Evening star., 1941-12-27
Tire-Rationing Order
May Force Millions
OF Autos Off Street
Drastic O. P. M. Ruling
Limits Sale Of New
Rubber to VitoI Groups

TIRE RATIONING SEEN as solving
D. C. traffic problems, but increas-
ing congestion. Page Ala
By thea socisted Press.
The Nations 32,0000O0 motor car
owners today faced an almost COM
plete tire famine.
The Once of Price Administration
cracked down all the way In new
rationing program, denying the
vitally needed rubber not only to
the pleasure car driver, but to taxi
cabs, travelling statesmen and many
commercial truckers.
The cutoff of crude rubber from
the Far Eastern plantations may
easily force millions of AUTOMOBILES
with worn tires-off city streets
and rural highways.
Price Administrator Leon Hender-
son, cognizant of the needs OF the
armed forces for war OF nobody
knows how long a duration, yester-
day issued regulations for local tire
rationing boards which start opera
ton January s. These regulations
ban the issuance of purchasing GER
tificates for new tires or tubes except
to those coming within seven dis
tinct classifications.
And the motorist who Is now
riding on fabric can't speed to his
nearest dealer to stock up, for all
supplies OF new tires and inner tubes
are frozen until the ratlonlng date.
Car owners who can get new tires
are those whose vehicles are essential
to services for health, safety AND
industrial and commercial opera
tions of a limited nature.
These are:
|. Physicians, surgeons, visiting
nurses, veterinarians.
2. Ambulances.
g. Ffre-f1ghting equipment. police
vehicles. garbage removal trucks and
mail delivery cars.
4. Public service vehicles with a
capacity of 10 or more passengers
on regular transportation routes,
school buses or cars to carry workers
to and from industrial plants.
S. Trucks for ice and fuel delivery,
road maintenance, public utilities
facilities. essential repair services,
waste and scrap dealers, common
carriers and transportation for raw
materials. semi finish or reflnished
goods which are not moving directly
10 the household for ultimate con-
sumers' use.
s. Farm tractors or other imple-
ments, except trucks or pleasure
cars.
7. Industrial. mining and con-
struction equipment. except trucks
or other automobiles.
Pooling Deliveries Suggested.
As to the prohibition against sale
for use on cars delivering 10 con-
sumers, it was explained that there
were factors to relieve any situation
involving delivery Of milk. bakery
products and department store
goods.
The pooling of delivery facilities
was one suggested solution, espe-
cially where there is duplication of
routes such as in milk and laundry
services. Some of the bigger firms
were said to have large stocks OF
| tires on hand TO carry them along
\ for some time.
Only retreaded. recapped or other
used tires are excepted from the
regulations at present
| Along with the drastic restriction:
there came immediate unoffcia
speculation on the possible long
range effect on industries akin Il
travel. Numberless roadside stand
of varying degrees of luxury ap
peared certain to feel the pinch be
fore the wars end. along with
garages and gas stations.
The o. P. NJ. meanwhile. amendet
the order restricting rubber con
sumption TO permit the processing
of rubber for the manufacture o
fire hose and other fire extlnguish
ing apparatus The exemption from
the terms of the order applies onl
to production of fire fighting equip
ment at the November rate. pendin
further study of the situation, ON
cials said.