"Govt. Must Halt Fares Rises"
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IMMEDIATE Government interven1 Lion to prevent constant increases in fares will be demanded by members of the Trades Union Congress at Southport, opening next Monday.
The .Civil Service Union, who have sponsored a resolution to this effect, call for the removal from the British Transport Commission of all responsibility for interest charges arising from compensation to previous stockholders, exemption of public service vehicles from the fuel tax, and reversal of road transport denationalization.
As foreshadowed in The Commercial Motor on August 5, the Scottish Horse and Motormen's Association will sponsor a resolution demanding that the Road Traffic Act, 1930, should be amended to make it clear that if a driver is charged with speeding, he may be convicted only if any mechanical test of his speed is supported by at least two persons. The resolution registers strong disapproval of the legal system under which a driver may be convicted on the evidence of one policeman,
A32 supported by certification of mechanical recordings in the police officer's car.
The annual report by the General Council of the T.U.C. to the congress. says that the London furniture and West Riding wool trades have been dislocated by the denationalization of road haulage.
The sooner the Government end their disastrous road haulage policy the better for the transport system, the nation as a whole and the worker in particular, states the report The programme to modernize the roads system did not provide an adequate or early contribution to national prosperity, add the general council.
In a letter to the President of the Board of Trade, the general secretary of the T.U.C. stated that collective discrimination, by which trade associations could curtail supplies to traders who cut prices fixed by manufacturers, was against the public interest and should be prohibited. -Restrictive business agreements should be registered.