"WAR NEUROSIS" CAUSED • HAULAGE STRIKE
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A T a dinner held by the Birmingham
Spb-area of the Road : Haulage Association on January 31, Mr. R.. Stuart Pitcher, C.B.E., F.R.S.E., West Midland Licensing Authority and president of the Institute of Transport, attributed :the recent strike of road haulage workers to " war neurosis." .
Mr..H. 'T. Duffield, chairman of the R.H.A., also referring to the strike, pointed out that the industry had acted constitutionally through the Wages Board and that the new awards would cause'heavy cost to the community.
Mr. F W. Winwood, chairman of the R.H.A. West Midland, Area, speaking of the efficiency of Birmingham's transport system, said that 1,700 public service vehicles carried 483,000,000 passengers a year.
Aid. A. F Bradbeer, Lord Mayor of Birmingham, revealed that road schemes to cost £14,000,000 had been officially approved and were to be put in hand in Birmingham. No better solution of the city's traffic problems than the one-way system had yet been found, he added. Paying a tribute to road transport, Ald. Bradbeer said that many factories 'n the Birmingham area were entirely dependent on road vehicles.
Other speakers were Mr. L. W. Gupwell, M.Inst.T., who presided, and Mrs. H. Herringshaw, chairman of the women's section of the Birmingham Sub-area.