Evening star., 1925-01-11
100000 AUTO|STS
SOUGHT BY A. A. A.
Great Benefits to Motordom
Seen When Membership
Reaches High Total.

Vlsualizing the status of American
motoring when there arc five million
organized car owners instead of a
million, the American Automobile AS
ISOLATION is formulating plans far in
advance OF the times, along with
plans already under way for present
and near future use, according to a
bulletin issued this week at the or
ganization's headquarters in this city.
In the bulletin Thomas P. Henry,
president of the A. A. A, declares
that while the men in the field of
car-owner organization must keep
both feet on the ground in order to
grapple with the many perplex1ng
problems in motordom today, II is
vitally necessary to plan for tho mo-
n1entous future which he says merely
awaits the car owners acceptance Of
cooperation as the best method Of
smoothing out motordom's path.
Good Results Anticipated.
Judging from our present actiV-
tiles, future membership of hYe
million or so car owners should give
to motordom the hundreds OF i'm
provements 1t needs Mr.. Henry pre-
diets, land 1 feel that one of the
main points to keep in mind in thia
connection is that q. membership five
not be limited to five times greater
results. Every new member makes
cooperation easier and minimiZes an
individual problem, so that the great
Cr membership of the future means a
net gain almost impossible for us to
calculate"
The A. A A bulletin dips into the
past as a. means of suggesting what
is possible in the future. 1t reveals
that since the doubling of Three-A
membership, through amalgamation
with the n. NJ. A, touring service has
improved TO a, point where the motor
stub member no longer experiences
difficulty in touring to the most dis
tant points.
Attention IS called to the publica-
don Of the A A. a. Florida route
book, which is said to be the most
complete Southland tour book ever
offered the tourist who wants his
information with the least possible
annoyance. One of the features of
the book Is the arrangement whereby
touring members can obtain from
Three-A clubs en- route any special
sections of the route book if they
do not desire to carry the entire VOL
ume, the sections being uniform in
size and methods of routing.
According TO President Henry, the
touring services now being developed
throughout the country are simplified
with the addition of each new mem
ber to the ranks of organized motor.
lists. and it is on this premise that he
sounds the optimistic note with re-
spect to the great membership of the
future.
The indifference OF some fourteen
million car owners in the United
States is our greatest stumbling
block to progress in the work of
clearing motordom of its unnecessary
complications" the bulletin reads,
quoting the Three-A head. when
this indifference is reduced by some
four million 1t is evident that we will
be on the way TO a higher type of
motoring in every way, but we must
not lose sight Of the fact that the
proportion of club members tomorrow
may be no greater than today If the
registration of cars continues at the
present rate of increase.
What every motor club In endeav-
cring to do 10 to seek cooperation
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