NATIONALISATION PLAN
TRANSPORT IN BRITAIN TRADE UNION STATEMENT LONDON, Sept. 3. The Trade Union Congress, in a statement on the plans for the nationalisation of transport, recommends the creation of a national transport authority, which would be responsible for the efficient operation of the transport services. The statement also proposes that immediate steps should be taken to pass an Act acquiring or permanent public operation the railways, main canals, certain sections of the road, haulage by coast liners, and those internal airways permitted to function during the v/ar. The statement adds that power to control all the transport services not immediately required should be retained. The proposed transport authority, which would be responsible to the Minister of Transport, should take the form of a public corporation with a chairman chosen for his proved ability to conduct large-scale undertakings. The other members would be appointed by Ministers for experience.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 25940, 5 September 1945, Page 5
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