POLICY OUTLINED

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 87, Issue 207, 2 September 1943, Page 4

POLICY OUTLINED

TRANSPORT AND .RETURNED SERVICEMEN

ITEWS OF MR. J. F. SKOGLUND Speaking at a sitting in Wanganui, the No. 2 Transport Licensing Authority, Mr. J. P. Skoglund, outlined his policy toward toe granting of motor vehicle licences as a renabilitation measure. He said he wished to correct some wrong impressions which might have been created by statements appearing in the Press. The president of the Wanganui Returned Services’ Association, Mr. R. G. Taiboys, had been quoted as telling a meeting of the Chamber of Commerce that he knew of a returned soldier capable- of running a transport business who could not get a licence. Mr. Taiboys had emphasised his remarks by adding that he "wondered what these men were fighting for.” Mr. Skoglund said he had written asking Mr. Taiboys for details of the case quoted, as to when and where the serviceman had applied for a transport licence. Mr Tai boys had replied that owing to the idea that was general that licences were hard to get, the man concerned had never applied for a licence. That disposed of the complaint, said Mr. Skoglund, but he would like to correct the impression that had been given to people that returned soldiers were not being sympathetically dealt with by the transport authority. Mr. Skoglund said he would not ■ be a party to any policy of granting i licences to returned servicemen ' simply because they were servicemen. ' He would grant licences only after I he was satisfied that a returned man | could successfully rehabilitate himself ! and make a decent living in the transpot business.