Bingham Bulletin | 1942-12-18 | Page 3 | Tubeless Tires Tested before House

Tubeless Tires Tested Before House I Srlf 'xlf'Sf f. - iMSM0Zmmm ,;mia,.i,M Fresh progress in the "Tulsa plan" to reclaim some 277,500 tons of rubber by detubing the nation's auto tires was demonstrated at the Capitol by John B. McGay, Tulsa manufacturer, who fathered the plan. The demonstrations were made before members of the house interstate and foreign commerce committee. Mr. McGay said a tubeless casing can be remounted, filled with 40 ounces of asbestos-type sealing fluid, and then can be as serviceable as the tubed tires with which 30,000,000 American cars are now equipped. Photo shows, left to right, Rep. Richard M. Simpson (Pa.); Rep. Lyle H. Boren (Okla.); Rep. Alfred L. Bulwinkle (N. C); Rep. Clarence F. Lea (Calif.), chairman of the committee; Rep. Clarence Brown (Ohio); and John B. McGay, as he demonstrated the use of an ordinary auto tire without the use of an inner tube.