Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-27
In the Motor World
BY G. ADAMS HOWARD.

your views At right into our
picture" said letter from the
head Of one OF the great wholesale
dry goods houses; "if more mer-
chants would purchase their needs
they would put great many peo-
pie back to work Immediately.
The majority Of merchants are
trying to run their businesses
without buying anywhere near
their actual requirements"
You hit the nail right on the
head" wrote a worker in an auto
mobile plant.
II sincerely hope that your time
ly exhortation will produce valu-
able fruit. I am sure it will" was
the comment of one of the coun-
try's most prominent writer's on
business and economics.
Material Help.
"If this thought can be gotten
across to the public 1t will ma
terially help the present situa-
ton" wrote the president of one
of the largest banking institutions
in the country.
The head of another great bank
expressed the belief that if the
advice should be taken it would
be a long step toward the solving
of our problems"
1.-THE dole is curse to any coun-
try" wrote a noted college profess
sor; "those needing it most re-
fuse it most proudly"
The president of one company
told Mr.. Macauley that some time
ago he had promised all of his
employees steady employment for
one year if they would spend 10
per cent of their income for other
than necessities.
Further rejecting the desire OF
the automotive industry to CO.
operate with President Hoover's
recently appointed Emergency
Committee on Unemployment Re-
lief, a special committee repre-
senting the National Automobile
Chamber of Commerce has under
taken additional study of the
labor situation, seeking more
methods whereby motor manu-
facturers might relieve unemploy-
ment.
Appointment of the committee
by Mr.. Macauley, representative
of President Hoover for unem-
ployment relief, has been au-
thorized by the chamber direc-
torate after reviewing the various
aspects Of the situation at hand.
The committee will be under the
leadership of A. r. Erskine. Other
members are Robert w. Woodruff
and L. A. Miller.
Alive to Situation.
From reports which we have
received 1t has been apparent
that the individual automobile
manufacturing companies have
been alive to this situation and
have adopted every possible eX-
pedient to meet the emergency by
distributing their restricted pay
rolls of recent months as widely
as possible among all employees"
declared Mr.. Macauley in appoint
ing the committee. "They have
also been active in the general
welfare work Of their several
localities"
a with one out of every 10 wage
earnerS in the United States de-
pending directly or indirectly upon
the automobile industry for sup
port, our manufacturers are
earnestly seeking to do everything
within their power to meet the
situation" added Mr.. Macauley.
Nation wide resumption of mo-
tor car buying would have an i'm
mediate and far-reaching effect IN
restoring business to normal
operating conditions" he stated.
This is apparent when one re-
calls that the automobile industry
derives its labor and raw mate
rails from every State in the coun-
try, and that three out of every
four States contribute parts used
in the manufacture OF auto
mobiles"
Recommendations based upon
the committees investigation of
the employment situation as 1t
affects the automobile industry
will be submitted at the meeting
of the chamber members to be
held early in October.
Although the automobile has
reached a high degree of perfec-
ton, the car owner continues to-
benefit from the aid given the In
dustry by Uncle Sans great
Bureau of Standards at Wash
ington.
Bureau of Standards Aid.
This statement was made today
by the District of Columbia dlVl-
sion of the American AUTOMOBILE
Association, which declared that
the average motoriSt hardly ap-
preciateS the assistance the Gov
eminent renders in facilitating
the movement of the car with
safety.
"Take fuels for example" the
association said, "a field OF vital
Importance to car owners. Through
years of experiments, the bureaus
scientists have built up a body OF
knowledge which has proved OF
inestimable value to the petro-
leum industry and consequently
to the motorist. This research has
meant more efficient fuels and
more economical engines, with
lower operating cost and added
pleasures of motoring"
The A. A. A. declared that re-
search in connection with brakes
on automobiles is another instance
of the bureaus activities. The
statement continued:
TESTS have been conducted to
prove the best methods Of braking,
to find the best brake materials.
and with regard to the general
construction of brakes.
I'm every direction, and in every
phase of motor engineering, the
bureau has interested itself TO