Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-13

dition,' said Alvan Macauley, pres
ident of the Automobile Chamber |
Of Commerce, and former chair
man of its street committee, In
commenting on the program.
THE junking program Will
greatly relieve the used-car Situa-
ton, because it will remove from |
all consideration the large number |
of worthless vehicles which deal |
erS heretofore had to contend
with and will leave to the used |
car field only the vehicles which
have a legitimate resale value.
Good used cars will sell more
readily because the stigma of
WorthleSSnesS and unreliability
will be greatly reduced through
the systematic elimination Of the
cullS.
Preventive maintenance, which
is the keynote of Care Will Save
Your Car plans, also will bring
stability to the uSed-car market
because it will help to conserve
car values. Car manufacturers
want their customers to get the
utmost in satisfaction and service
out of their automobiles, because
they understand that better
realization of the sound values
which are built into their product
will result in greater prestige.
The car that is taken care of will
be more warmly received in the
uSed-car market and the owner
will benefit accordingly when he
talks trade in.
with more than 100000 mo-
tor vehicles now registered in the
United States and with estimates
that this years total production
will be somewhere between 4,000,-
900 and 5000, 900, the field for pre-
ventive maintenance continues to
grow"
Grounded on Fundamentals.
The Automotive Daily News de-
clareS:
Public benefit and sound eco
Monies are closely related. The
automobile industry's highway
safety plan, which will scrap AGO.
600 unfit cars in a year, is an ex-
, ample of large-scale benefaction,
which is Solidly grounded on bust
ness fundamentals.
Every one knows that the used
car falls into two claSSif1cati0nS
The first class comprises the Serv-
iceable automobiles which are
Salable by the dealer and of value
to the buyer. The second class
are the rattle-trap uSed-up cars
which are a menace to all users
of the highway and are an eco
nomic nuisance. They spell loss
to the dealer and loss to those
who operate them.
1.-THE various companies partici-
pating in this program estimate
that they will spend a total of
SIS, 900, 600 for sending such cars
to the scrap heap.
Those who are concerned with
the national problem of accident
prevention-andt the motor execu-
tives are in the forefront of that
movement-will greet enthusiast
tically this ACTIVITY to clear the
roads of unfit vehicles.
"Alvan Macauley, president Of
the National Automobile Chamber
of Commerce, which fosters the
project, characteriZeS the effort
as perhaps the greatest single
safety move in industrial his
tory
1.-THE fact that the highway
safety plan is good business sense
strengthens its humanitarian val
ue. Economic SoundneSS is usual
ly essential If any move is to be
continuous rather than sporadic.
The use Of the automobile con-
StituteS a vast democratic trans
portation system in which the
maker, the dealer and the owner
have a common interest. The re-
moval of UNIT cars will serve to
clean up a situation prejudicial
to the industry and the trade. It
will be boom to the Nation of
car owners by removing from the
highways huge amount Of I'M
desirable rolling stock.
American industry has again
proved its ability to deal with
major problems by methods which
are comprehensive and far
viSioned."
Fatalities Continue to Rise.
AuGOII1OUI1C 1dbdllU1CS COIlLluuS W
rise, according to the Department
Of Commerce, which announces
that during the four weeks end
ing March %, 1880, 70 large cities
in the United States reported 576
deaths from autombile accidents.
This number (576) compares with
523 deaths during the four weeks
ending March %, 1929. Most of
these deaths were the result of
accidents which occurred within
the corporate limits of the city,
although some accidents occurred
outside of the city limits.
For comparison, the number of
deaths due to automobile acct
dents within city limits is desir-
able. Such figures are available
for the four-week period ending
March %, 1880, and for the cor
responding four-week period of
1929 for all of the 70 cities, the
four-week figure in 1880 being
486, as contraSted with 452 for the
corresponding four weeks in 1929.
Considering by four-week peri
DDS since May, 1925, total deaths
from automobile accidents for Is
cities, regardless of place of acct
dent, the lowest total (346) ap-
pears for the four-week period
ending March ~, 1925, and the
highest (840) for the four-week
period ending November 2, 1929.