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IF THERE were such a thing as gratitude in politics,

26th November 1976, Page 19
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the Government would be thankful for the brake Parliament had applied to the port plans.

So said Mr John Silbermann, vice-chairman of the RHA, at the Association's Devon and Cornwall area dinner at Torquay.

"In its original form, " he told members, "the Dock Work Bill would have been a disaster for the economy, not merely for a large number of our members.

"It was a blinkered measure which had the look of a desperate act. Admittedly, the dock labour scheme was no longer effective, but it was lunacy to attempt to solve the problems by making them ten times bigger."