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UK TEAM TO STUDY PRODUCTIVITY IN U.S.
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A TEAM representing all sections of the road goods transport industry visits the United States early next month to study the trucking industry's productivity. Aim is to find possible improvements on British methods.
The visit was planned before the PIB was directed to examine the scope for increased productivity in the UK industry.
Chairman of the study team is Sir Reginald Wilson, THC deputy chairman. Other members: Mr. Frank Cousins, TGWU general secretary; Mr. P. H. R. Turner, RHA chairman, and road transport director (Coast Lines Ltd.); Mr. William Fraser, TDG Ltd., managing director; Mr. L. S. Payne, BRS Ltd. assistant managing director; Mr. S. C. G. White, BRS Parcels Ltd. London area manager (and director, N. Francis and Co. Ltd.); Mr. D. E. A. Pettit, S.P.D. Ltd. chairman; Mr. G. Page, J. Lyons and Co. Ltd. Patisserie supply manager; and Mr. John Lane, MoT road goods transport division assistant secretary.
Secretary and organizer is Mr. Philip Edwards, Editor of Motor Transport. Each organization concerned has undertaken to bear the cost of its representative's trip—"in the national interest".
Mrs. Castle has sent the team a written bon voyage.