The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-28

conclusions can be reached The chief conclusion is that mileage ratiOning" is unacceptable. It will be called mileage rationing instead of gasoline rationing, but it will mean exactly the same thing.
 All sorts of alternate plans have been considered instead of gaso- line rationing, because this is the last thing the President wants to do.
 Here are some of the plans which have been proposed so far, but so far rejected.
 l. A voluntary plan not to
 use your tires, with an appeal
 to patriotism. However, this has been virtually discarded on
 the theory that people always figure a miracle will happen, or
 that some new discovery will produce a lot of synthetic rub
 Der quickly, or that the war will be won sooner than any one
 expects. As a result it is feared
 they would not limit themselves severely enough.
 2. Issuance of certificates of
 war necessity. This plan, ad- vanced by Defense Transporta- ton Coordinator Eastman would permit so many miles of travel to certain occupations, but is opposed by the OPA on the ground that 1t is impossible to check mileage. Speedometers are too easily moved back, and calibration of tires to guage mileage is inaccurate.
 3. Government purchase of
 One-third of all U. s. cars or tires. Under this plan however, it would be difficult to ascertain which cars are not essential since most cars serve as combination
 of essential and n-eSSential purposes.
 Therefore, the only practical al- formative boils down to gasoline rationing, which will be accom- panied by propaganda campaign to explain to the citizens of the Midwest, some within a few miles Of overfloWing refineries, why it is necessary for them to save rub- Der, and to that end give up gaso- line.
 This educational campaign will attempt to show thath the time being at least, a citizens tires can't be regarded as his own, but are a part of the nations rub- Der stockpile. For when an auto mobile owner wears oHt his tires he turns to public conveyances. And when this is done by millions of people in 1943 and 1914, the transportation system of the United Staets may break down completely.
 That, plus the unpalatable fact that Jesse Jones rubber factories won't turn out rubber even to fill military needs until around 1944, is why universal gasoline ration ing is necessary.
 ALWAYS AN ENGLAND
 British dignitaries recently went through the ceremony of inaugu- rating a new sheriff of London. Such a ceremony in Britain nor mally is embellished with the ritual of the ages. People won- dered however, how 1t would be in the midst of war-especially since the Guildhall, setting for the ceremony, had been gutted by bombs and fire.
 But the ceremony was the same as usual. The dignitaries wore the same robes, and carried the same paraphernalia-even includ- ing the little bouquet of posies in a white ruff, a vestige of the old days when the foul smell of Guild hall demanded the antidote of sweet smelling flowers.
 Guildha1l was gutter, and fight ing planes were flying overhead, but this British ceremony retained its form and spirit.
 1here will always be an Eng land.
 NOTE-It has been suggested that September IS be set aside as There will always be an England Day" in commemorstion of the