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by whom the official statement
should be prepared.
Two Questions Faced.
After discussing the three policy
points, the Keneipp committee
would tackle these two questions:
l. Should it urge that emergency
Isnowstorm regulations be adopted?
In Baltimore, for example, certain
streets are designated for the ex-
elusive use of public transporta-
ton buses. streetcars and taxi
cabs. Other streets are designated
for. the use of passenger cars.
Regulations also could require
motorists to carry chains for tires.
This topic would cover the pos
Isible designation of main arteries
as one-way for rush-hour traffic
while the other side of the street
is being sanded.
2. Could an arrangement be
made with private garages for a
large "pool" of towing trucks to
be called out in an emergency?
A decision on this point may hinge
on ruling by Corporation
Counsel Vernon E. West. He has
never given legal opinion on the
question of liability for damages
to automobiles towed away to
clear streetcar tracks and i'm
portant thoroughfares. Mr.. West
said yesterday he would submit 9
rough draft of an opinion soon.
Chairman Keneipp said he wa.
prepared to keep his committee ir
continuous session all day ano
3into the night, If necessary to pre-.
Spare the progress report for the
Commissioners by 10 am. tomor.
row. After seeing the Commission.
lers. Mr.. Keneipp said. the time
will come to consider what ar.
arrangements should be made with
nearby Virginia and Maryland
communities for co-ordinatinf
emergency plans.
Insists Plans Organized.
! The traffic director said thu
District Government is convinced
its snow removal plans are prop.
Ierly organized under William A
Xanten, superintendent of the
sanitation Division. He said tht
storm emergencies result not from
snow removal delay but from
traffic jams occurring as soon a
storms begin.
The neighboring suburban com.
munities appeared ready to CO.
operate with the District but tn,
American Automobile Association
= and some city officials - wer,
! skeptical about applying all O
the Baltimore plan to Washing
ton. The AAA pointed out tina
many of the people here are tran
sients, hence not acquainted will
the city. A spokesman suggested
that emergency re-routing O
busses might add to confusion
rather than curtail it. He saic
Washington is so laid out tha
many motorists would have tt
cross streets reserved solely fo
bus or Streetcar routes. Thus (.
stalled car could tie up publ
transportation.
II Mrs. Florence Cannon, chair
man of the Arlington Count,
Board, noted that Arlington ha
only two main east-west road
and one principal north-soutl
Iroute. She said she doubts thes
would lend themselves to a linn
| ited-use plan in emergencies. Sh
| offered to cooperate with tn
District so far as possible. how
lever.
II Kenneth Smith, Alexandra
traffic engineer, and officials il
other nearby communities offere
to help as much as they car
Montgomery County Manage
Irving G. McNayr said, however
Washington's big troubles al
downtown and seldom can b
traced to conditions at or nea
the, county line.
Thomas E. Latimer, chairma
Of the Prince Georges Count
Board of Commissioners, said an
proposal to limit county traffic G
change its direction would re
quire State authorization.
Police Chief Carl r. McIntos
of Fairfax County and Resider
Highway Engineer O. T. Aich,
indorsed the idea that all mot,
j. vehicles should be equipped wit