Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-01

Trucks are necessary to convey food from the farms
10 the tables of the nation and materials
completed products and of the factories
and down 10 the in ships.
Buses must continue to operate in urban and rural
areas.
War workers especially in cities like Detroit must
continue TO drive home and the plants they work
in and millions of other persons engaged in serious pur
suits must such of their the exigences
of the times will permit
THE federal government has realized these facts
l In disseminating the manufacture of automobiles
last February the government "froze' finished and
unsold cars so as to be able to allocate them later
through dealers according to public need.
Similarly the gasoline ration has been arranged
keep all running that needed and the
rubber industry which is being set up devised to
provide quota of tires for civilian drivers
together with recapping of old tires to proong their
utility
From all this it is obvious that the automobile
dealer has his place the governments economy
THE automobile industry also realized the facts
/ Now immersed entirely in war production, the
industry exerting its efforts to sustain the dealers
The industry is doing good deal of good will
advertising to remind the public that under the
governments restrictions many persons eligible to
buy while the availability of used remains
unimpaired.
realized the facts of their vital Importance, and
determined to remain in business.
They have several ways of doing this
They can retail with certain amount of gross
profit such new as the government permits to be
sold
Moreover by developing service facilities and
activities the dealers helping themselves while help
ing to keep the nations vehicles the roads
The necessity for this service cannot be exaggerated
The civilian economy the foundation of national
otto hacOr the
country as whole the foundation of civilian economy
Since more automotve apparatus is being manu-
featured we must obviously what we have
This makes the dealers job to make cars last as
long possible by reducing depreciation and to expand
their usefulness by limited number of repairs.
The dealers and their employees in truth working
-patFieteallY fer the country.
They serving just periodically as the men in
the factories and the at the front: Indeed the
men al the front cannot do their part unless they are
supported the home front by those who maintain the
production of goods and who support and provide
the civilian economy and morale which in turn supports
the armed forces.
ND here is where you Detroit and Michigan
a mobile owners come into the picture.
All who and operate motor vehicles should
have their vehicles properly sevced regular frequent
intervals particularly with winter here.
1t is patriotic duty to keep your own car in as
good order as possible for as long possible
So, patronize YOUR automobile dealer-FOR
SERVICE-frequently, and help him to carry on"
And the government help too
Dealers already experiencing difficulty in obtain
ing enough mechanics cars and this difficulty
will be magnifed under the ratonng plan requiring
periodic inspections of the tires all of millions of
motor vehicles.
At the time, the government is considering
TO stabilize manpoWer the industries, of
which the automobile trade is definitely
IN the mines and factories, this problem be
a partly solved by freezing" automobile mechanics
in their jobs and providing draft deferment for them
The government should do this and thereby help
70 keep the automobile dealers in business.
For only are the dealers needed now to help
win the war, they will be needed equally when the
war IS won-When industries must become peace
industries again 20 provide the jobs millions of
veterans will then need and the goods 100000
people must then have.