The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1942-04-03

Enclosed you will find a telegram
followed by letter, to the Presiden
Of these United States, who has sug
gested that we slow down car traffic
to 40 miles per hour, which, in my
humble opinion, is all wrong. Speed
is the essence Of our success in oul
war effort and nothing else matters
If you see fit to publish this letter
together with the telegram and letter
to the Honorable President, will be
grateful.
do feel the necessity Of speeding
our war effort and to requisition
everything necessary to win this war
regardless of inconvenience to private
individuals. I might add I sincerely
believe that the cities, counties, states
and national administration are now
using at least three times as many
cars as necessary to cary on the func
lions Of good government, and I even
state be required to ride a bus be-
tween his residence and the Capitol
Building to set an example for the
average citizen to conserve rubber and
to Inconvenience himself in the inter
ests of an all out war effort.
Very truly yours,
E. B. COOLIDGE.
March 16, 1912
Honorable Franklin D. Roosevelt
President of the United States
Washington, D. G.
Why slow speed limit down? Speed
should be increased under safety linn
its. Slow drivers wear our more tires
using brakes starting and stopping
than all fast drivers in the country
America should increase her speed in
all lines taking the safety factor into
consideration Half of the automo-
biles in the United States are nom
essential and merely pleasure cars.
Why not requisition these cars or take
the tires therefrom and put them in
storage IL rubber is badly needed?
Personally I have one Packard car
with five good tires that we can very
well get along without. Castings are
available at any time. The people of
America must realize that this is not
q forty mile age or a thirty mile age
but even fifty or sixty miles If it can
be done with safety is more like it.
Get the money, get the tires, get the
steel wherever they may be. Con-
fiscate tires and cars where individ-
uals cannot show that they are needed
vitality to carry on our war effort and
scheme of life eliminating all joy rid
ing and pleasure cars. This order as
see it will only tend to slow down
our war effort and God knows it needs
to be increased Regards.
E. B. COOLIDGE.
March "a, 1912
Franklin D. Roosevelt
President of the United States
d. c.
Dear Sir:
A few days ago I sent you wire
with reference to speed limits on
automobiles which, if decreased, will |
slow down all industry. l beg to sub
nit the following as the opinion of a
ayman who has had world of ex-
oerience covering period of rs years
With automobiles and trucks:
| cannot help but believe that there
s ample rubber in these United
States to prosecute two or three wars
Until synthetic rubber or other sub
titutes can take it's place. The first
tep in the accumulation of this scrap
would be to establish an encouraging
rice at all rail heads for rubber of
II descriptions, allowing junk dealers
certain small percentage of profit,
nd outlying districts could be han
led through elevators or other local
callers, and then re-assembled to
hip to the place Of processing.
Next, there are innumerable second
and cars, a large percentage of
yhich are not fit to travel the roads {
s they are menace to traffic. These {
Id machines could be scrapped and
alvaged, including the rubber.
The third step should be to requisi-
ION all pleasure cars not necessary l
} carry on our natural, normal work s
nd industry I wish to cite number {
cars in my various small organiza-
ons which could be dispensed with
nd cars requisitioned or even tires a
smoved and salvaged and the cars v
here are at least IL cars that could r
3 eliminated, thus saving gasoline as b
ell as tires. At the same time, I
ish you would remember that am a
'oducer of crude oil. Thousands Of
lrs are used only to carry people r
ack and forth from work. Most of
ese could be eliminated with bus Z
attic, the same as school busses are
IVY used, by carrying employees along Fl
rtain routes and assemble them at tt
lie point to be redistributed at the n
lint of occupation. This would Il
inmate thousands upon thousands n
cars and furnish rubber for all the W
sential business and war effort v
eds. With the elimination of all tt
ese pleasure cars from our roads,
reefs and highways, traffic would be W
ss congested and people could drive re
5ter with safety which would only d.
nd to speed up our war effort in
ntrast to a 40mile speed, which OF
cessitates more applying Of brakes, VI
idding wheels, and wearing out tires OF
d decreasing our war effort. Every tn
question made that will slow up and TO
mper our war effort should be elm
tied as speed is the essence of our e
,cess and "too late and too little" OF
8 been the cause of most Of the kI
lures Of the democracies, or now FL