Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-01-28

tanning Tor us members uHilOIll tTdl =
| fic laws, national motoring reciproci-
ty reliable garage service, dependa-
bic aid when accidents occur, the eS-
Enlistment of more and better reg
! ulated composites, and the giving of
better and broadened touring drec-
tons as we'll as a multitude of per-
sonal services that will make the or
sanization invaluable to all who may
| be fortunate enough to hold men,
| bership card in the national body or
one of its affiliated clubs.
According to President George Di-
ehl, the A. A. A. does not intend by
any means to abandon any of its pre-
vious activities, but rather to add to
them. In a statement dwelling on
this point, President Diehl says:
The A. A. AS past achievements
, in behalf of roads building and pro-
viding map service are generally rec
| ognized and praised by all WHO mot
or. But this work has now reached a
degree Of success where attention can
be given to other needed activities
without losing ground. and the opin-
ion prevails among our executive
board members that more direct and
personal service to the individual mo-
torist should be taken up and carried
. along"
The New York City meeting was
. held primarily to pass on the many
suggestions received at the recent
Detroit conference where there were
present several hundred delegates
representing practically every motor
ing ana good roads organization in
the United States. and at which time
it was the consensus Of opinion that
the good roads program in this coun-
try and the individual motorists in
the United States would benefit more
through one, large, influential organ
ization combining all roads and mo-
tor interests rather than through sew
eral smaller associations of naturally
lesser strength and influence.
The meeting also followed the re-
cent rally of motorists at Jackson.
vile. Florida, where a southeastern
division of the A. A. A. was success
fully launched with membership in
Guiding the bulk of the car owners of
Florida, Georgia, Alabama, MISSISSIPPI
pi, Tennessee, and the Carolinas. 1t
was at this meeting that William
Jennings Bryan addressed the assem-
bled motorists and urged organza-
ton as the quickest and most effec-
tive means of lettering motoring con-
dtions generally.
So successful was the Jacksonville
gathering and so evident was the en-
thusiasm for the A. n a. that no
doubt was left in the minds of the
executive board as to what procedure
should be followed in other sections
of the country.
To Invade New England
New England is the next territory
to be invaded by the A. A. A.. and
plans are now we'll under way for a
meeting in Boston to include all roads
and motoring interests in that section
when it is hoped to form a New Eng
land division which in its potentiali-
ties should equal if not surpass in
strength and character any other di-
vision Of the national organization.
The A. A. A. drive will be under the
direction of Executive Chairman d.
L. Morgan who thus comments on the
organizations activities:
Ever since its inception in 1902,
the A. A. AS activities have accrued
to the benefit of every person who
owns or drives a motor car, but the
organization itself has never made
the intensified and concentrated drive
for the membership it deserves and
can unquestionably muster. The De-
troit meeting and the Jacksonville
gathering together with a general
survey of the national situation have
convinced US that motorists every
where want and would welcome es-
tablished A. A. A. divisions. Hence we
are going ahead, for the will of the
motorists is our guidance. The A. A.
A. is ne commercial enterprise and
piles up no profits for any person or
persons. 1t is cooperative and its
officers serve without salary. They
are just everyday motorists doing
{ their part in a program of mutual
help for motorists. All revenues are
expended for it's members and the
more revenue, the more the individual
member will receive"
During its New York City meeting,
the executive board arranged for
representation of ten at the Ameri.
can Roads Congress held in Chicago
last week.