Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-28
HOOVER RECEIVES
AUTO ENGINEERS
Group Converting Here Calls
on President at
White House.

Members Of the society Of Automo-
ave Engineers Attending the three-day
session on transportation at the Shors-
ham Hosel we're visitors At the White
Mouse today. the President receiving
than shortly after noon. Following
tl,t, reception. the delegation. under
charge az z. s. Pardoe, superintendent
az the Capital Traction Co, departed
for the United states Bureau OF stand
ards, where 8 tour OF nlspee'iOn vas
Tonight Dr. q. K Burgess, director
~ ire Government bureau. viii speak
~, what the Bureau OF STANDARDS ls
T,oire Ter Business" c. S. Bruce VIII
Be chairman Of this meeting
An address, Relation Of the MotoT
Coach Body 70 the CHASSIS. VIZ 49, -
Co. 10 open tomorrow mornings ses-
eSon az $50 o'clock. O. H Scragg
Mack Trucks. Inc, viii also speak, MS
tonic being Relation Of the Motor
each Chassis to the Body" w. J.
Cumming. Surface Transportation Cor
poration OF New York, VIII be CHAIRMAN
In the afternoon At O'Clock ). M 1T. III,
rT,innSent and Operation Of Fleet Re-
,,eir. Sl1or,s Is Manufacturers and Com
fnercial Repair shops
Dinner 10 End Session.
A dinner at $50 O'Clock planned by
me washington and Baltimore sections
v,liI hiring the sessions to close VII
wa-, D MacCracken, ir., chairman s.
AZ washington Section, Will act as
hnastsnaster. W. r. Smith, president OF
she American Road Builders Associa-
Non ana Roe Fllkerson OF this city
VII Be the principal speakers.
NiIlions Of dollars in value Of present.
nuliunent may be obsoleted 81 any
Nrne through unwise legislation, oe-
ciared Pierre Schcn. sales engineer o.
ehN GENERAL Motors Truck Co, SPEAK
re yeeterday before the transportation
meettng OF the society. He pointed OUT
khat n the tendency for Ahrinking sizes
ard weights Of commercial vehicles
through state legislation Is continued,
the problem OF. vehicle manufacturers,
designing engineers, truck operators
and shippers win become more conph-
eafAd and costly. He therefore urged
fhat All parties involved work together
"a eIirninate this economic waste. which
win materially AFFECT taxes and costs OF
distribution.
Editor Is Speaker.
Samuel L. Dunn, editor of Railway
way and highway transportation, said.
"Our sole object IN seeking q solution TO
our transportation problem should De the
PROMOTION az the welfare Of the whole
Nation. The only solution OF IT Will De
the effecting Of economically sound
coordination between all our dinerent
means Of transportation: economically
sound coordination will exist when
each means Of transportation renders
the service for which It Is best ntted.
In orSer to ascertain what traffic should
be handled BY each class Of carriers,
they must be given equality Of opportu-
nifty by avoiding or aoolishing Govern
nnent discrimination between them.
Go, eminent discriminates and denies
equality Of opportunity II it pays part
81 the cost essential 10 the rendering
az the service of one class of carriers
and Goes net pay part OF the costs
essential to the rendering OF the service
OF another class of carriers, or applies
regulation 70 one class Of carriers and
cre5 not apply comparable regulation
10 another class Of carriers"