Evening star., 1942-05-15

children and volunteer workers who
served as registrars in the two ra-
tioning programs DR.. Broome also
called attention to the fact that
the County Board OF Education
passed a resolution at its meeting
this week expressing warm COM
mendation to the teachers and
others for this service"
Statement Issued.
A large number of applications
for supplementary gasoline ration
cards were filed in Prince Georges
County today causing Chairman l..
H. Burch of the County Rationing
Board to issue the following state
ment:
o. P. A. gasoline rationing regu-
lations provide that supplementary
cards may be issued upon showing
that an additional allotment Of
gasoline is essential to life or the
pursuit of a gainful occupation, that
no alternative means Of transporta-
ton doubling up, are not reason
ably adequate, and sufflcient addi-
tional information as the local
board may require.
This board will not, except In
cases of emergency or proven hard
ship, issue supplementary cards to
applicants until their original cards
are 70 per cent used and 1t has
become obvious that the original
allotment is not SUFFICIENT for their
needs.
IF the applicant is an employe,
his application must be verified by
his employer. Some holders OF x
cards are turning them in for
exchange for a card for which they
are eligible. In such cases. appll-
cants will be served promptly.
In Maryland. Leo H. Mccormick,
acting o. P. A. regional director,
informed the Associated Press that
a routine check would be made on
all B-3 and x cards issued In the
State. This announcement came as
hundreds of motorists were reported
jamming Rationing Board offices IN
certain quarters in an effort to OBJ
tain a revision of their classification
emitting them to larger quotas.
Projects May Be Halted.
While no rush on appeals was
reported in the District, it was evil
denced that there would be an
appreciable number during the first
days of the program One official
expressed fear that several Govern
ment projects would have to be
halted because workers did not
receive sufficiently high classical
ton II drive back and forth to their
jobs. A project at Aberdeen, Md,
was cited.
It was announced further from
Maryland that close scrutiny would
be given by the Coast Guard to
motorboat owners who have rushed
to change registration of their YES
sells from pleasure craft to work
boats since the rationing program
first was made public.
Harry M. Ruhl, Coast Guard en-
ploye, reported that more than go
boat owners had switched clasSi-
fication of their craft since Friday,
listing them as work boats and
opening the way for them to be
accorded X cards.
Virginia officials yesterday an
nounced a ruling from Washington
clarifying a question as to whether
gasoline obtained under B cards
must be used exclusively for busi-
ness purposes.
Under the Interpretation, it was
explained that persons who are able
to conserve portion of their 80,
As or 81 gallons allotted under the
series between now and July l by
doubling up in the use of their au-
tomobiles or otherwise reducing
transportation are within the law to
use the amount they save for other
purposes.
In New York it was urged that
home heating plants be converted
from oil to coal consumption wher-
ever possible as means Of reliev-
ing the fuel situation. Federal
subsidizing OF gasoline transporta-
ton on railroads also was advised.
Froyn the EYeei1tfve Committee Of