Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-11
AUTO MEN TO MEET
Legislative Convention Opens
Here Next Week.
WANT A FEDERAL LICENSE
Plan to Mitigate Annoyances In
State Lines-Prominent Men
to Speak.

The headquarters of the national leSis-
lative convention, under the auspices Oh
the legislative board of the American
Automobile Association, were opened AT
the New Willard Hotel this morning by
Frederick Elliott of New York, secretary
of the association. The convention Will
not open until Tuesday, February To-
Our main issue" Secretary ELLIOTT
told a Star reporter this morning, is
federal automobile registration Dill. we
feel shat such measure snouid oe
passed for the benefit of automobile tour
lists Under existing condition the de-
lays and annoyances incidental TO inter-
state travel amount almost TO persecu-
lion.
Want a General License.
we want law passed that will pro-
vide for the issue of a license good all
over the country. This does not mean
a license that will involve the speed
or general traffic regulations of any par
ticular state or city. We have no wish
to make them uniform. but We would
like to avoid the necessity of stopping at
every state line and changing numbers
and taking out temporary licenses.
Thirty-three states are already repre-
scented in the national association. and
three more, Oregon. Florida and North
Carolina, will be enrolled at the next
meeting of the executive committee. A
number of senators and representatives
are interested i'll the movement for
federal license and the bureau of good
roads of the Department of Agriculture
is actively supporting 1t. A bill Is now
pending before the House committee on
interstate and foreign commerce. 1t was
introduced by Representative Cocks of
the Oyster Bay district of New York. A
hill will shortly be introduced In the
Senate.
Prominent men from various sections
of the country will address the conven-
ton, and the indications are that some
thing definite In the way of legislative
policy will he determined upon before
the automobile men adjourn. The con-
vention will be i'll session Tuesday and
Wednesday of next week. and Thurs
day its representatives will be given a
hearing on the Cocks bill by the commit
tee OH interstate and foreign commerce.
Support of Local Owners.
President H. Chadwick Hunter of the
Automobile Club of Washington went
over with Mr.. Elliott the plans for the
convention and assured the national sec
rotary of the hearty support Of the WASH
ington automobile owners.
The committee of the A. A. A. in
charge of the convention is composed OIL
the following members: Charles Thad-
deus Terry, chairman; Robert r. Hooper
vice chairman: y. J. Bachelor, Charles
Clifton, L. +. Kittredge, Lewis r. Speare,
Charles p. Allen, John Bancroft, Neal
Brown. H. Chadwick Hunter, George b.
Ellis, Walter Phelps Emo, and Fred
erick II. Elliott, secretary.
The members of the reception commit
tee Of the Automobile Club of Washing
ton are: II. Chadwick Hunter, presi-
dent, chairman; John X. Heyl, Elliott
p Hough, w. S. Duvall, Lester D.
Moore, Louis A. Dent. William d. West.
r. B. Caverly. ]. H. Falconer, d. J.
Smith, Harrington Mills, A. Ward Evans,
Franz Kopp, w. A. Copenhaver, Charles
W. Bender, John F. Maury, H. c.
Chandlee. o. J. De Mol. William Muehl-
eisen. jr.: F. H. Edmonds, A. L. Cline,
w. w. Chiswell.