The Washington times., 1920-06-12
By L. J. FAULKNER.

During the past two weeks autoists of the District
have had talkests Maryland's headlight and reg
istration regulations.
There is calm now after the storm, and clear think
ing minds are becoming aware that Maryland after ALL is
not such bad pace-the railroads out OF the State
you know, etc. ad Gb-this latter villihcauon however
is not brought out by the headlight law 1t is now
generally admitted that it is good one and shoud De
adopted everywhere which would do heap toward help
ing matters.
The State authorities are not at all drastic in the pre-
mnary enforcement of the headlight law, as many
suppose if you dim your lights by whiting or some other
feasible way nothing will be said no matter what make
of lens you have until September or thereabouts when
it is expected list of approved lenses will be ready Tor
publication then the law will be rgdly enforced, no
doubt.
One need not stay out of Maryland if he hasn't anti
glare lenses for fear of arrest if he get hold OF even
piece of pink tissue paper 1t will do
Go to it, Maryland-you have a good headlight
law, and the District of Columbia is going to OBJ
it-but oh! you registration regulation Here is
where --''Lxx-''x come in.
It is all right if you already have District license
but if not and apply for onewe, put in your appca-
ton and wait; perhaps in ten days you get IT,
Last week Washingtonian decided to journey
through Maryland. He had Maryland license; he ap
piled and received one he told then he would have to
make application for registration card before he could
the license in the State of Maryand Thank you, we will
send this application to the proper authorities and in
due of time will send you your card In the
meantime, you store your carr
Well the Washngtonian is still here although his
application filed a week ago, but he cannot pass
into the sacred precincts of the auocratic State until
Maryland authorities have unwound sufficient red tape to
warrant his application being sent to him.
The registration regation step in the right drec
ton in the siege against auto thevery 1t the lack of
consideration shown that hurts in the District Why
could not brief statement that application had been
applied for be issued by the Maryland license branch in
Washington this notice to act in lieu of the registration
card until it received but to to who has
paid his money for the privilege of using the roads of
Maryland and license issued emitting him to do that
he cannot enter the State for period running from
days to weeks, is not fair.
The law could have been made to become effective in
thirty sixty days. which would allow ample time to
the necessary registrations Maryland had gone
without such regulation 10, these many years; few
days more would do no harm
Sometime ago conference held between the
powers that be of the District and Maryland looking to
the adoption of a combination license tag. 1t fell
through. Maryands proposition for combination
license issued at discount of ten per cent of the
bneed cost of the rates The District decided
that do this would be letting the bars down to all sorts
of similar propositions from other States which might
prove. embarrassing.
Reciprocity will or later between the two
factions even if the bill in Congress- which plans to
withdraw State road aid where reciprocity is refused has
to be passed.