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; SAN \NCISCO, CALIF ORNIA 94115 WP — @eteptione (415) 346-9612 eo. mo, - ee, ed fowls. ym lt fo a . a i a hs *. . ‘ -fe i Lr ee rt! . - . Ste . “3 a . wo " ad . . 7 . - ies Th following results and recommendations were sent to the big: four dus manufacturers} General Motors, Ford, Chrysler, and American Motors which was dated - “ Upon conducting a survey of ben: “thousand motorist in “Northern. und Southern California, we found; that forty per cent of the motorist “ho participated are already carrying gasoline containers in their. automobiles, Twenty per cent stated that they carried these contai- ners as a precaution, against running: out of gasoline, in “which ‘case ‘hese containers would be used to transport gas to their vehicles. - This pereautionary measure is fine, and we! encourage it, but the ~ twenty per cent of the motorist who -carry their containers filled with }easoline | are the ones we are worried about. We know, you realize this: was mostly ‘brought* “about. ‘by the energy’ crisis, but as Gasoline . ‘ge becomes more scarce, and if the government puts a rationing program into effect those figures could double, even triple. Imagine what a fire hazzard one spark could cause in case of an accident, or ifa _ container was'nt securely closed, it could literally send millions of automobiles into raging flames. - Millions of automobiles ‘will become "moving fire bombs. For these reasons, “we urge you to take steps as soon: as possible to equipt all your new ‘models. (autos: and pickups - especia ally) with reserve gasoline tanks, - “We feel this is a cheap - price to pay to save lives.” = — , os, ce: nbc networks a “ ebs - . . . abc ue _ i3*, general motors .=. © .- =: a ., ) ford motors - a a américan motors - te Eg ep hte