CONSUMERS' COMMITTEES SIR, May I refer to the interesting letter
from Mr. W. E. Simnett to your issue dated September 21st? This Council, which represents some 70,000 independent shopkeepers and traders (that is, the smaller type of shop), has been thinking along similar lines as Mr. W. E. Simnett, and we believe that some form of intimate relationship between shoppers and shopkeepers is very desirable. This Council recently convened, in London, a conference of representatives of all leading retail traders' organisations and representatives of National Women's organisations who spent considerable time discussing the queue problem. Representatives from the various Ministries concerned were present, and some concrete recommendations were sent to the Ministries which would have the effect of minimising the queue problem.
The Council of Retail Distributors, through its 317 affiliated organisa_ tions, intends to start a drive for the setting up of committees of consumers and shopkeepers with a view to discussing common problems and integrating the interests of the consumer and the shopkeeper.—Yours
Council of Retail Distributors, National Organiser. 1-3 Holborn Circus, London, E.C. r.
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