T.U.C. Complain of L.T.E. Appointment
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THEgeneral council of the Trades Union Congress have written to the Minister of Transport complaining about the appointment of Mr. Anthony Bull to replace Mr. John Cliff as a member of the London Transport Executive. Mr. Cliff, who was deputy chairman of the L.T.E. until he retired last Friday, was a former assistant general secretary of the Transport and General Workers' Union, .
In their letter, the council stated that whilst they had no personal objection to Mr. Bull, they did not consider that his appointment satisfactorily met the need for a member to have had the wide experience in the organization of workers to which the Transport Act, 1947, referred.
The T.U.C. pointed out that it was the well-established practice that there should be appointed to the executives of nationalized boards persons whose qualifications derived from their trade union background and experience. They considered it essential that there should be a member of the L.T.E. with direct trade union experience.
Mr. G. Woodcock, assistant general secretary of the T.U.C., discussed the protest with the Minister on Monday.
THAMES 7-CWT. VAN
A THAMES 7-cwt. van has been introduced by the Ford Motor Co., Ltd. Following the pattern of the 5-cwt. model, the new vehicle has heavier springs, double-acting lever-type shock absorbers and larger tyres. Indirect gear ratios have been lowered, giving overall ratios, of: first, 16.232 : 1; second, 8.889: 1; third, 4.429: 1; and reverse, 21.228: 1. The new van has chrome-plated bumpers and headlamp surrounds, twin windscreen wipers, and a chrome-plated insert around the windscreen frame.
OBITUARY WE regret to record the deaths of
Ur MR, HENRY CHARLES CRANE, MR. FRED HILL, MR. THOMAS MILBURN, MR, R. J. WILLS and MR. SIDNEY N. JONES. Mr. Crane, who was 52, was transport manager of J. Lyons and Co., Ltd. He was a member of the Worshipful Company of Carmen, the council of the Mansion House Association on Transport, and the Institute of Transport, from the council of which he retired in 1952.
Mr. Hill was manager of the Goodyear Tyre and Rubber Co., Ltd., in Eire for many years.
Mr. Milburn was managing director of J. J. Greenfield and Co., Ltd., Newcastle upon Tyne, motor engineers. He was 66.
Mr. Wills was pre-war a coach proprietor of Porthleven, Cornwall. He was 80.
Mr. Jones was chairman and managing director of Cooper, Webb-Jones and Co., Ltd. He was 65.