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APPEAL TO MEMBERS OF
MARYLAND AUTO CLUB
Chairman Zouck Will Present states
Side OF Maryland E";,''- Nainte-
nance Fund TErCa:s ned ht Adam
SON Bill in Congress.

Determined If possible % put The
issue of maintaining the state roads
Suuareiy before npInbvlS o. the Au-
tomobie Clug OF Maryland. " aIch
organization mas gone on record a
backing the AdamSon bill TO break
down the State license }GN system.
Chairman Frank II. ZOuck yesterday
asked Secretary II. Vi. LuZ,uS. OF tina;
organization. for list OF the club
membership. 1t is the intention OF
| Nh Zouck 20 present TO ,ht members
by mail /. statement OF he State
side of the controversy.
Mr.. LuZiuS did not supply The list.
but referred the request TO Osborne
T. Yellott counsel TO The Club ana
also chairman OF The legislative com
mitJee of he American .hutOuobile
Association. II l. in as connection
with the latter organization ina, air
Yellott had Ihr AGdmson bin lcin-
troduced after Congressman C;.u.
had succeeded IN killing i 4, Ihr
last session
Mr.. Zouck is hopeful ~ securing
the list OF members Of the club ana
has in the meanwhile learned that
there dTc III all Only about 1000 OF
them and II appears that many ol
these were not aware that the or
gdniZation had taken d stand in ia
yor of bill which, if passed. would
rur deeply INTO the State revenues
ana make il impossible to maintain
The State roads without material
increase of the State tax rate or the
putting up OF toll gates.
There are in the State. said Motor
Vehicle Commissioner Baughman to-
day. about 53 00G licensed machines
of various kinds. OF these not less
than 10000 are pleasure cars. SO
that il appears that the Automobile
club really represents but small
percentage of the motOrcar owners
in the State. certainly not more than
: per cent.
And Congressman Coady has eX-
pressed the opinion that il he could
have an opportunity of going before
the full membership and explaining
what the measure will do. hardly a
man would longer stand for it. The
bill, as has been explained, relieves
District of Columbia cars from pay
ing Maryland license fees, and thus
cuts down the road maintenance
fund by about S100.0 600 a year, and
also brings on to the roads many
cars that now DO not cross the State
line.
Some State officials inc Iuding some
Congressman, are commenting on the
activity of Mr.. Yellott in advocating
d bill that will hurt the States reve-
nues so seriously. OF course, as the
counsel to the Automobile Club. he
is to be expected to represent its
views. but it SO happens that Mr.Yel-
lot is also State official and one OF
the highest paid. He is the assis-
tant counsel TO the Public Service
Commission and as such draws Il
salary of $500" a year. In addition,
the Legislature some years ago voted
a special appropriation for his de-
partment which has brought his in
come from the State Treasury up to
approximately $4,000 year.
So some States officials who feel an
interest in maintaining the integrity
of the State road fund, which is al
ready suffering from deficiency ARE
saying that ii is unfortunate that the
needs of the Treasury should be EN-
barrassed by the activity of one OF
the States own high officials. This
phase of the question at issue has
proved particularly annoying to the
Maryland Congressman.