Evening star., 1942-07-12
500 Volunteers
Open Share.Car
Drive This Week
Cards to Be Left at
D. c. Homes Urging
Autoists to Enroll

Six nunQreQ VICTORY VOluIlIceIS
Of the Metropolitan Area Civilian
Defense will begin this week to car
~ the Districts part OF national
share your car" program into every
block of the city under program
announced yesterday by Civilian De-
tense Co-ordinator Young.
TO bring the share your car pro-
gram to full fruition as an eftec-
tive and necessary war effort re-
uuires the combined efforts of us all
governmental and private agen-
cies, volunteers, the newspapers,
radio stations and every individ-
ual." said Mr.. Young. II am sure
that every car owner and resident
of washington will cooperate with
our civilian defense Victory Volun-
teers in this new undertaking."
The program will get under way
with meetings in areas throughout
the city, starting tomorrow night
with meeting in the Howard Park
area, followed by one Tuesday IN
the Foxhall area. Machinery for
bringing about the general sharing
of cars will be set up at the various
meetings. it was explained.
Young Calls Conferences.
Plans for the Victory Volunteers,
which do not mean that other
'share-your- car" programs already
under way are to be supplanted,
were worked out at the direction of
Commissioner Young at confer
ences among officials and volunteers
of the various agencies concerned,
it was said.
The Victory Volunteers, part of
the Civilian Mobilization Division,
carried out their first assignment
Wednesday in the distribution to
retailers of ceiling price instructions
for the ONCE of Price Admins
tration..
The plan for the car-sharing
drive, it was said, is to divide the
work of covering the city according
to the 66 civilian defense areas,
with chairman for each area. In
most areas it is planned to follow
the civilian defense system of zones
and sectors, with an area subchief
In charge of each sector. Workers
are to report the local OCD office
said, to their area chiefs, who, in
turn, will report to their zone, and
so on up the line of command to
the Consumers Committee, headed
by Mrs. Charlotte Warner.
Cards to Be Distributed.
Mrs. Anita Sufrin is chairman Of
the "share-your-carr subcommittee.
Each worker Will ~ proyided with
cars, prepared BY Tr4fac nirector
william "a. Van Duzer, Tor distribu-
ton to each home In her. sector.
Car owners will - asked t6g1lll in
their name, address telephone.
number, capacity Of cat Ak1dfess of
employment. tirnes they lNave home
and work, whether they rotate the
use of the car at present and space
for extra passengers.
Housewives viii be invited" it
was said, to answer questions about
shopping, where they 60. how many
other shoppers they can and will
take, when they go shopping and
the question, do YOU carry liability
insurance
Pointing out that there are $500
blocks IN the city, Conrad Van Hyn-
ing, chief of the Civilian Mobiliza-
ton Division, issued q call yesterday
for more men and women to enlist
In the Victor Volunteers so that this
particular participation in the war
effort can be brought about effec-
lively and as quickly as possible.
Co-Operation Sought.
On the reverse side of the card,
signed by Commissioner Young, Mr..
Van Duzer and Mr.. Van Hyning, is
the following appeal for co-opera-
ton:
Your car is a precious posses
sion. 1t can't be replaced. Vital
parts are scarce. There is no rub
ber for private use. Gasoline sales
are restricted. You, no doubt, know
all this. but what are you doing
about it? What can you do? Here
are few suggestions: Conserve on
all types of driving. Pool your travel
needs with others. Stop all nom
essential motoring. Help yourself,
help others. help your country.
Share your car and save! The
reverse side of this card will give
us the necessary information to
place you and your car In a COM
munity riding group of friends and
neighbors. Please fill it out cor
rectly. 1t will be collected by your
block captain."