Evening star., 1942-06-25
Rubber
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morrow an exhibit of Salvageable
articles at 1920 H street NV. The
exposition will be in charge of
women of the IA women's organiza-
tions constituting the women's divi-
sion. Mrs Lee Ashcraft. represent
ing the Housekeepers' Alliance, is in
charge.
Meanwhile, William r. Boyd, jr.,
chairman of the Petroleum Indus
try War Council, was optimistic over
the future of the drive.
Boyd Expects Speedup.
Il am not only encouraged by the
figures given to the President but
my guess is that Americans have
only just begun to turn in their sur
plus rubber" Mr. Boyd said
Referring to the fact that Western
States have contributed far more
scrap per person than Eastern met
ropolitan centers. Mr.. Boyd said the
latter group is picking up momen-
tum daily
Petroleum Co-ordinator Ickes was
peSsimiStic when he visited the
President yesterday and issued an
implied warning that requiSitioning
of rubber in the hands of civilians
may be the only alternative if the
scrap drive fails.
Mr.. Boyd pointed out that mod
ern 35,0OO-ton battleship requires
rs tons of rubber, an Army scout
car 339 pounds and a pneumatic raft
29 pounds A small individual con-
tribution can help to supply the ma
terial needed for these fighting
weapons, he said.
Rubber scientists say, however,
that scrap alone cannot be used for
many military purposes, but must
be blended with crude rubber in
proportions varying with the use.
The Nations Capital was AID in
the list of the 48 States, the District
and Hawaii in average individual
accumulation of scrap rubber, with
West Coast areas leading by wide
margin. Nevada was at the top with
1187 pounds for each person. The
rate of flow of scrap to the filling
stations. which are the principal re-
ceiving stations, amounted to about
40,lOO pounds a day in the District.
Rate Declining.
That this rate was declining was
indicated by figures offered by the
District Salvage Committee. Tues
day the committee said contrlbu-
tions totaled $4,000 pounds and
Yesterday announced IS per cent
increase over that figure, bringing
the total to around 100000.
This would mean that only about
10000 pounds has been brought in
here in the last four days. or rate
of about 81 500 pounds a day.
District figures do not include
collections made from shoe shops,
police stations, firehouses and ga
RACES which also are acting as COL
lection depots. and many tons un-
doubtedly will come from those
sources.
The four collecting charity Or
ganizations which have been check
ing these posts in the last two days,
however, reported spotty but not
too encouraging picture of the sup
plies available there.
The most favorable report came
from Maj. w. o. Ulrey. divisional
commander of the Volunteers of
America who said that his trucks
had picked up 12,25O pounds from
SIS depots in the last two days.
Maj. H. M. Gesner, supervising
collections for the Salvation Army
said a telephone check showed that
police stations were mot very pro-
ductive" of scrap and at firehouses
the quantities were nothing to
write home about" Shoe shops had
mainly the rubber heels and soles
which they themselves saved from
the footwear they worked on.
Charles Priest of Goodwill Indus