MAIL TRIBUNE, KMforJ, Ore, FrMsy, November 21, 1598
Auto Dndustry Asked To Speed Work
Washington -OB- The First
National Conference on Air
Pollution called upon the
automobile industry Thurs
day to proceed "at a vigorous
rate" to develop control de
vices to curb auto and truck
exhaust fumes.
The conference also urged
medical and health groups to
bring home to the public the
health hazards from dirty air.
The 900 delegates at the
Conference .sponsored by the
U. S. Public Health Service,
advocated more research by
the federal government, local
communities and industries
into means of curbing air con
tamination. Numerous speakers at the
three-day session blamed auto
exhaust for a large share of
air pollution. Industry spokes
man reported that auto firms
are working on a number of
xhaust control devices, but
delegates from smog -ridden
Los Angelea charged that not
enough was being done.
Further Work Urged .
In a series of final recom
mendations, the conference
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San Francisco (LTD The
last of San Francisco's "bird
cage" traffic signals will dis
appear this year.
City Traffic Engineer Ross
Shoaf says the clanging, flash
ing stop-and-go signals have
outlived their usefulness.
To many San Franciscans,
the quaint signals are as
much a part of the city as the
cable cars. They were first in
stalled in the early 1920's and
hailed as the most advanced
in the country.
There are only a handful of
the original 219 still in opera
tion. Shoaf says these will be
a thing of the past by the end
of the year.
"They just aren't flexible
enough," Shoaf explains. "And
occasionally they show green .
or red in both directions."
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specifically urged vigorous
work on the exhaust problem
and said the auto industry
should continue its studies on
the effects of car maintenance
on exhaust - pollution.
The conference urged con
tinuance of the federal air
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New York -(UPD- One of the
most dramatic proofs the
United States can give the
world that when it extends
the hand of friendship it has
no A-bombs up its sleeve is
the undefended, 3,987 mile
U. S.-Canadian border.
"We're a small country liv
ing next door to a colossus, but
we're not afraid; this is a sim
ple fact but I think it's
unique," said John W. Fisher,
executive director of the Ca
nadian Tourist association.
Fisher pointed out that
more than 30 million Canadi
ans and Americans cross the
border freely each year, that
Canadians spend a bulk of
their annual $400 million
tourist money in the U.S., and
Americans leave an average
$300 million a year north of
the border.
"Where in the world to
day," Fisher asked, "can you
find a border at which a great
powerful nation lives next
door to a small nation and the
small nation is not worried
and fearful, is not subjected
either to economic or political
pressure?"
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pollution program, due to ex
pire July 1, 1960. Healtn Edu
cation and Welfare Secretary
Arthur S. Flemming said he
will ask Congress next year
for an extension of the pro-1-
gram, which provides re
search and technical services
to states and local communi
ties. Flemming told the dele
gates that there is "no ques
tion" that a "real investment
will be required to solve the
dirty air problem.
The conference held that
controls over polluting sub
stances should be left to local
communities wherever pos
sible, but should be exercised
by state and regional groups
if necessary.
AMA Questioned
The conference questioned
whether the American Medi
cal Association and other
medical groups have placed
enough emphasis on preven
tion of diseases caused or ag
gravated by contaminated air.
Other recommendations in
cluded
-Research on establishment
of safe limits on the amount
of air contamination each
community can tolerate.
Liaison between govern
ment and industry on ways of
curbing pollution.
Greater consideration of
meteorological effects upon
local air pollution problems.
-More effort by individual
citizens and organizations to
reduce activities which con
tribute to air contamination.
Possible Cancer Cause
The delegates were given
this picture of the effects from
contaminated air: A possible
cause of lung cancer, asthma,
ana other diseases; and a na
tionwide cost of $7,500,000,000
a year.
Arthur C. Stern, air pollu
tion research engineer for the
Public Health Service, said
atmospheric sampling m re
cent years showed that air
over the nation's cities is get
ting dirtier.
He said city air is five times
as contaminated as that over
rural areas.
Sally Butler, legislative di
rector for the General Federa
tion of Women's Clubs told
the conference that American
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Use of Credit Cards Continues
To Grow as Medium of Exchange
New York -UPD- The ubi
quitous credit card is fast re
placing money as a direct me
dium of exchange in Ameri
can society.-
It is no longer necessary to
carry cash in your pocket.
Now the tiny card is all you
need for a meal, a tankful of
gasoline, a rented cv, a hotel
room, secretarial help or a
European vacation.
The magic words - "charge
it!" have taken on new sig
nificance as credit cards add
a new twist to instalment plan
living.
A member of the Diners'
Club, the biggest in the field
with more than one million
members, recently charged a
$60,000 African safari through
the club. Company, parties
charged in this same fashion
have run as high as $25,000.
30 Million Cards
- There are an estimated 30
million credit cards in use to
day, issued by oil companies,
airlines, railroads, hotels,
restaurants, telephone com
panies, car rental firms and
others.
American Telephone &
Telegraph Co. alone has some
1,500,000 cards outstanding.
Americans last year charged
some $80 million worth of
phone calls.
The big factor In the tre
mendous popularity of the
credit card is the convenience
of not having to carry large
sums of money in your wallet.
The credit card takes the
place of money, at least until
the bills come in.
All tabs run up during the
month are itemized by the
organization issuing the card
and bills are sent out month
ly. The itemized bill is a per
fect way to squelch the Doubt
ing Thomases in the Internal
Revenue Service, who now
are demanding proof of reim
bursed expenses.
Eliminates Cash Nttd
Business firms also like
credit " cards because they
eliminate the need for giving
travelling representatives a
pocket full of cash and make
padding of expense accounts
extremely difficult.
However, while conveni
ence is the big factor behind
the growth of credit cards,
some industry sources say the
"very multiplicity of credit
cards has become an incon
venience in itself."
This has spurred a drive to
develop a truly universal
credit card, one which would
be good for everything from
buying flowers and throwing
parties to hiring part - time
secretarial help and taking
vacations.
The dominant influence in
the credit card field at present
is the Diners' Club, which has
20,000 facilities in more than
76 countries. It is being chal
lenged by American Express
Co., 108-year-old banking and
travel firm which entered the
field recently,
American Express has an
estimated 14,000 facilities in
more than 80 countries and
possessions. However, it re
fuses to disclose how many
members it has, except to say
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women so far have shown "an
amazing tolerance" to dirty
air. But she said this toler
ance is bound to wear thin as
time goes by.
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"several hundred thousand."
Bust Making Deals
l In recent weeks, Diners' and
American Express have been
outdoing each other buying
up or making deals with other
credit card issuers. Diners',
for example, has made a deal
to acquire Sheraton Corp. of
America's 850,000 card hold
ers. ,
American Express has
signed an agreement with
General Motors, - Ford and
Chrysler giving it permission
to solicit their dealers in a
program which would enable
a card holder to charge his
auto repairs.
With the American Express
card, a vacationer could go all
the way to Moscow on his
credit card. However, once he
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Auto, Truck Exhaust Fumes
Officials from Los Angeles
have blamed auto exhausts
for a large share of the air
pollution. They have been de
manding stepped up research
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the Russians haven't gotten
around to inventing the credit
card as yet.
If the credit cards have any
opponents today, they are the
restaurants, hotels and other
establishments which have to
pay a commission to the credit
card issuing firm. In restau
rants, this runs as high as
seven per cent of the bill.
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Proponents of the credit
card say this commission is
offset by increased volume
resulting from the use of the
cards.
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with exhausts.
James M. Chandler of the
Ford Motor Co. said the in
dustry is testing a number of
devices to "control some un
desirable exhaust emissions."
But he said there are still
many problems to be solved
before a- commercially ac
ceptable device is achieved.
Another industry spokes
man, Charles M. , Heinen,
Chrysler Corp. engineer, said
exhaust control should re
duce Los Angeeles air control
problems, but questioned
whether it would have any
effect on the problem in other
cities.
others charge a small annual
membership fee, usually
about $5.
Dr. Jules I. Bogen, Profes
sor of Finance at New York
University, says the credit
card evolved from the long
established department store
Charga-Plate which American
housewives have been using
for years.
The oil companies, Issued
the first credit cards as we
know them today in the 1920s.
As commercial and tourist
travel expanded, so did the
use of credit cards for other
services.
.Some observers foresee the
day when virtually all retail
purchases will be made on
credit cards, including cloth
ing, food and even appliances
and automobiles. When that
day comes, the credit card
will be truly a universal re
placement for money.
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