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Activ? Round of Meetings for Motor Cspr People Conference?, Dinners and the I Ak? the Program for Show Week; Motor Truck Problem? Are Discussed The automobile people are settling "dewB now to the serious business of the ?*re? after the highly successful oponin? o? Saturday of the twentieth national n -?er vehicle shows. Con /????v.ccs. 0 tiers, meetings and dinners are Thed ?ed all ihrougn the early | par. t.h vieik, to be sandwiched i.i ? bet tu v,3iU to the shows. The j A* o lotive Service Association will ; %o i roee< ng to-day at the Automo bi i 'ah o- America and to-night the ?>. ?v of tic Rubber Association of p?turftca will be held at the Waldorf Ast) ta. ?>' rchandising of motor trucks will be ?-cussed this afternoon at the con? fer oe at the 8th Coast Artillery Ai ?cy, where the commercial vehicle sly ;s bein?r held. Robert O. Patten, Pi 'Arrow; David Fenner, Interna tv !; V. A. Van Patten, John E. P us. Seiden Truck Corporation; A. rjt \roh, Goodrich Tire and Rubber ?. nny, and 3. D. Eggleston, Inter 1 :ial Harvester, will be speakers. . / ?? evening the session will be d?? fi I to "Developments in Transporta .'' Dr. Claxton, Commission?! of ication; A. J, Slade, Ernest Farr, stone Tire and Rubber Company; '.missioner* Grover A. Whalen and W. JLitchfield, Goodvear Tire and i ?bber Company, will speak. An informal gathering of. th,_ Lcx i rton Motor Car Company folk was I id yesterday at the Hotel Biltmore. I" ank B. Ansted. president; Emery huston, vice-president: H. W. Gaston, Kcal distributor, and many others at? tended. Hotel lobby displays are a part of ~~ihc"outside" show. The new Lafayette is at the Confimodore. The Ferris and , Peerless are shown in the Astor. The Argonne car is aljo a Hotel Commodore feature. //. G. S cib cri i ti g General manager of Haynes Automobile Company, who arrhes to-day for the Show. No Reason to Expect Too Many Cars in Spring "There appears to be a general im? pression among automobile users," says Harry J. De Bear, manager of the Maxwell-Chalmers New York branch, "that automobile factories are going to get into abnormal production strides during the present winter and that by the time the heavy spring car buying sets in the market will be flooded with new models. "Far-sighted business men, of course, do not believe this, because they rea? lize, for example, that in an enormous industry like the manufacture of mo? tor cars and trucks plans are made and material orders placed months in advance of contemplated time of car. production. They realize also that the strikes now subsided in the steel and ?coal and ot-rnrr industries, which con? tribute to the making of automobiles, will affect the production of finished cars in months to come. I firmly be? lieve that we will have a serious short? age of cars next spring. Tesis for the Four In designing the new Nash Four the usual tests incidental to the production of any model were supplemented by the manufacturing experience of C. W. Nash and of those associated with him in the Nash Motors Company. Four Dort Models Attract Attention Of Throngs Daily Placing of Hand Brake and Gear Levers in Center of Open Car Is Important Change in 1920 Machines Four body models, together with a cut-out chassis complete the Dort ex? hibit at the Grand Central Palace. The Dort showing: consists of the five-pas? senger touring car, the two-passenger roadster, the five-passenger fo?r-door | Fourseason sedan, the three-passen I ger Fousseason coup? and the cut-out chassis that readily show3 the many points of superiority in Dort con? struction. Good looks and refinement are char? acteristics of all Dort models. In the open cars many minor changes have been incorporated to add to the con-' venience of the owner. In the first place the hand brake and'gear shift? ing levers are in center position, well forward, so that ample room''is pro I vided when entering the front com ? partment. The foot pads on both the foot brake and clutch"pedals are ex? tra large and so curved that they fit into the ball of the foot, which makes for easy operation. The gas tank, operated under the vacuum pressure, is suspended from the rear frame and permits of a more even distribution of weight than lo? cating the tank in the cowl. Upholstery j is deeper and the cushion springs j are stronger, giving a more durable and longer lasting type of seal. i Many refinements have been incor | porated in the exterior appearance. The j headlights are larger with nickel rims I and black center, a pleasing combina? tion. The rounded hood and carefully ?molded fenders lend gracefully to the j beauty of the entire design. ! Those of a mechanical nature, who ! are desirous of witnessing the sim j plicity and careful engineering of Dort construction, can do so from the cut? out chassis that shows in detail every part of the Dorfs "inner works." First and foremost in simplicity, from the standpoint of upkeep, is the oiling system. A car well o'iled is -a car that runs well, and the Dort oiling system makes it possible for any man, regardless of mechanical knowledge, to keep it properly oiled after a single in? struction. ? ? Hupmobile Exhibit Standard All Through The Hupmobile exhibit at Grand Central Palace adheres strictly to standard models^ Although due recog? nition is given to the fact that many discriminating motorists appreciate ai'tistic color combinations, it was thought best that the standard model should be presented for the attention of the majority. . The Hupmobile touring car and coupe shown are finished in standard color as typical of the car which the owner will receive and illustrating the quality of body workmanship. A chassis is dis? played and a special descriptive book? let is distributed to visitors. A supplemcntarq exhibition of the Hupmobile line is being made at the Marmon Automobile Company of New York Inc., Broadway, at Sixty/second Street. j -T Argonne on View in Hotel The new Argonne automobile which could not be shown at the automobile salon in November on account of the automobile body builders strike is on exhibiton now on the mezzanine of the Hotel Commodore. Howard Parker, president of the Argonne Motor Car, says, "There are two types of fine cars in America?one the chauffeur driven family car, and the other the fast, high powered, sporty type which the owner drives as his favorite car. The Argonne has been designed to fill the requirements of this latter class." King Shows Cut-Out Engine A cut-out King eight-cylinder power plant is attracting attention at the automobile show. E. A. Scheu, sales manager of the company, says, "The splendid work accomplished during the war by multi-cylinder motors has awakened the public interest in cars powered by multi-cylinder motors more than any other one thing." Those unfamiliar with muti-cylinder en? gines will find their time well spent by a study of the King cut-out eight cylinder engine which is electrically operated. Strenuous Test Of Light Six On Pacific Coast Wollering Tells How Stu debaker Engineers Put the New Model Through Its Paces Dy M. F. Wollering Vice-President, Studebaker Corpora' tion It has been customary in the past to test out new models in the East. Penn? sylvania, with it3 historic Uniontown Hill, has been the favored state for this purpose in the past. California being so far distant from the center of the automobile industry its ideal ad? vantages as a testing ground wejre en? tirely lost sight of. We submitted several sample Light Six cars to the test of real service. TJie familiar trial in the East came first. The car was driven over the roads of Eastern Canada and the United States, through the mountains and over the steepest grades. It came through splen ,didly and was quickly pronounced okeh iby our engineers and executives. But \that was not enough. Mr. Erskine said 'we should stop at nothing that would contribute in any possible way to the thorough testing of this new car. So I sent the car across the continent, over the Lincoln Highway and the Rock? ies, and as a climax came the famous test in California. California and the Far West are the logical testing grounds of the country, because an automobile is subjected to every sort of condition to be found in every state in the Union. A car that makes good under such circumstances must necessarily be fit for owners in every part of the world. Studebaker engineers, under my per? sonal supervision, drove our new Light Six over peaks that 'Stretched to an elevation of 7,000 to 8,000 feet, and down into the Imperial Valley, where you are hundreds of feet below the sea level, and across the deserts of New Mexico and Arizona, where the torrid conditions put carboret?on and cooling to a severe test. The rugged mountains of California put the power and hill climbing ability of the new Light-Six to as severe a test as the most critical engineer could ask for. The ability of the cooling system under the hardest of pulls was proven, and along with that the flexibility of the new motor. We often took many terrifically steep grades on high gear, Then, on the sharp down grades, came the strains upon the brakes of the car The great number of climbs and de i scents gave us highly valuable chances j to put the carburetion qualities to the j supreme test. We were able to se? ? just how the carburetor worked in the ! rarefied heights far above sea level and j in the heavy atmosphere of the deet valleys. California is famous, too, for its fini roads. On long stretches we were abb to speed up the car for fast, continuou! runs, and, as every engineer knows three speed tests bring out much o: importance. We saw how well the ca: clung to the road even when travelinj at top speed. And it was truly re markable how smoothly we rode, witl little or no vibration and with tb motor as cool as the proverbial cucum ber. Throughout these tests on the Coas i the new Light Six got plenty of har knocks, which tested all margins o safety, strength of materials, and, i ; fact, every feature of design and cor struction. Quite naturally, too, w | found some minor particulars whi? I we were able to improve upon, an ! these few changes were made befoi ! the new car was allowed to go int production. -, ,, , , Long Service Record ?f Cadillac Workme R. H. Collins, president of the Cai iliac Motor Car Company, attribut? much of the value of the Cadillac ai tomobile to the long and faithful se vico of the company's employees. M Collins said: "Precision and accuracy in man facturing would be impossible if 01 craftsmen were continually changin The Cadillac record of employees' lo alty is unique in the automobile i dustry. There is at least one wor man whose continuous employme antedates the beginning of the coi pany itself. He is an inspector, w has followed the same line of woi with the Cadillac and its predecesso for twenty-five.years. .., ?.JiiJTTL? -m- " ?? "TJi^ Liberals Flock to Labor Party, Says British Editor War Issues Are Extinct, He Declares, and Popular Sentiment Is Against Big Armament Policy LONDON, Jan. 4,?A significant de? velopment in British politics is the vis? ibly growing strength of the Labor Party, which, if it be continued, is pointed to in political circles as in? suring the'control of the next gov? ernment by that party. In the last three important by-elections the Labor candidates polled a total of more votes than either of the old parties. The majority of the Labor Party re? cruits, the figures indicate, come from the Liberal ranks. Many Liberals ad? mit despair for the future of their party, since it has split in Lloyd George and Asquith factions, and see no chance for the success of Liberal policies except through the Labor Party. Neither of the three elections were in districts where workingmen were in the majority, and it appeared that the "black-coated" classes of clerks and young professional men, along with numerous writers and others classed as intellectuals, had gone over t? the workingmen's party. The features of the Labor platform which appear to attract the middle class vofers are opposition to big arma? ments and demand for a live-and-let live policy with regard to the nation's recent enemies. The Coalition government has fought in the recent elections mainly on the war issues, but J. L. Garvin, editor of "The Observer," the Coalition news? paper owned by Viscount Astor, writes in this connection: "Whether we like it or not the sit? uation is so utterly changed from that of December, 1918, that the war is? sues are almost extinct. So far as they operate they are prejudicial to the Coalition. Owing to the obvious and sorry state of the world the new peace issues dominate, and on these the government must win or not at all. Whether it is wise and fair or not, tbe prestige aS the victory is an ox*5 haustcd asset." An illustration of the changed ten*, dency of British sentiment appears in the Conservative "Spectator." "We sincerely trust," it ?ays, "titas when Mr. Lloyd George. goes to Paris he will remember thai her baa tbe whole of the British people bebind bim in a restraining policy. The electors were misled when they were eneour- k aged to believe tbat the coat of the ' war could be recovered from Germany. From a common sense business point of view the best thing to do is to re? store to oar enemies tbe -ability to recoup us as much as they can by in? ternational trade." Seiberling on Committee A. G. 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