ARE WE EAGLES OR TURTLES?
Babson Answers
Tire Rationers
Since Mr. Bauson's recent ar
ticle on the subject of tires he has
received hundreds of letters.
Many o? these contained sugges
tions for tires that do not re
quire crude rubber; others pre
sented plans for coating tires
once a mouth with bituminous
asjhalt cement at 325d. Prac
tically his only critics have been
certain Washington authorities.
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Office of Price Administration
Washington, I). C.
Dear Mr. Babson:
An article appeared iu the
Tampa Morning Tribune of Feb
ruary 12th. quoting you in an
Associated Press dispatch, under
dale of February 11th, In which
you were quoted as stating that'
there was "no earthly reason"
why American motorists should
do without tires.
Statements like this coming
from people whose names are fa
miliar to readers, as yours is,
can only tend to confuse the pub
lic and make them more unreas
onable in their demands and lead
them to believe that the ration
ing program is a matter set up
only to harass and inconvenience
thum, ? ? ? ? -
If you have some constructive
suggestion whereby tires may be
made available for the people In
this country and thereby avoid
the terrible inconveniences and
dislocations that are now fast
taking place, you should go to
Washington and lay such plans
before the War Production Board,
to the end that this might be ac
complished and not rush into the
press with statements that can
only confuse the pubric and make
the burden heavier for we people
who are devoting our whole time
and energies, without compensa
tion or hope of reward, to a pro
gram designed for the purpose of
conserving the commodities that
are so absolutely essential in car
rying on the war program.
Only the great democratic
principals of a great country,
which we are striving to preserve,
would permit- people of your cali
ber to openly wage war on the
very people who are trying to
preserve those democratic princi
ples that permit you to make this
unwarranted assault.
W. C. SHERMAN,
StatS Rationing Administrator.
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l>nvi<l G. l'lr*y-R(W?rcli Chemist
Analytical anil Consulting ? In
vestlKatlon in All Branches
Lakeland, Florida
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Rear Mr. Babson:
Your letter of the fourth re
ceived. ? ? *
I did get permission from the
tire board with an order for Mr.
Balltager, your chemist, to have
one truck tire recapped with our
synthetic rubber. I trust Mr.
Halllnger win Keep you posted as
to how this material holds up in
comparison with genuine rubber.
As for the asphalt and sand
coating, there is possibilities, in
the process if you add a plastlsi
zer and reset with acetic acid,
this would give yoi),- plastabllity
and avoid heat thru friction. The
life would be prolonged much
longer and the speed could be
increased avoiding gumming.
Yours Very truly, v
D. G. ULREY.
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Ncrwulk Tire & Rubber Company
Norwalk, Conn.
U. 8. A.
March 4, 1942.'
Mr. Roger Babson,
c|o Mountain Lake Club,
Babson Park, Florida.
Dear Mr. Babson:
I am most appreciative of your
wire to Senator Murray, request-'1
ing him to invite me to a hearing
to explain our so-called "rubber
less tire" which you have been
advocating. I had already heard
from Senator Murray, asking me
to testify before the Senate Small
Business Committee Hearing.
The only claim we have for the
camelback referred to (that is
material to retread worn tires)
is a substitution of reclaimed
rubber for crude rubber with a
proper balance of other standard
materials. From actual tests we
have made and from the number
of tires retreaded with this ma
terial and sold ati random, we
know that under ordinary driving
conditions, where the ppeed is
not in excess of forty miles an
hour, it will give 5,000 and more
safe miles of Service per tire.
We have been marketing this
Victory camelback wit-h the bless
ing of the War Production Board
and did not encounter any ob
stacle until the Office of Price
Administration made regulations
rationing recap or retread tires.
In their definition of "rubber"
they deflnltely state that it in
cludes reclaimed rubber and this,
of course, stopped us not-withstan
ding the War Production Board's
deflnitiqn of "rubber" just as
definitely states that it DOES
NOT include reclaimed rubber.
Very truly yours,
J. W. WHITEHEAD,
JWW:MMH President*.
Mr. Babson is answering these
as follows:
Hon. W. C. Sherman,
a A in nurmning Auiunii&tvftttfi1, '
Dear Sir:
Your letter in a franked envel
ope condemning my public ap
peals for a saner treatment of car
owners received. As you ask for
"some constructive suggestions,"
I hereby given them as follows:
(1) When the Federal Gov
ernment suddenly makes such
revolutionary regulations as it
has regarding tires, it should it
self carry on extensive research
to give people a substitute. It
should not ruthlessly strand
100,000 tire dealers and 30,000,
000 car owners and tell them to
"go hang."
(2) Instead of pleasing the
English by sending our boys to
Asia. Africa and all over the
world, why notj first concentrate
on restoring our vital sources at
rubber and tin and protecting
ihe shipping lanes thereto? With
our navy and our air force it
seems incomprehensible that it>
need be two or three years before
we could recapture Malaya. I
guess if Teddy Roosevelt had the
Job he would re-open this source
of rubber and tin in six mo'iths.
Remember that our nat-ional
emblem is an EAGLE ? not a
TURTLE.
(3) The American people ap
prove the government's consider
ation of the British. They de
serve all the help they are get
Ting! Our people at> home, how
ever, who are furnishing the boys
and paying all the bills, deserve
some consideration also ? at
least common courtesy. "Don't
bite the hand that feeds you."
Please remember that there
are 40.000 communities in this
country which have no railroad,
bus or other means of communi
cation but the soj-called "pleas
ure car" which you decry.
Respectfully yours,
ROGER W. BABSON.
March 17, 1942.
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and continue until Tuesday,
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Tuberculosis
Dr. H. F. Easom of the State
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Tuberculin Test 011 High School
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