• • • • • : 'Dissolve this PTA', • • .• PVOA urges Marsh • •
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•• A fetter of protest against the recent : developments in the Tyneside PTA was
• sent to the Minister of Transport by the : Passenger Vehicle Operators' Association • on Wednesday.
• -So far," the letter reads, "the public • has been presented with a series of 4: political wrangles, starting with the alio
• cation to local authorities of seats on the : PTA: the subsequent struggle for leader • ship; and the hostilities of the Authority's : first meeting, crowned by a television • performance (shown twice), for which : 'deplorable' is a mere euphemism . . .
• The Tyneside Authority is already largely : discredited, and there must be serious • doubt whether it can form and supervise an Executive capable of fulfilling its duty irr • to the public
• -Unless this !harmony within the •
• Association] can be achieved in the : immediate future", the letter continues, • "we urge that the PTA should be dissolved : until the forthcoming re-organization of • local government has been undertaken." •