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Show Tire Rationing Board Appointed To complete the tire rationing set-up in Franklin co;ui:y mree men, Melvin Porter of Franklin, Roy Greaves and Earl Goaslind of Preston, have been appointed to comprise the local rationing board, Dennis Lowe, Civilian Defense cha,rman announced this week. These men, Mr Lowe slated, were selected as three who would overlook over-look any, personal interest in the effort to deal with the just needs of county automobile owners in the light of the national emergency. emer-gency. This appointment automatically auto-matically makes the men members of the County Civilian Defense Council. Tire rationing will begin after January 4 Mr. Lowe said, with the lifting of the national ban on tire sales. Even then new tires will be limited to individuals and agencies agen-cies requiring them for the maintenance main-tenance of industrial efficiency and civilian health. According to the tentative rationing ration-ing plan , released from the office (of Leon Hnderson price administrator, adminis-trator, and director of Civilian Supply, Sup-ply, controls are also being developed devel-oped over the sale of relreaded tires and the retreadng of tires. Appropriate price action to stabilize sta-bilize tire prices will be taken by the office of Price Administration before the rationing plan is instituted. insti-tuted. The Civilian Defense Council has been warned by Governor Clark (.hat all must realize the tire rationing ra-tioning is probably only. the. beginning be-ginning of a program, that will ultimately ul-timately include many items that enter into retail and wholesale trade. |
