ;ainst Mr. Marsh's reported weakening of pport from the top for complete, as optsed to selective, public ownership.
This is the smallest number of transport solutions sent in for a Labour Party Con-ence for some considerable time. There no direct reference at all to the road .ulage industry, and the conclusion must that the Party at constituency level is II satisfied with the terms of Mrs. Castle's ammoth measure, which is currently nning into deep trouble with the House Lords.