Abstract
1957 marked the tenth anniversity of nationalization of the British Coal Mines. As is customary, a variety of assessments have been made of the failures and achievements of the ten years-and it must be said that in terms of production, investment, rationalization, and similar objectives, the record is so good that no one suggests the industry be denationalized as was done with steel and portions of road transport. Nationalization was intended to and did have an effect on labor-management relations in the industry. Assessments of these vary widely. David McCord Wright has said: The record of the United Kingdom mining unions in sabotaging production smells to high heaven-even when their acts were imperilling the whole socialist experiment-to say nothing of their country.' On the other hand, the National Coal Board itself observed:
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