from Sam Bornstein
South London branch of USDAW has submitted for consideration by the London DivisionallCouncil, the Executive and the membership as a whole, "a study of the problems involved in organising distributive workers, with suggestions for their solution.." which has been drafted by Walter Kendall, Thet such a study is needed is demonstrated in the first para of the study when it is disclosed that the present membership of USDAW is 19,000 less than at the time it was founded by the merger of the National Union of Distributive and Allied Workers with the National Amalgamated Union of Shop Assistants, Warehousemen and Clerks in 1947, It is impossible to do justice to the study in the space available but the chapter headings will give an idea of the scope; these are "The Present Situation" (covering the union history,chanves in distribution, T.U. gro’th, etc.);"Problems and Solutions" (covering turnover, comparison with other unions, ete.); “Using our Resources" (which examines each sphere of the union's structure and makes concrete proposals); and a general conclusion,