Show REPEAL OF CAR TAXES SOUGHT Automobile Association Is Opposed to Fee System System System tem of Arrests w WASHINGTON D C June Jun 18 1 The The troubles of Mr Average Car Cor Owner and the measures measure that must be b taken to protect him In his hl pocket and In the tho continued enjoyment of his rights richs on the highway furnished the th main theme of discussion at the th an- an annual annual an annual nual convention of the th AmerIcan Automobile association held re- re recently recently re recently In Chicaro With more mor than three hundred delegates from every very section a of the tho country on hand to formulate a 0 program for or the th coming Year the tho meeting nicotine was 9 1 the th largest of ot Its kind In the th history of the country Following an extensive discussion of the th more mor acute acut problems con con- confronting confronting con fronting the th car owners owners- I a Iser a ser ser- serIes series les cr-les Ies of resolutions was Ins adopted and these will be made mad the th basi basis basil for tor a aBill of of RIghts for tor the tho th car owners own own- owners owners ers everywhere on and 1 n a a vigorous campaign to enfOrce them prosecuted prose prose- prosecuted prosecuted One of the first resolutions on which the th convention went on record was a ringing declaration urging state tat governors governo and stale legal officials official to use all their In- In Influence influence In Influence fluence to do away way with tho the fee feo system of arrests on the high high- highways ways way as a manifested 1 In the th oper- oper atlon allons of speed traps and road road- roadside road road-ld side aide courts At the th canto samo sam time highway officials were urged urcil to keep the main highways as free freo as possible from detours and keep the public Informed of theIr closIng clos- clos Ing and n 1 Among the other adopted were declarations to the following erf effect ct First opposing the principle of compulsory automobile liability Insurance In- In as a not being In the th Inter Inter- Interest interest Interest est of safety and as calculated to place an unfair burden on the mass responsible car owners owner Second opposing the th suggestion put forward at the th time of o 0 the th last Hoover conference for tor changing the tall tail light of ot automobiles from red to yellow and urging that In- In Instead instead In Instead stead of making this dangerous Innovation the railroads of the tho country be asked to adopt new distinctive and sand uniform signals at grade crossings crossing Third urging that congress en- en enact enact act n-act act a 8 a law for the tho th regulation of motor vehicle common carriers and that such uch legislation be b Iener general l In application and make mak provision to protect the th public both as a to In- In Indemnification In Indemnification and rotes rates rate Fourth demanded d that the re- re remainder re of the th war excise taxes levied by the th federal fedral government be repealed u as a quickly u as i possible and that the th government get let out of this field of taxation Fifth strongly opposed the tho th use of special taxes tax s levied l on car carcar carcar carcar rod road car owners owner for tor other than purpose s Sixth commending a 8 fair fall and Impartial investigation by the federal trade trad commission of gas Sas gasoline oline prices pricel Seventh condemned the th practice of granting conce lon Indiscriminately to the th detriment of ot our public parks park and calculated to do- do destroy de destroy stroy the th beauty spots spot of America It If not checked One On of ot the th features of ot the th convention con con- convention con was wa the th address of o Thos P Henry of o Detroit who warned the delegate dIet that ono one on of ot the th main functions of motor clubs club Is I to de- de develop develop de develop safety measure 1 for tor their communities Mr Henry HenT advOcated advocated advocated an Inter club safety council which would act as a B clearing clearinghouse clearinghouse house for tor the th development de of a safety 1 program for the th clubs affiliated under the tho A A A A em- em emblem emblem em emblem blem The Th The motor club Is the th only civic that Is I competent to assume I leadership In traffic safety In so 10 far tar as the th automobile IS I con con- concerned concerned con concerned Mr lr Henry declared President Henry also stressed the importance of or clarification of the field of vehicle taxation In order that the th car owners may know what agencies are ar taxing them and for what purpose they are being taxed As As It Is is l he said ald the lh car owner may bs be b paying as many as eight special taxes and a ninth may be b Imposed tomorrow I can can- cannot cannot cannot not imagine anything that would help hell the th car owners owner so o much as ashIe his hIe adoption by the th country as n II whole of or the principles laid down b by the th l motor vehicle conference committee |