Evening star., 1941-08-06
|ckes Outlines
Further Steps 10
Save Gasoline
Plans Made to Give
Jobs to Unemployed
Fuel Station Men

While District gasoline sales were
reported dropping-to such an eX-
tent that plans were being made,
to absorb anticipated unemployment
among filling station employes-De-
fense Petroleum Co-ordinator, Ickes
today proclaimed five-point pro-
gram for further curtailment.
Edwin w. Jones. director of the
District Employment Center, in
formed the local Petroleum Indus
tries Committee that his organlza-
ton stands ready to solve the un-
employment problem, and the Retail
Gasoline Dealers, Inc, reported that
its placement service would be avail
able.
End Bulk Deliveries.
Secretary Ickes appealed to "all
persons in the Atlantic Coast area
responsible for the operation OF
commercial vehicles except those
operated in national defense activ-
tiles or services essential to health
and safety to take the following
steps-giving assurance that they
would not be in violation of anti
trust laws.
l. Eliminate bulk and wholesale
deliveries on Saturdays.
2. Limit retail deliveries to not
more than one each day over q
given area.
3. Reduce the deliveries of perish
ables to as few each day as possible.
4. Eliminate special deliveries.
S. Urge consumers to cooperate
by carrying small packages instead
OF requesting deliveries.
A check of 26 typical local stations
indicated that sales yesterday were
below the "subnormal" sales of Mon
day, according to Harry H. VAIN
wright, research director OF the
dealers association. One of the
largest stations in Washington re-
ported that it sold 20 per cent less
than normal. he said. A chain OF
stations reported that its sales were
off by about Is per cent.
A number of others said usual
business continued. however, and two
or three had slightly better than
! customary.
Model Ration Plan Drafted.
AS a model for the rest of the
Eastern seaboard, ration plan for
New York State has been drawn up
for possible use beginning in Sep
tember, the Associated Press re-
ported,
The plan, suggesting limit OF 10
gallons week for pleasure car own
ers, was devised by State Motor We
hicle Commissioner Carroll Z. Mea-
ley-at a request of Secretary IckeS
forwarded through Gov. Lehman.
While key men of the local gaso-
line business feel that employment
is bound to drop, their retailers as
sociation reported today that. dis
missals have apparently not begun.
Mr.. Wainwright suggested that
employers are holding their workers
temporarily until they see how busi-
ness holds up.
Shortage of Men.
At the District Employment Cen
ter. Robert Morrison, division chief,
asserted that there will be no hard
ship-I can definitely state that"
Il would like to have double the
number of men that will be laid off,
| he declared. Il will have every
good man working at job within
a month-at as good money as be-
fore
Among the smaller stations there
| has been a terrible shortage of
men with local references all this
year, he said, and these units can
absorb workers let out by large sta
tions. Other opportunities are also
open.
Though few defense jobs can be
obtained here, David L. B. Fringer,
director of the Maryland State En-
ployment Service, declared in Bal
timore yesterday that attendants
with some mechanical experience
should be particularly well qualified
for some of the defense orders we
now have" The service cannot now
meet the many requests made by
industry, he said.
i Orniono fo Be Demonstrated