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Show BLOCK THEFT OF MOTOR CAR Plans Being Made By Interstate In-terstate Association to Recover Autos That the Interstate motor theft commission Is to be maintained as permanent organization with national nation-al headquarters In Chicago. Is of a gnat deal of Interest to motordom. Tho commission was formed in 1921 to carry n a nation-wide Investigation Inves-tigation of commercialized motor car theft nnd fraud and to formulate plans fur the destruction of the market mar-ket for stolen cars and thereby provide pro-vide relief from the growing menace of this profitable form of lawlessness. lawless-ness. The commission, chartered und r the laws of Illinois. Is governed by a board of seven commissioners assisted assist-ed hy national advisory boards composed of loading policy and business busi-ness executives. Among tho personnel of these hoards, which total about one hundred, hun-dred, are to be found such men as Joseph A. Faurot, deputy police commissioner. com-missioner. New York. Pan Beard, National Na-tional Boy Scout commissioner; J A. Hall, educational director. Associated Associat-ed Advertising Clubs of the World. Qutson Borglum. sculptor and preal-dent preal-dent of the International Sporting club; E. M. Allen, member of tho Insurance In-surance committee of tho United States Chamber of Commerce; ,int others of equal prominence. N tTION I l l m: W i PIiAN The persistent efforts of this body, aided by experts In crime prevent ion and other authorities, have resulted in the perfection of a national clearance clear-ance system that will bring a powerful pow-erful and destructive Influence to bear on the structure and ramifications ol commercialized motor car theft and fraud, and 'provide means for standardising stand-ardising methods of transfer of ownership own-ership of motor vehicles. A national clearance lest to be applied ap-plied to all curs registered in the United States, has been carefully worked out that not only will result In the detection and recovery of a great majority of the unrecovcred cars stolen in the past that are still In operation, but will prevent to a very large degree, the future sale, use or registration of stolen cars in any Btate regardless of changes In numbers num-bers and appearance. The plans of the commission arf considered tho most constructive and businesslike that have been advanced slm e the advent of the automobile it-' if. to adequately1 protect America's Ameri-ca's $5.5&O,O00.0OO of motor cai wealth against commercialized theft and fraud Since Its inception, this body hat enjoyed almost unqualified moral support and cooperation from many sources among them police, detective, state, insurance and business authot i-tles. i-tles. civic organizations, motor ca.: associations, clubs, manufacturers, distributors, dialers f:nd owners The pmmisslon, occupies the uniq ic position of being the first national "workshop" built to deal with every phase and angle of the theft problem prob-lem and provide a point of contact for, and cooperate with, all parties concerned in Its solution. That motor car owners may derive greater direct benefit from the cori mission's work, arrangements have been made to permit them to become members- It Is thought that this will help to bring about unity In action that will go S long way toward freeing free-ing the motor car world from the burden of this lawlessness. |