Thursday, July 17, 1941
Heppner Gazette Times, Heppner, Oregon
Page Three
'Gasolineless
Sundays' May Be
Averted By Care
Auto Association
Offers Plan Already
Proving Effective
By DR. E. B. MeDANIEL,
President, The Oregon State
Motor Association.
Motorists throughout the country
have been alarmed by the reports
that soon we will be having 'gas
olineless Sundays" and other forms
of government rationing of gaso
line. The situation is really a serious
one. At the present time the east
coast areas are the ones directly af
fected. The American Petroleum
Institute has submitted a detailed
report to the Office of Prouction
Management showing that an acute
transportation problem . has been
caused by the transfer of oil tank
ers from the coastal trade to Great
Britain and the United States navy.
The report emphasized that we
have no fear of shortage from ac
tual production of petroleum pio
ducts but that the matter of trans
porting the oil to distribution centers
is the problem. Even now substi
tute transportation systems (such as
pipelines) are being completed to
meet the emergency. Until these
are in use next year, the shortage
will be felt.
Immediately following the publi
cation of the API report, President
Thomas P. Henry, of the American
Automobiles association (the Ore
gon State Motor association ' is the
local affiliate) sent a letter to Pet
roleum Coordinator Harold Ickes in
closing the AAA plan to prevent
rationing and "gasolineless Sun
days." The AAA plan is simple and with
the whole-hearted cooperation of
the motoring public will save up to
twenty per cent of present consump
tion of gasoline.
The plan is this:
1. Every motorist reduces his av
erage driving speed.
2. Every motorist avoids "jack
rabbit" getaways and other wasteful
driving practices.
3. Every motorist has his car ad
justed for maximum fuel capacity.
I present the following table tab
ulated by the United States Bureau
of Standards following exhaustive
tests. The results show the startling
increase in gas consumption with
even moderate increases in speed.
Miles per Hour Miles per Gallon
10 18.7
20 18.9
30 18.0
40 16.4
50 14.6
60 12.6
70 10.6
80 8.6
I think that everyone will agree
if we can meet this threatened
shortage by the voluntary coopera
tion of everyone, the problem has
been solved in an American way.
Secretary Ickes has heartily en
dorsed this AAA plan of conserva
tion and the plan has been adopted
in virtually all its phases by the
special Petroleum Conservation of
the District of Columbia.
The average American motorist
is an extravagant driver. Speeding
along the highway, getting off to
sudden starts in city driving, and
operating care not adjusted for max
imum fuel consumption efficiency,
the nation's motorists each year
bum millions upon millions of gal
lons of gasoline unnecessarily. Dur
ing times of petroleum overproduc
tion these extravagant habits had an
unfavorable effect only on the mo
torist's pocketbook. Toay, when
shortages threaten certain sections
of the country because of trans
portation difficulties, it is impera
tive that motorists stop this waste
and begin conserving gasoline.
SCS MAN COMING
William Mitchell of Stanfield will
report on the tenth of August at the
local SCS office. Mr. Mitchell is on
annual lave at the present time and
will locate in Heppner.
How Miles Per Gallon Drop as Miles Per Hour Rise
MILES -Pjeiz. Housl
lO 15 20 25 30 ?S 40 45 50 55 60 6S 70
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This graph prepared by the Oregon State Motor Association
shows the sharp decrease in miles per gallon of gasoline received
when miles per hour are increased. The graph was drawn from
figures furnished by the U. S. Bureau of Standards. As a part of
the AAA plan to conserve gasoline, the Oregon State Motor As
sociation is urging all motorists to decrease their average driving
speeds to cut the consumption of gasoline.
Oregon Report on
Farm Adjustments
Looks to Future
(Editor's Note: This is the first of a
series of articles prepared by the
extension service of Oregon State
college on the report and recom
mendations of the Oregon land use
planning committee on how Ore
gon's " agricultural program" may
best be adjusted to meet the im
pacts of war and national defense.)
The Oregon land use planning
committee composed of farmers
from different parts of the state and
representatives of state and federal
agencies has adopted and forwarded
to Washington, D. C, a program for
Oregon agriculture for the years of
the present . emergency and those
immediately following. This report
has already been submitted to a re
gional land use conference where it
was praised, highly by federal of
ficials as being one of the most com
plete and carefully prepared of those
submitted by the states.
"The plans projected in this re
port are but a continuation and
adaptation of work, that has been
carried on for many years by farm
people and various agencies," says
Dt:an William A. Schoenfeld, chair
man of the state committee. "In
another sense, however, these plans
are but a beginning in the develop
ment of an effective and adequate
unified program. This is a contin
uing and long-time job."
Plans for the preparation of the
report which, as completed, covers
100 type-written pages, were ini
tiated by the state committee early
in Januaiy. The primary purpose
was to recommend adjustments
which would permit Oregon agri
culture to contribute most towards
national defense and at the same
time, prepare it to withstand the im
pacts of the emergency period and
emerge later to avoid the disasters
which ' agriculture suffered follow
ing the first world war.
The preparation of the report was
undertaken by four principal sub
committees, forestry, range live
tock, general farming, and farm,
home and rural life. As determined
by th? committee, the adjustments
in Oregon agriculture lor all-out
d.lcnce fall into two closaly related
classes.
The first includes measures to
meet changed and changing needs
in the field of production. The sec
ond class includes measures for im
proving the welfare a! the people
. 0 that they may meet the problems
of defense with renewed vigour and
,''Ah nsw confidence in the dem
1 tic way of life. These measures
inll in the fields of health, nutrition,
fcurity and general morals. Later
articles will deal with recommen
dations on these subjects.
USO Drive Expected
To Go Over Top
San Francisco, Cal., July 13. As
"mopping up" forces reported a na
tional total of more than $8,050,000,
figures compiled at United Service
Organizations regional headquar
ters here today showed $1,004,201
out of a quota of $1,250,000 for five
states already contributed or defin
itely pledged to a fund for morale
building in the armed forces.
California, with a quota of $817,
410, has reached $779,093 and re
ports are still being received daily
from city, county and area treasur
ers. Oregon's goal is $86,700. Of this,
$23,760 has been raised and com
mitments of $50,000 from fall com
munity fund appeals will bring the
total to a certain $78,760. State USO
leaders point out, however, that
many local drives started late are
now in the solicitation stage.
On the basis of the national sit
uation, the Eighth region which is
composed of the five states consid
ered in these compilations is keep
ing pace with the country as a
whole, and, in the opinion of Na
tional Chairman Thomas E. Dewey,
vill be "right up there" when the
'inal figures have been tabulated.
USO was incorporated, at the re
quest of the federal government, by
Ihs Salvation Army, Y. M. C. A.,
National Catholic Community Ser
vioa, Y. W. C. A., National Jewish
Welfare board, and the National
Travelers' Aid association. The gov
ernment has appropriated $15,000,
090 to establish 360 service olubs, a
number of which are now under
construction, adjacent to army, na
vy and marine concentrations. The
USO will raise, in the current ap
peal, $10,765,000 to staff and operate
the clubs for the first year. Recre
ational, educational, spiritual ' and
social advantages will be provided
members of the armed forces when
off duty, the objective being to
maintain the morale of the thou
sands of youths called from their
homes to defend the nation.
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