The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-01-23
PLAN UNION OF
ALL MOTORISTS
American Auto Association Would
Have All Car Owners in
Its Folds.

! Big. powerful and influential as it
| unquestionably is today, the Ameri-
| can Automobile association, the worlds
| greatest organization of motor car
| owners, now proposes to reach out and
! bring into its fold by means Of inten-
| siffed and concentrated effort in each
| section of the United States every
motorist in the land. wherever he or
! she may be located. This was the de-
/ cision reached by the y. \. \. execu-
! tive board at a meeting held last week
| in New York City.
| Not only does the a. y. A. intend
to weld into one gigantic organization
| all the car owners of the United States,
but il proposes 10 set before each in
dividual motorist every conceivable
variety of rea sonable service that such
! an association should render to its
members. That this should be done
ecutive board.
Feeling that its years of efforts to
bring about a comprehensive road
building program have advanced to a
point where almost complete success
| may be boosted, the a. A. a. now in
tends to bring Gle ser and make more
readily available to it's members all
the lesser comforts and conveniences
for which the touring motorist fre-
quently finds need.
HencefOrth. according to the execu-
tive boards recent decision, the A. a.
A. shall bend it's energies in obtaining
for it's members uniform traffic laws.
national motoring reciprocity, reliable
garage service, dependable aid when
accidents occur, the establishment of
more and better regulated campsites,
and the giving OF better and broadened
touring directions as we'll as a multi
tude of personal services that will
make the organization invaluable to
all who may be fortunate enough TO
! hold membership card in the nation
al body or one of its affiliated clubs
According to President George Diehl
the a. a. y. does not intend by any
means to abandon any of it's previous
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 provid-
ing map service are generally recog-
nized and praised by all who m9tor
But this work has now reached q de-
gree of success where attention can be
given to other needed activities with
out losing ground, and the opinion pre-
walls among our executive board mem
bers that more direct and personal ser
vice to the individual motorist 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 De
troit conference where there were
present several hundred delegates rep
resenting practically every motoring
and good roads organic on in the
United States, and at Wkioi. time it
was the consensus of opinion that the
good roads program in this country
and the individual motorists in the
United States would benefit more
through one. large influential organi
cation combining all roads and motor
interests rather than through several
smaller associations of naturally lesser
strength and influence.
The meeting also followed the recent
lilly of motorists at Jacksonville
Florida. where a southeastern divi-
sion Of the A. a. A. was successfully
launched with a membership including
the bulk of the car owners OF Florida,
Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Ten
nessee and the Carolinas. 1t was at
this meeting that William Jennings
Bryan addressed the assembled mo-
florists and urged organization as the
quickest and most effective means
Of lettering motor conditions gener-
ally.
So successful was the Jacksonville
gathering, and so evident was the en-
thusiasm for the A. A. A, that no
doubt was left in the minds of the ex-
ecutive board as to what procedure
should be followed in other sections
of the country.
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 New Eng
land division which In its pOtentiali-
ties should equal IL not surpass in
strength and character any other di-
vision OF the national organization.
The A. A. A drive viii be under the
direction of Executive Chairman p. 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 organi-
cation itself has never made The inten-I
sified and concentrated drive for the
membership il deserves and can uni