Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-05
Gas Rotioning Rules
{ Drown for Detroit
BY HUGH DAILY

by NV
The new East Coast gasoline "a
tioning plan limiting most motor
-sists TO $3.50 miles OF essential and
pleasure driving a year is the gas
Allotment system which may be
used here 10 conserve rubber. De-
rroit traffic experts said today
~ II adopted, with a few modlfi-
locations, this plan would provide
=. Every motorist would re-
ceive first an IA ration book,
which would permit him 10 drive
1880 essential miles and 1000
pleasure miles per year.
DRIVING TO WORK
=; 2-Essential driving would prin-
ecipally mean driving 10 and from
work This would apply for every
one. not just war workers. The
driving TO work Of store clerks,
office workers or entertainers
would be essential if they nor
mally used their cars.
- 3-The gas would be allotted on
rthe basis OF IS miles per gallon.
Motorists whose cars get more
lpthan that mileage per gallon will
The able TO drive few extra miles
.oThose with cars that get less mile
n1e would be given extra gasoline
% 4-Workers who cannot get TO
their jobs with 1900 miles travel
tper year would be given additional
Las II they could prove they are
participating in the share-the-ride
Iplan and driving as many other
lpersons as possible to work.
WASHINGTON PLAN
This IL the plan which was out
lined 70 Don Slutz. Detroit traffic
ordinator, and d. Grant Mickle,
eity traffic engineer. at q confer
knce IN Washington with Joel
Dean, chief Of fuel rationing for
khe Office Of Price Administration.
ssDean outlined the plan 10 IL
would apply IN the East and said
h saW no reason why the sys-
tim could not be used In Detroit
and throughout the country to
ave rubber" Slutz said.
at II probably the plan which
n win Be put Int o ehect here
u either July Is or August l."
NO MAD SCRAMBLE
Under the program there would
- no mad scramble for * or
unlimited ration cards, Slutz ex.
solained. Every ordinary motorist
wouid be given an "A" card:
Under this card he would be
kble to purchase an average OF
2khree or four gallons OF gasoline
II week. III he divided his gasoline
3kor essential and pleasure driving
- the government wishes, he
skvouId be allowed IS miles OF es-
tEential and 20 miles OF pleasure
.hriving per week.
w IN ne worked q five-day week he
MOULD not be able to drive alone
10 work downtown II he lived
{tarther east than East Jefferson
avenue and Memorial Park. far
her north than Woodward and
yrIclid avenues and farther west
han Grand River avenue and
West Grand boulevard.
EXTRA GAS POSSIBLE
sTf you live past these bound
Ihries and drive downtown to
work. YOU must share rides with
X other drivers, II you want extra
I xas under the rationing plan,'
Slutx said.
AS far 90 getting to work,
1 ne whole thing depends upon
1 sharinx the ride.s Slutz stated.
ksFcr example, II . person lived
ON tine east aide Of the city and
drove 70 work at the Willow
Run plant every day. he would
II be given sufficient gas to DO this
In ne was sharing rides.
eff he was doing this he could
| ret enough gas for 5000 or 5000
miles of essential driving per
wear. The way he would do this
would be 20 to the gas ration
/ board after ne had his "A book
and show that he needed more
rns 20 get 20 work and have
sworn statements from the per-
| sons who ride with him that ne
] was taking them TO work.
KEEPS CARS GOING
/ sThese riders, having cars
! <heruselve<. would also apply for