1 Views of the Press There is no getting around the gasoline situation on the eastern seaboard Tankers which maintained the supply of oil have been diverted to other purposes and reserves of gasoline a are r e being used up t There is going to be a growing growing growing grow- grow ing shortage of gasoline The only way to meet the shortage is to cut down on con con- Consumption may be reduced re voluntarily or else it may be reduced through ration ration- ing The public ought by this time to be aware of conditions If ever every owner of a car were t to figure out how much gasoline gasoline gaso line he ordinarily uses and budget himself so that he uses less rationing might be avoided Ever Every owner of a car knows that there are many occasions on which the car is used need need- lessly It is us used d to reach destinations destinations des des- which are in easy walking distance Two trips are made when a little foresight would result in only one Two cars are used when two wo groups groups of people bound for the same place might use only one Tours to near near near-by by places might be substituted for tours to distant places When there is a choice trips by rail bus bus or trolley could replace trips in the car S In many instances the use of a car is a necessity but in ina ina ina a great many mapy cases It is just a habit If the public shows the will it can undoubtedly cut down heavily on consumption But instead the public seems to be taking the attitude that since very soon the supply of gasoline is to be limited the thing to do is t to ride as much muchas as you can right now Let it be remembered and emphasized If the public will not volunteer to save sare then the rationing of gasoline is only a matter of weeks Baltimore Sun On June 6 the resident president resident received received received re re- re- re from Daniel J. J Tobin president of ot the Teamsters Teamsters' union a long and eloquent letter in which Mr Tobin pledged the un unions union's ons on's support on defense and foreign policy and said sald that the union was absolutely in accord accord accord ac ac- ac- ac cord with the president on the four freedoms freedom of speech freedom of worship freedom freedom freedom free dom from want and freedom from fear S A few days before this letter was received at the White House Representative Dondero of Mi Mich Michigan higan higan h- h igan read into the Congressional Record a letter from George R. R Simmons a Michigan farmer who for many ye years rs h has s sold his apples in the Union Produce terminal in iq Detroit In his letter Mr Simmons charged that representatives representatives representatives rep rep- of the Teamsters' Teamsters union had informed farmers selling selling sell sen- ing at the market that they must join the union paying 25 for initiation and 2 a month dues to haul their own produce to market What about Mr Simmons' Simmons right to freedom from fear fear fear- New York Sun The back the farm the farm movement movement move move- ment that is talked about so much includes automobile accidentS accidentS' acci acci- dents dentS' More than three out of every five traffic fatalities during 1940 resulted from accidents that occurred in rural districts according according according ac ac- ac- ac cording to Accident Facts the annual statistical volume issued by the National Safety Council There w were e ere r e traffic deaths last year of which resulted from accidents accident's outside the cities and and the rural toll was 7 per cent higher than 1939 Traffic deaths in n rural areas have increased 1 times from 1924 to 1940 and rose 25 per cent in the last 10 y years ars Since 1924 city ity traffic accident accident acci acci- dent deaths have increased only 5 per cent and show a sIgnificant significant significant cant 26 per cent drop in the last 10 years Back to the farm wIth farm with a aven vengeance yen ven Los Angeles Herald Herald- Express l S