Evening star., 1933-04-02
In the Motor World
BY G. ADAMS HOWARD.

/ Eventually all the signs will b,
changed by gradual process to the nev
scheme.
1882 Gasoline Bill.
Motorists spent approximately twt
and q quarter billion dollars for gaso
line during 1892, of which aroune
$500, 900 900, or more than 80 per cent
was in the form Of gasoline taxes.
On the basis Of approximately Is,
600, 900 registered motor vehicles, thi
means that the average motorist spen
| 500 for gasoline during the year JUS
ended
These figures were announced by tht
District of Columbia Division of the
American Automobile Association, or
the basis of a report of A. A. A. ma
tional headquarters giving preliminary
estimates for 1882.
"The gasoline tax bill," said the A
A. A., continues to soar despite a de-
cline in the number of registered motol
vehicles and curtailed Use of those ir
operation. The estimat of $500, 900 ,00(
for 1882 compares with $536, ,397, ,458 in
1881 and $494, 1888 ,410 in $780, Obviously
six months of the Federal 1-cent gaso-
line tax helped to swell the total
Aside from the seriousness of the
mounting gas tax bill there is also the
equally as serious problem of diversion
That 1t will assume alarming proper
tions with the ccnvening of 43 State
Legislatures early this year is already
apparent, and new proposals for the di-
version of motor tax revenues are
threatened. However, reports from A.
A. A. motor clubs in all sections of the
country indicate that aggressive cam
paigns are under way to protect the
rights of owners and to assure the use
OF motor tax revenues for road-buildin
purposes only.
ITO add to the confusion already ex-
isting in the motor tax field the Fed
eral Treasury has recommended the
continuation of the Federal 1-cent gaso-
line tax for a year beyond June 81,
1933-the end of the one-year period
for which it was originally levied"
New Auto Film.
The Metals of q Motor Car" new
tvo-reel silent" educational motion
picture film, prepared under the SUPER
vision of the United States Bureau of
Mines In cooperation with an automo-
bile company, is the latest addition to
the bureaus list of films visualizing the
mineral and allied industries. It shows
the way in which metals and alloys are
used In the construction and operation
OF many parts OF a motor car.
The story Of preSent-day motor cars
is one of metals and alloys that have
been developed by the metallurgist after
years of research. The film visualizes
the necessity of constructing various
parts with a combination Of metals
which will withstand heat, oppose wear
and resist shock, and explains why
numerous parts are made especially to
Withstand strain and twist, while others
are designed to give qualities of hard
ness and toughness, or resistance to
shock and corrosion. The construction
Of the automobile engine itself is in
terestingly portrayed, but the detailed
construction of the chassis is also shown,
together with the assembly of the axles,
steering knuckles, connecting rods,
transmission gears, universal joints, diff
ferential, and other parts of the car.
Attention Is directed especially to the
precision in the use OF metals that has
been specified by metallurgists in order
to provide us with the safe, comfort
able and efacient motor car we know
today.
Copies Of this film, "The Metals of q
Motor Car" in both the 16-millimeter
and 35-millimeter sizes, may be obtained
for exhibition by schools, churches,
clubs, civic and business organizations
and others, from the Pittsburgh Ex-
pertinent Station Of the United States
Bureau Of Mines, Pittsburgh, Pa. No
charge Is made for the use Of the film,
although the exhibitor is asked to pay
transportation charges.