Show A WEEK OF THE WAR rubber administrator jeffers act jing ing on two important recommendations of the baruch rubber committee directed the office of defense transportation to limit driving speeds to 35 miles an hour and told the office of price admal administration to prepare to ration ga gasoline casolin solin throughout the nation on the same basis that it is now rationed in the east the limitation on speed will go into effect october I 1 for all vehicles except those operated by common carriers trucks and buses bus es operated on regular schedules over regular routes will be given until oct october ober 15 to adjust their schedules to the new top speed enforce ment of the new speed limit will be left up to the states for the present announced nationwide gasoline rationing designed to reduce mileage so as to save rubber rather than gasoline will became effective about her ber 22 by that time ration books will have been distributed to approximately 20 million motorists in tae ine un rationed area the present tire lire rationing program will be integrated with the new gasoline rationing pr program and tires on all cars will have to be submitted to OPA for on wheel inspection every 60 days to insure proper care the OPA said fuel oil consumers in the 30 rationed east and midwest states will have to get along this winter with one third less oil than usual because the originally an bounced cut of one fourth would not be sufficient on the basis of last winter however which was about 10 per cent warmer athanus than usual the cut will only be about 26 per cent the office said the quo ta of new adult bicycles for rationing in october was set at compared with the september quota of |