STATE RATION
QUOTA ON NEW
TIRES IS SET
Although few auto tires will be released to anyone during early operation of the new rationing system, Wyoming is expected to receive a long-run average of one new tire each month for every 10 commercial vehicles registered in the state, according to George O. Houser, state commodities allocations director.
No word has been received as to how many tires may be released for sale in January, he emphasized, and the one tire to 10 commercial vehicles ratio is only a tentative average.
Actual quotas probably will be set from month to month in each county.
On the basis of the one-to-10 average, Laramie county, for example, would receive allocations of 220 tires each month, since there are about 2,200 commercial vehicles registered in this county.
Allocations in other counties would be proportionate. An average county such as Platte, with 700 commercial vehicles, would be allowed 70 tires monthly.
The rationing system will begin operating Jan. 5 through committees formed in each county. If an applicant for a tire feels he has been discriminated against by his local three-member board, he can appeal to a three-man state "appeal" board.
Members of the Laramie county board are Dan Reese, Ralph Crews and Dr. P. M. Cunningham. State appeal board members are Paul Worland, John C. Pickett and Robert W. Lezear, all of Cheyenne.
