Arizona republican., 1921-08-21
Executive Committee Of A. A. A. Also On Record As Against Any Further Automobile Taxations

q ban on him unless he was a mem- Der of ansautomobile club The com mittee also increased the individual membership t10 and went on record az being opposed to any further in- crease in the taxation of automobiles.
 The action of the committee meets with the approval of all motor and garage men who happen to be along highways that are used by tourists for travel from one portion of the country tQ2 another. For instance, think of the comfort of travel along roads posted thoroughly so that there. fs no possible chance of making lengthy and unnecessary detours and the directing signs warn all motorists of dangerous points in the road ahead
 But 1t takes money and someone time to do all this posting and com putting distance by actually travelling the specific highway and 1t has been the motor clubs that have stood the tariff and not the daily driver over the road. In the old days under the toll gate system every vehicle stood its share of the expense or the use Of the highway by actually paying for each trip over the road. This al lowed the owner UT owners of the highway to make Improvements ac-
 
 was perfectly fair hcsis for figuring the proportion Of tax for each user.
 Now the counties and states and federal governments have taken it upon themselves to provide the roads with the idea of increasing the sys- tenn and the road efficiency as the demand for the same increased. But labelling the roads with specific di- rectfons and mileage has been lef.
 
 c1ubu. Certain few individuals have paid their money into the clubs while hundreds of others have prof. ited from their expenditure without adding a cent to the club fund This has been unfair to those who have been ambitious enough to go ahead and the executive committee in ses- sion has seen fit to take action against this type of tourist. In other words. if the automobile club had not been perfected in Arizona at the present time and tourists going either way from this state would have had difficulty in securing any information in strange lands concerning best roads and points of interest
 The second point ot action taken by tho committee against any future additional tax on the motorists will certainly have its effect when it Is to be considered tkat there are 9,000.000 automobiles in the United States at the present time.
 Considerable interest was mani- febted in this particular meeting for the reason that 1t was expected that a successor to the late A c. Batch elder would be named. However. a permanent selection for the position N4s not made. D. L. Morgan of New Haven. Conn. who has been acting chairman for several weeks. will con- tinue in the position until decision . Prssident Georse C. Diehl, who presided over the meeting, made the following statement after adjourn ment:
 with the ever growing number of automobiles in use has come a grow ing need for such an organization as the American Automobile associa- ton. Az a result of the increased de- n1and upon the organization for maps. road information, legislative activi- ties and other services such an or ganization should render to motor ists. it became imperative for the as- sociation at once to increase its mem bership and it's membership dues to meet the also multiplying overhead expenses. Therefore it was decided to make the necessary amendments 70 the py-laws to obtain more rev. enue with which to carry on it's work,
 Not only will the individual mem berships in the organization be ma terially increased. but it was voted to raise the cost of club affiliations. This vote was concurred in by mem bers of the board representing prac- ticAlly all of the big motor clubs of the country which are to be more af- fected by the increase.
 Because a widening of the scope of the organization activities has been urged on every hand, it was agreed that more members and more revenue should be forthcoming. Plans for an intensive membership cam paizn are being formulated and every effort will be made to solicit every motor car owner in the United States for either membership direct or in one of the 4. A. A. affiliated clubs.
 Tn addition to it's increased legis- lative activities it will be of specia interest to motorists to know tha the work of the A. A. A. touring bu- reaus and map making department. will be materially brcadened.
 Having recently and successfully opposed what appeared to be an un. sound tariff on oil. the association
 
 passage of much needed nationa roads legislation, as embodied in thu Townsend bill, and upon the defeat ing of any plan to further tax moto cars"
 Headed by President Diehl, wht acted as spokesman. the entire com mittee in the afternoon called on Sen, otar Townsend to learn the status O the Townsend bill and to tender an. support that the A. X. A might b' in a position to give. It happened that the call was made just after ; compromise was reached on tn Townsend and Dowell bill-, so the A A. A. officials got the cheering new first hand that compromise repor 7 was being drafted which. while mak iug concessions to the Dowell advo cates. retained that feature for whicl Senator Townsend and the Americal Automobile association h4s so per sistently and consistently fought--i federal highway commission.
 In reference to the recent sugges ton that an additional federal tax o sIo be imposed upon motor car VII CTS, irrespective of size or power C