One way to prolong our oil supplies
7th November 1981, Page 17
7th November 1981
Page 17
Page 17, 7th November 1981
— One way to prolong our oil supplies
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THE OIL companies emerged from the RHA conference with even greater need for skilful public relations than the Association itself after Ken Rogers, national chairman, had lambasted them for their "indiscriminate, overnight and excessive fuel-price increases He portrayed them as avaricio and irresponsible.
The increases were, Ken sal caused partially by ready capitulation to pay claims whi encouraged hauliers' drivers t demand equally extravagant settlements. The oil companiE were helping to put their customers out of business, which is, I suppose, as good a way as any of prolonging the world's finite oil supplies.