City Committee Urges Crackdown On Parking

The only solution to the parking problem emanating from the City Council's Parking Committee yesterday was a directive that the Police Department start an immediate drive to prosecute all out-of-state cars staying in Cambridge for over 30 days as "trespassers on the highways."

"My proposal is not intended to discriminate against Harvard students," the motion's originator, Councilor Joseph A. DeGuglielmo '38, said after the meeting, which was also attended by Student Council President Edward M. Abramson '57. Enrollment in the University, DeGuglielmo held, would indicate, however, that the car-owners had exceeded the 30 day limit.

Captain of Traffic Edward F. Tierney gave the proposal his full approval. He maintained, however, that some states have made reciprocal agreements with Massachusetts which permit students to drive out-of-state cars for the duration of the academic year.

The purpose of the drive, according to DeGuglielmo, is to eliminate the great number of out-of-staters who do not answer their summonses or to whom summonses cannot be served. A summons for parking violations must be delivered within six days or it becomes invalid.

The proposal, which will be presented to the Council Monday, also urges a crackdown on out-of-state and out-of-town cars with inadequate insurance coverage.

Abramson urged the councilors to adopt the alternate-side night parking plan, which was discarded by another committee last week. While this system may hurt garage owners, Abramson said, a crackdown would be damaging to service station operators since it may cause "as many as 1500 students to leave their cars at home."

DeGuglielmo replied that by favoring alternate-side parking Abramson was advocating "financial assistance by municipalities to car-owners."