The Labour Party Conference
On Friday, October 10th, the Labour Party Conference listened to a very able address by the Minister of Transport. It marked the passage from the old form of Socialism to the new. In explaining his scheme for the co-ordination of London traffic, Mr. Morrison said that commercial management must be combined with public ownership. The management would be in the hands of a few persons chosen for their business ability so that the day-to-day work might be " run in a business spirit and he free from political control." No member of the Party which created the Central Electricity Board has any right to object to this principle. There was a time when the public was best served in London by free competition, but now the congestion is so great that duplications of services are an increasing obstruction.
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