Evening star., 1942-06-18
Schools Speed
Plans for New
Gas Registration
Volunteer Teachers
Sought to Handle
Enrolment

Registration of the city's passenger
car and motorcycle operators for
basic gasoline rationing cards will
be held July l, and daily from
7 am. to 9 pm. in % public school
buildings.
The cards will be the basis of the
permanent rationing plan going into
effect July Is.
The three-day registration in the
schools follows Immediately the reg
1stration by school teachers and
other volunteer personnel of $4,000
youths between the ages of 18 and
20 for Selective service June 30. Be-
tween 1000 and $500 teachers have
volunteered as registrars for this
event and school officials believed a
large number of these would offer
their services to the gasoline pro-
gram.
Asst. Supt. of Schools Lawson j.
Cantrell and First Asst. Supt. Gar
net c. Wilkinson, who will organize
the registrars in the white and COL
ored schools, respectively. conferred
yesterday with Whitney Learv, Dis
tr1ct rationing chairman. on obtain
ing the necessary number of volun-
teerS. More than 5000 were used in
the first gasoline registration last
month.
Fast Registration Expected.
Only "A" cards for passenger ve-
hicleS and ID" cards for motor
cycles will be issued at the schools,
Mr.. Cantrell said. predicting a swift
and flawless registration because the
registrars this time will not have
to stop to argue with applicants
over the type of card to which the
applicant is entitled or divert regis
tration personnel to classification
purposes. He said he had received
figures from the Department of We
hicles and Traffic indicating there
are $4,000 passenger cars here and
S87 motorcycles.
Dealers and operators of COM
mercial vehicles. he continued. will
not get their cards at the schools
but at the various rationing boards.
About 10000 cards were issued to
commercial vehicles last time, he
said, which will be that much less
to be done at the schools this time.
A total of 1877 .447 cards of all kinds
was issued at the last registration.
Since that time IA rationing boards
have been established in various
sections of the city, and a 18th will
be set up shortly.
The % schools to be used will be
the same as those used last time,
with the exception that the Cleve-
land School will be used in place
OF the Mott. The latter was found
to be too close to the Banneker
Junior High School, also to be used
in the registration.
DR.. Wilkinson has called a meet
ing at 4 pm. today at the Cardozo
High School of the chief registrars
OF the Is colored schools to be used
as centers. Mr.. Cantrell has called
his chief registrars together as the
Dennison Vocational School at 9
am. tomorrow.
Volunteers Sought.
~A1while. Supt. of Schools Frank
w. B&lou issued a circular through
the school system yesterday calling
on teachers and administrative Off
cials to volunteer again for the regis
tration.
Building principals and heads of
departments having itinerant teach
ers were directed to have in by Mon
day at the Franklin School alpha
betical lists of all volunteers. The
volunteers are to give their name,
home address, telephone number
and the school in which they prefer
to serve. There will be two shifts
Z m. to 2 pm. and pm to pm.
Every effort" DR.. Ballou said.
Twill be made to assign teachers
reasonably near their homes. How
ever, it will be greatly appreciated
if teachers will volunteer for service
in the buildings in which they
served during the previous registra-
ton"
AS in the previous registration,
applicants will be taken alpha
betically, Mr.. Cantrell said. Those
with names beginning with letters
from A to E will sign up July /;
FIN, July 2, and NJ, July 3. On
the basis of the earlier experience
it is believed this will result in
about % per cent the first day, SO
per cent the second and 35 per cent
the third day. Applicants will have
to have their registration cards for
their cars, he explained. as the
ration card serial number will be
entered on the back of the regis
fra tim card