Disbandment of Executives
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TFIE Executives of the British .Tran port Commission, except Lando Transport, are to be disbanded afts September 30. Lord Hurcomb, B.T.t chairman, and Sir William Wood ai to retire on August 31, but the,remaii ing members of the Commission wi
continue in office. Maj.-Gen. G. r Russell, chairman of the Road Menial Executive, will probably be offered senior position in the Commission organization.
The Minister of Transport ma( these announcements in the House I Commons, last week. He paid tribu to the work of the Executives ar Lord • Hurc.ornb, a successor to who he had not found. Similarly, I was giving dose thought to the appoin ment of a successor to Lord Lathar chairman of the London Transpo Executive, who retires at the end of h present period of office.
Mr. Ernest Davies asked whether would not have been preferable for tl Executives to have continued tut railway reorganization and rot haulage denationalization had be effected. The Minister replied that tl powers and authority of the Exec' tives now reverted to the Commissio which had always been in a position issue directives to the Executives.
It was announced by the Canadit. Transport Minister last week that M Donald Gordon, president of Canadit. National Railways, had refused an off to succeed Lord Hurcomb.