New-York tribune., 1918-08-28
Use of Autos
On Sundays
ToBeReduced
Government Asks People
to Conserve Gasolene
Needed Overseas

WASHINGTON, Aug. ZI.-Ihe fuel
administration to-day called upon the
public in states east of the Mississippi
River to cease the using of all classes
Of automobiles, with few named ex-
ceptions, motor cycles and motor boats
on Sundays until further notice as a
gasolene conservation measure. Only
voluntary compliance with the letter
and spirit of the request will prevent
the issuance of a mandatory order
prohibiting the use Of gasolene on
Sundays, it was declared at the fuel
administration. Automobiles for hire
are included in the curtailment pro-
gramme.
Motor vehicles to which the restric-
tions do not apply were announced as:
Tractors and motor trucks employed
in actual transportation of freight.
Vehicles of physicians used in per-
formance Of professional duties.
Ambulances, fire apparatus, police pa
troll wagons, undertakers' wagons and
conveyances used for funerals.
Railway equipment using gasolene.
Repair outfits employed by telephone
and public service companies.
Motor vehicles on errands of neces-
sity in rural communities where trans
portation by steam or electricity is not
available.
Gasolene Needed Overseas
The action was taken by the fuel
administration, it was stated, to meet
threatened shortage of gasolene for
shipment overseas, created by the in
creased domestic demands and extern
sive military operations in France.
"The United States Fuel Administra-
tlon considers it necessary that a
limited conservation of gasolene be un-
dertaken in the states east of the Mis-
sissippi River, in view Of the increas-
ing demand for gasclene for. war pur-
poses and the paramount obligation of
meeting promptly and fully all over
seas requirements" said statement
issued jointly by Administrators Gar
field and Mark S. Requa, director of
the oil division of the Fuel Admin
istration.
can appeal is made, therefore. to the
people Of the United States east of the
Mississippi River to exercise rigid
economy in the consumption of gaso-
lene during the next few weeks as a
necessary and practical act of patriot.
ism.
Safeguards Necessary
"War necessities are being and wiN
continue to be promptly and fully met,
but this is the period of The year when
consumption Of gasolcne is at it's high
est, and the increased domestic de-
mands, together with the extensive
military operations in France, have
rendered necessary for limited period
the adoption of safeguards against pos
sible shortage.
"In view of the difficulty, if not the
impossibility, of differentiatng be-
tween the various uses to which auto
mobiles are applied, the United States
fuel administration believes that the
greatest measure of economy can be
effected with the least interference
with the business of the country
through the discontinuance of all
classes of motor vehicles, motorboats
and motorcycles on Sundays.
"The United States fuel administers
tion therefore requests that in the sec
tion Of the United States cast of the
Mississippi River there shall be dis
continuance of use Of the vehicles
above specified, including all such as
arc operated for hire on each Sunday
hereafter until notification that the
need for such discontinuance has
ceased"
After listing the exceptions to the
request the statement makes an appeal
"to the patriotic men and women of
America cast Of the Mssissippi River
to undertake voluntarily additional
conservaton in the operating of their
own automobiles wherever possible"
Caty comment on the 0ny-sovino
oyder on P0ge fine.
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