9 4 6 ▁in ▁London , ▁with ▁A ick man ▁as ▁chairman ▁and ▁Rol t ▁as ▁honor ary ▁secretary . ▁ ▁The ▁I WA ▁organ ised ▁successful ▁campaign s ▁and ▁attract ed ▁notable ▁supp or ters , ▁including ▁as ▁president ▁the ▁writer ▁and ▁parliament arian ▁Sir ▁A . ▁P . ▁Herbert ▁and ▁as ▁vice - pres ident ▁the ▁natural ist ▁Peter ▁Scott . ▁Scott ' s ▁wife , ▁Elizabeth ▁Jane ▁Howard , ▁was ▁part - time ▁secretary , ▁working ▁in ▁A ick man ' s ▁flat ▁in ▁G ower ▁Street ; ▁she ▁had ▁an ▁affair ▁with ▁A ick man , ▁which ▁she ▁describes ▁in ▁her ▁aut obi ography ▁S lip stream ▁( Mac mill an , ▁ 2 0 0 2 ). ▁ ▁A ick man ▁began ▁to ▁have ▁policy ▁disag re ements ▁with ▁Rol t . ▁A ick man ▁wanted ▁to ▁campaign ▁to ▁keep ▁all ▁of ▁the ▁water ways ▁open , ▁whereas ▁Rol t ▁had ▁sympath ies ▁with ▁the ▁traditional ▁canal ▁workers ▁and ▁believed ▁it ▁necessary ▁to ▁prior it ise ▁which ▁can als ▁could ▁be ▁kept ▁open . ▁The ▁disag re ement ▁became ▁public : ▁A ick man ▁had ▁organ ised ▁the ▁I WA ' s ▁first ▁boat ▁r ally ▁and ▁festival ▁in ▁August ▁ 1 9 5 0 ▁and ▁attempted ▁to ▁prevent ▁Rol t ▁from ▁att ending ▁and ▁prom oting ▁his ▁book ▁The ▁In land ▁Water ways ▁of ▁England ; ▁never theless , ▁Rol t ▁attended , ▁as ▁did ▁his ▁publish er , ▁Philip ▁Un win . ▁A ick man ▁engine