A Merger " Breeze" in Yorkshire A LTHOUGH a ' certain
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amount of controversy has arisen in Yorkshire concerning the merger of the Commercial Motor Users Association and Associated Road Operators, preparations for the fusion of interests in Yorkshire by October 1 are approaching completion.
This controversy was manifest at a recent conference in Leeds, at which Mr. F. F. Fowler (A.R.O.) and Mr. W. A. Winson (C.M.U.A.) met Yorkshire representatives of the two organizations. Mr. J. Keeling (A.R.0.) and some of the other A.R.O. representatives took exception to the procedure outlined for carrying out the , merger in" Yorkshire, and contended that members of the associations should be consulted before decisions were taken to implement it.
Mr. Keeling said that dissatisfaction among rank-and-file members might re suit in a breakaway and the formation of an independent association in Yorkshire, and after a lively debate he and some other representatives withdrew from the proceedings.
The conference then proceeded to discuss details of the merger, and it was agreed that Yorkshire should be divided into three autonomous areas— West Yorkshire, with headquarters in Leeds; East Yorkshire, with head, quarters at Hull; and South Yorkshire, with headquarters at Sheffield, This arrangement will mean that Yorkshire will have nine representatives on the National Council of the new C.M.U.A. organization—three from each area.
The division of Yorkshire into three areas will mean a radical change in organization, for hitherto Yorkshire has. formed part of the North-Easlern Division of the C.M.U.A., and it has comprised one area of A.R.0