The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-06

at the recent annual meeting in Bos- ton. was reelected as the head of he national organization of owners. Said MT. Wilson in his annual resume:
 We believe in a logical and compre- hensive federal aid to the several states In their roads building we believe Tn the freest interstate use of motor driven and all other kinds of vehicles as set forth in the Adamson measure; we believe that the owner of an auto mobile should only be taxed once for its possession as evidenced by our talk ing to the United States supreme court the double taxation question, and we believe that 1t is function of gov ernment for the United States to ad- vertise its scenic and health attrac- tons to its own citizens, encouraging them to become acquainted with their own country. rather than going abroad yearly because of the existence of con nected road systems and attractions which are inferior to what can be found at home We are an organiza- tion of citizens who seek nothing ex- cept a general good, and the making clear of this particular point has been no easy task, even though 1t be ab- solutely the truth
 Among the resolutions adopted the most important had reference to roads
  vehicle taxation. George c. Diehl of Buffalo, chairman of the good roads board, presented a resolution which placed the A. A. A. on record and pledged it "to support any measure in- troduced in the forthcoming Congress which shall present a logical plan for national cooperation with the several states and which plan, in our opinion, should include the appropriation by Congress of an annual sum to be dis tributed among the several states on the basis of population, area and mile age; to be supplemented by like amount of money from the states and the total to be expended upon what ever main market and post roads the highway department of state and the Secretary of Agriculture may decide.
 The A. A. A. favors the establishment of a Federal Bureau of Roads Travel" The department of the interior was com plimented for It's progressive policy in the following resolution put forward by David G. Joyce of Chicago. the newly appointed chairman of the A. A. A. tour ing board:
 Resolved, That the Hon. Franklin K. Lane. secretary of the department of the interior, and his assistant the Hon. Stephen T. Mather, be especially com mended and thanked in behalf of this association for their efforts in connection
 
 greater use and enjoyment for recrea' tion and health purposes by thousands of Americans, who are more than willing to See America First when America is made ready to be seen"
 Motor vehicle taxation came in for a cutie prolonged discussion, and it was set forth that the automobile had become "a common means of transportation. com rnerclally and socially, and enters into every progressive phase of human exist ence, and it should no longer be consid- cred as a special means of travel.' A uniform plan of taxation. which should not be of double character, was called tor by the A. A. A legislative board, the new chairman of which is Richard H. Lee, president of the Ohio State Automo- bile association, who had much to do with the defeat of double taxation in that state:
 Resolved. That the American Automo- bile association, through it's national leg islativ board, contend in the several states and in the Congress and courts of the United States, for a uniform method CT taxation which shall recognize the fact that an automobile should now be included in a general property classification and taxed only as personal property, and that no other tax whatever shall be imposed, either in connection with the vehicle or its operation. except nominal registra- ton fee covering only the clerical cost of the issuing of an Identification number for the vehicle and its operator. In order that the police powers of the states or municipalities may not be impaired" The list of vice presidents selected Is IS follows: First vice president. Dr. H. NJ. Rowe, Maryland; second vice president. Ralph w. Smith, Colorado; third vice president, P. J. Walker, California; fourth vice president H. J. Clark. Minnesota; ; fifth vice president. Preston Belvin, vir- gnia. John N. Brooks of Connecticut continues as secretary, H. A. Bonnell of New Jersey as treasurer, and A. G. Batchelder as chairman of the executive board. on which every state is repre-