Railway Strike - Vital Talks -- General Sir Brian Robertson. Picture taken when the general was watching army exercises in Germany. Sir Brian Robertson, Chairman of the British Transport Commission, this afternoon sent a report on the heartened Railway Strike to Sir Walter Monkton, the Minister of Labour. The report was made after a meeting of the Commission in London today. The 24 leaders of the National Union of Railwaymen, who have ordered the strike, were at their headquarters in London, awaiting developments. December 14, 1953. (Photo by Paul Popper Ltd.)