1942: Father Ed Dowling [right] wrote to Bill W.:
1943: The U.S. federal government granted A.A. members the right to use
cars for emergency 12th-step work, even amidst the nationwide
gasoline rationing that began on 1 December 1942. While most citizens
were restricted to just three gallons of gasoline per week—except for
factory workers and traveling salesmen, who received eight gallons—A.A.
members were permitted an exemption for this important service. Note that
the rationing of gasoline was implemented not to conserve fuel, but to
preserve rubber
[left: ration card].
In the confusion of World War II, the AA personality is keeping an easy pace, convinced that somehow, some time, the cockeyed world will land on its feet. I am grateful to God for the AA virus in my spiritual blood stream.
1943: The U.S. federal government granted A.A. members the right to use
cars for emergency 12th-step work, even amidst the nationwide
gasoline rationing that began on 1 December 1942. While most citizens
were restricted to just three gallons of gasoline per week—except for
factory workers and traveling salesmen, who received eight gallons—A.A.
members were permitted an exemption for this important service. Note that
the rationing of gasoline was implemented not to conserve fuel, but to
preserve rubber
[left: ration card].
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