Evening star., 1923-07-29
AUTOMOBILE CLUBS
OF COUNTRY LINKED
Entire Nation Joined in Tour
ing Fraternity by New Or
ganization Plan.

Under an unusual and extensive
reciprocal plan just effected by the
National MotoriSt Association. the
entire country has been linked into a
gigantic touring fraternity of auto
mobile clubs. which il is believed will
do much to simplify travelling for the
motor tourist.
Heretofore the motorist has been
able to receive reciprocal touring
courtesies from only those clubs
which happened to be affiliated with
the particular national organiza ton
of which he was = member. but un-
der the plan of the National Moforist
Association touring courtesies are to
be offered not merely by IS affiliated
clubs. but by any clubs which. by
reason of non affil,ation with any II -
tional organization or the existence
of courteous feeling for all motor
lists. believe that the present develop
ment in the use of motor cars de-
mandS such a step.
414 Clubs Listed.
a total of 474 clubs are listed on
the complete chart furnished by the
National MotoriSt Association.
Practically every state in the Union
is represented with clubs. there being
as many as Seventy-slN in the state
of Ohio, thrtV-StX in New York and
thirty in Pennsylvania.
There are. in addition. Ave clubs in
Canada. which will extend reciprocal
touring. CourteSies to members OF all
recognized automobile clubs extend
ing similar service.
This marks the beginning of what
appears to be the first successful plan
to gain the cooperation of all the
principal automobile clubs through
out the country in such Il way that
the long distance tourist VIII be as
Sured service from coast to coast and
a warm welcome at whatever club ne
happens to visit or call on for aid
1t also appears to be the first sue
ccssful attempt to break down petty
jealousy between automobile CLUBS
the entire system working in the IN
terestS of the ear owners of the coun-
try rather than the organizations
The system as already developed Is
SO nation wide that no motorist
should start on trip without mrs.
examining the organization chart al
his local club and making list oil
the clubs where service can be had
in the territory he plans TO tour
Charts on Files.
These charts which are now filed
with all of the clubs listed, also give
the street address of each local or
ganization. SO that if the tourist VIII
consult his club before setting forth
he VIII not nnd II necessary 10 uIlN
ell over strange town looking tol
the Information he needs. He alSC
has the secretary'S name. and feels
assured that he can walk right up &c
the desk show his membership caro-
In the public-spirited club he mans
from. and obtain local touring infor-
nation that is right off the reel and
accordingly. accurate and reliable.
The ma jority of the clubs listed lr
the new plan are National Motorist
Association affiliations, but Executive
Secretary Fred H. Galley emphasizes
the fact that service is to come be-
fore affiliations in this plan which has
been developed entirely with the idea
of breaking down petty dlHerences
and linking the automobile cluos OF
the country into system WheIe
they can be individually more ef
fective through multiplying by then
own number the service they can rem
der members while on tour.