That is why it must be nation-wide. I have seen no suggestion by anybody that offers any hope of saving rubber by any other method. Such persons, Mr. Jeffers charged, were being told that if they did not oppose mileage rationing they would be unable to go to work and back. The worker can obtain enough gasoline for his necessary driving. The farmer can obtain enough for getting his produce to market.
Every citizen can get enough gasoline for essential driving.
But there we have to stop. Non-essential driving is one of the luxuries all of us will have to give up for the duration. The people are being told that the 35-mile speed limit will save all the rubber that is necessary. That isn't true. The wheels can be driven off an automobile at 35 just as well as at 60.