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Creating the Organisation

In: The Nationalisation of British Transport

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  • Michael R. Bonavia

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Transforming a Bill into an Act by means of a large majority in the House of Commons was only the prelude to what might be considered a more difficult task, namely finding people of the right calibre to organise and manage the new transport colossus. Barne’s insistence — against the arguments of some of his closest advisers such as Hurcomb and S. S. Wilson — upon himself appointing the Members of the Executives as well as those of the Commission meant that a vast amount of patronage lay in his hands. All appointments would need to be approved by the Prime Minister; but Attlee, always brisk and business-like, was unlikely to quibble at any recommendations that appeared sensible. However, Morrison also had to be considered, and he from time to time put quite strong views to Barnes though in the end Barnes usually got his own way.

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  • Michael R. Bonavia, 1987. "Creating the Organisation," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: The Nationalisation of British Transport, chapter 5, pages 38-59, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-1-349-08793-8_5
    DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-08793-8_5
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