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Show Congressional Attention WASHINGTON, Nov 1 Unlimited automobile reciprocity among the t-ev-eral states and ihe District of Columbia Colum-bia soon will rceehe ihe attention of congress, as lereral hills on the subject sub-ject have been introduced in both branches and have found place on the dockets of the Interstate Commerce I coramilt". I In the house its committee passes upon boih interstate anil Foreign -oru-merce. and because of this fact the re-clproclty re-clproclty measure just introduced by Representative Burton E. Sweet of i Iowa best meets the general needs of 'ihe situation. This bill has the endorse: , ment of the American Automobile as Isoclation, which for a period of years jhR been seek.np from conpress the l "op-ii door in registration n cipr m Itj Not only does Mr. Sweet's draft pro-vide pro-vide for unlimited recognition ol repis-ttation repis-ttation numbers througnoul iiu- United Unit-ed States, but it also authorizes the Secrefarv of Slates to arrange wiih foreijrn nations so ih.n anj Amer-Jican Amer-Jican goin abroad can be equipped equip-ped with a registration tac on which "United States" will be substituted for the name of hia state I and in consequence be acceptable in all European countries which are sig-natorlea sig-natorlea In the use of the so-called "in- ternattonal plate of identity." This arrangement has been in existence in Europe for a period of ear. some I what interrupted by the war, but no 1 to be resumed again, undoubtedly with a subsequent accompanimeni in the form of an "international triptych" which will relate to customs duties. American traveling abroad have been obliged lo accept the courtesy of Great Britain or France in arranging for the (international plate, which ha-, been somewhat awkward and more or less a reflection on our inability to .ro I vide this great help Another excellent provision in Mr. I ! Sweet's bill is that it definitely pro j vides that the resident of any state; temporarily located in the District of Columbia, either as a member of con- . I Kress or in any other governmental I capacity, shall have the right to dis- I play on his motor vehicle a "home i-UM I registration number which will be ac-ceptable ac-ceptable in lieu of any other registra- tion in the District of Columbia I In the senate the inter-state com- B merce committee confines its a.-tivi H ties to domestic matters, and this may I mean thai the question of inrrrm'ionaJ reciprocity cannot be taken care of by j H amending ih- bill of Senator Kev Pitt I man of Nevada which Is a duplicate of ihe original Adamson draff A ep I arate measure m.v. have to he pav?d ' j 1 upon by the foreign relations cot- I mittee, of which Senator Ixxis of il I Massachusetts is the chairman. Har- j inc in mind the many Americans bfl f will co abroad next year, the ronvmi- 1 I once of this arrangement i.-. plainly I L apparent. I |