Arizona republican., 1918-09-15
AUTOLESS SUNDAYS
 NOT CONTEMPLATED
 IN WEST |S REPORT
B. Leon J. Pinkson

There will be no mOtorless Sunday on thc coast. That at least, is the opinion or various men connected with the oil industry here and others close io government officials.
 The request issued by the govern mcnt officials recently. asking that motor ears be not used on Sundays in fhe country east of the Mississippi was for Inc purpose Of building up reserve supply of gasoline. and it is believed that this order will soon have served its purpose and be discontinued even ln the cast.
 Tho number of inquiries coming into fhe offices Of the California State Au- tomobilc Association throughout the state led D. F. Watkins, secretary of The big motor club. to investigate the matter. and he has sent broadcast throughout the state the information that the motorless Sunday order does not prohibit Sunday driving here.
 Disregard False Rumors
 Motorists are urged by the assoCia- ion Co disregard all groundless ru- mors about the automobile and the automobile industry until they are r-uved facts. Believe only statements l- government officials or laws that 7-c actually on the statute books Is thc sound advice issuing from the headquarters of the big state motor body
 The situation that brought an' order from Washington curtailing the use of motor vehicles east of the Mississippi is In no way parallelod on the coast. The order was consequently not made effective here because the conditions arc entirely different
 Tho general impression prevails among men who are in position to know that back of the eastern order n Is a case of transportation conser- yatiou rather than gasoline saving With tho elimination of Sunday mo- foring ID tho east it is anticipated that n sufficient surplus will be accumu- lated to supply the greater portion of thc transatlantic shipments and thus -svc rail and boat movements from t'e western fields during the winter months. when the transportation lines win bc husily engaged in the move mont of munitions to the forces abroad
 No Western Shortage
 At the present tthie there is no req son to stop the use of motor cars on Sundays iu this section of the country, .ind owners need have no qualms as to whether it is patriotic to use their cars .r this time.
 The defining of the governments at Nfudc in regard 10 the motor car comes in % letter from no less person than c. e. Winniagham chief of the gasO- Nnc section of the United States Fuel Administration. oil division bureau of oil conservation. Washington. In the -nursc of his communication the of Hcal says:
 There IS no desire to restrict or cur ml tho rational use of gasoline pro nCUcd vehicles Stories to the effect r,at automobiles should be laid up on Sundays OF not driven at night, or that aic so-callcd joy-ridng should be dis S,ntinucd. are not founded upon any desire of the conservation bureau of tlc oil division.
 "Nut there arc wastCful uses in the uec of gasoline that can he eliminated Thcv give Co the user of the car nc AdNHntaEc and the wasteful methods d. cost him a great deal of money II h believed that if we can through postcrs. newspaper articles, magazines and other sources create an active and enthusiastic interest on the part of mo- cerists. and if we can awaken shOpmcr and an others who have to do witt tasolnc. kerosene and lubricating oils rlat wastes should be eliminated, wC sin have enough to supply all wants h VIC fail in this then it will be neCes- slry Co institute such radical methods ol control as will provide for all needs Thls may mean a card system or some ether drastic method that will be ar Inconvenience. it not a hardship. tt aI who must rely upon the automo- bile"