Evening star., 1942-01-03
General Rules
Announced for
Tire Rationing
No Provision Made
For Sole of New
Castings to Public

public" as they perfected plans for
Official beginning of their operations
Monday in offices in the old Force
School Building, 170o block of Mas
sachusetts avenue.
Whitney Leary. chairman OF the
executive board named by the Com
missioners to take charge of the
rationing of tires and tubes to those
groups which may obtain the vital
certificates, announced general rules
which must be followed by appli-
cants.
First, the applicant must take his
vehicle to one of the Districts two
automobile inspection stations to
have the condition of present tires
checked by technical workers there.
One station is at Tenth and F
streets S.W., and the other at West
Virginia and Central avenues NE.
Next, if existing tires are found
in need of replacement, the .appli-
cant should obtain an application
blank from the station, fill it out
and file it with the Tire Rationing
Board in the Force School.
Wait for Notification.
Finally, if immediate action cam
not be taken, the applicant should
wait for notification or a call to
come in and submit any additional
data required.
Mr.. Leary said officials had de-
cided to name three separate boards
to operate under the executive
board to handle separate classes of
applicants. Names of prospective
board members were withheld to
await acceptances. A dozen clerical
helpers are being provided through
cooperation of the w. P. A. and
one full-time executive assistant is
being hired, so far, under finances
provided by the District. The eXecu-
tive assistant is T. K. Randall, for
mer sales manager for H. B. Leary.
jr., 81 Bros, of which Mr.. Leary is
an executive.
Mr.. Leary and other Executive
Board members issued a plea that
no one apply for new tires or tubes
unless he feels reasonably certain
his case falls within one of the
classiflcations listed by Federal
authorities as eligible for purchases.
Turn in Old Tires.
He and his associates emphasized
the District has been allotted but
1922 new tires and 1,608 new tubes
for apportionment here during
January. They stressed a separate
would be required for
each vehicle and that no new tires
or tubes would be permitted if the
old rubber could be retreaded or
patched. But one spare tire could
be permitted for any one vehicle,
and old tires must be turned in if
new ones are allowed, they added.
Any new tires sold, they said, must
be mounted at once.
Meanwhile, fears were voiced by
some officials that, under present
of tire rationing
rules, the District Civilian Defense
Office may lose the services of so or
more privately owned cars which are
driven from day to day by volun-
teer workers for transportation for
defense officials. 1t was feared
these owners might decide it will be
necessary to save their tires if re-
placements are not permitted.
j. Alwyn Brown has been named
chief for transportation for civilian
defense in this area and he has
been seeking to build up a list of
private car owners available for
emergency service as we'll as for
the daily grind of transporting civil
ian defense workers Whether
formal plea would be made for
exemption of such cars from the
tire sale ban was not stated.
Conferees Listed.
Conferring with Mr.. Leary at
yesterdays session were: Commis-
sioner Guy Mason. Traffic Director
William A. Van Duzer and the fol-
lowing members of the Tire Ration
ing Executive Board: Edward D.
Merrill, R. J. Murphy, Walter B.
Guy. DR.. Charles Stanley White,
c. w. Turner and Arthur j. Sund-
lun.
The rationing work. Mr.. Leary
said, was broken down into three
groups, by division of the eligi-
bility classifications as issued by the
Federal Office of Price Administra-
ton. One of the boards will con-
Germ itself with applications for
tires or tubes for vehicles operated
principally in professional services
by physicians, surgeons, visiting
nurses or veterinarians; or for am
balances; or for vehicles used for
fire fighting, police services, enforce
ment of public health and safety
laws; garbage disposal and other
sanitary services: and mail services.
A second board is to consider ap-
peals for tires and tubes for use on
vehicles with a capacity of 10 or
more passengers, operated exclusive
ly in a regular transportation Serv-
ice; for transportation of students
and teachers to and from school;
and for transportation of employees
to and from any industrial, mining
or construction project, except when
public transportation is readily avail
able.
Transportation Defined.
The third board would handle ap-
peals for purchases for trucks used
in transportation of ice and fuel,
material and equipment for build
ing or maintenance of public roads
public utilities, Or production facili-
ties: transportation of materials OF
equipment for construction of de
fense housing and military and
naval establishments; that essential
to render roofing, plumbing, heat
ing and electrical repair services;
for common carrier transportation;
for hauling of waste and scrap ma.
terials; and, generally, and with Ger
tain restrictions, transportation Of
raw materials, semi-manufacturec
and finished products, including
farm products and foods; and fol
provision of tires and tubes tol
essential" farm tractors and farm
implements other than automobiles
or trucks; and for essential opera
ton of industrial, mining and con.
struction equipment other than cars