Evening star., 1941-07-03
Drive Opens
To Conserve
Gasoline Here
20oo Saving Seen
Needed to Avoid
u. S. Restrictions

WaShington's civic, professional,
business and women's organizations
were urged today by the District
Petroleum Conservation Committee
to give active support to the cam
paign to conserve gasoline in the
hope of avoiding compulsory re-
strictive measures.
The committee, headed by Mai.
Beverly c. Snow. was prepared to-
day to start an intensive campaign
by newspaper publicity, radio
plugs lectures before organized
groups, posters and other means
to impress on motorists that they
must strive to save 100000 gallons
per month if Government control
is to be avoided
Plans were outlined yesterday
afternoon at a conference at the
District Building attended by about
80 persons, mostly members of the
committee and representatives of
groups already cooperating in the
move.
Meantime. the ice manufacturers
of Washington, responding to the
call to conserve gasoline. announced
plans to cooperate in the program.
They reported to the Merchants
e. Manufacturers Association that.
effective July Is, they will curtail
deliveries TO small consumers to one
delivery day. and to large con-
sumerS. such as restaurants, hotels
and stores, to two or three deliveries
day. according to the needs of
the customers. No deliveries will
be made after 7 pm.
Educa tional Pamphlets Printed.
Stickers carrying the slogan
Make Four Gallons Do What Five
Did Before" are being prepared for
use on automobile bumpers or other
places if District officials decide it
would be unWise from safety
viewpoint to permit them on wind
shields and rear windows.
Walton Onslow, committee men,
Der representing Interior Secretary
Ickes. petroleum co-ordinator. de-
clared public enlistment in the drive
must be made through community
groups and agencies. The commit
tee is having thousands of educa-
tional pamphlets printed giving in
structions to motorists as 10 how
they can save fuel by better driving
and keeping their cars in condition.
Bruce Baird. president of the Ma
tional Savings & Trust Co, chair
man of the speakers unit of the
committee, told the group he was
few minutes late coming to the
meeting because he had walked to
the District Building-to save gaso-
line He promised that speakers
would be made available to groups
enlisting in the drive.
20 Per Cent Saving Needed.
Mai. Snow warned that a saving
of 20 per cent in present gasoline
usage must be achieved. due to the
distribution problem created by the
assignment of so tankers from the
United States to Great Britain.
Among those attending the con-
ference were Dr. George F. Bower
man. former public librarian. a
member of the Cosmos Club: Ed
ward D. Shaw. secretary Merchants
& Manufacturers Association: NJ.
x. Heartfield. ice cream section of
the M e. M: Stuart MCGEE. WASH
ington Board of Trade; Guy Tin
ner. Federation of Civic Associa-
tions; Washington l. Cleveland. A.
j. Montgomery, Arthur Carley and
Theodore Kellogg of the American
Automobile Association: Arthur
Harnett of the Washington Hotel
Association: Mrs. Robert Whitelaw
Wilson, Junior League; B. L. Bris-
tor of the public schools, Traffic
Director William A. Van Duzer and
V. B. De Vries of the Keystone
Automobile Club.