Evening star., 1942-06-26
Rubber Depots
Here Turn|n
$4,000. Pounds
Two-Thirds of Quote
Roised, Drive to Be
Pressed Still Further

A total of 55 900 pounds of rubber
was brought in this week in the
first collection from the Official
depots at police stations. fire de-
partments, shoe repair shops and
the garages OF the Washington Au-
tomotive Trade Associa ton, Horace
Walker, secretary of the District
Salvage Committee, reported today.
Mr.. Walker also announced that
incomplete reports indicated the
drive already had reached two
thirds of its unofiicial quota.
A carload of scrap rubber already
has been collected from filling sta
tlons here as part of the national
collection campaign, but todays fig
ure represents the first tabula ton
OF collections from depots set up by
the District Salvage Committee.
AT the direction of James E. Colli-
mower, chairman of the committee.
large ONCE and public buildings have
been asked by telephone to set up
miniature rubber depots for the four
remaining days of the drive
Wi' "dIheT also Temlnded tho
public that service stations will re-
main open from 9 am. to 2 pm.
Sunday to enable people who work
during the week to bring in their
scrap material.
Leaflets to Be Distributed.
At a meeting in the United States
Chamber of Commerce Building last
night, representatives of the Dis
trlct's 81 civilian defense areas
pledged the full support of their per-
sonnel during the remainder of the
campaign. Mr.. Walker, appealing
Tor whirlwind finish, distributed
100000 leaflets among those pres
ent TO be scattered among homes
of the city by civilian defense mes
sengers and other volunteer workers.
Speakers at the meeting included
Civilian Defense Co-ordinator
Young. Col. Lemuel Bolles, execu-
tive director of civilian defense:
Whitney Leary. OPA rationing and
price-control chief for the District,
and Conrad Van Hyning. chief of
the civilian mobilization service.
Lending their support to the drive,
each of the three Commissioners to-
day issued appeals for public CO.
operation.
In line with the Presidents spe-
cial rubber appeal said Commits
sioner Kutz, all departments of the
District of Columbia's Government
have been directed to gather all
salvable rubber during this two
week period. Unquestionably. the
citizens OF the National Capital will
bend every effort to make the Presi-
dents rubber salvage drive a MAN.
moth success"
Confident Of Outcome.
! The same confidence was voiced
by Commissioner Mason.
Never before has such a dramatic
appeal been made to our citizens
by the President of the United
States" he said. Our people have
responded nobly in every worth
while program which they have
been asked to participate in. I feel
certain that when the final score is
marked up every Washingtonian
will have contributed toward the
largest scrap pile in the history OF
our Nation"
Commissioner Young asked every
person to participate. His appeal
follows
What the total number of pounds
will be in the Presidents special
rubber salvage drive is not the i'm
portant question. The important
question is has every householder
in the District of Columbia con-
tributed his share The Commits
sioners appeal to every individual
householder to make a final seerch
for scrap rubber and to take it to
an official rubber depot today"