Show I n I Plea for N National r Roads 6 DR S S. S A M M. JOHNSON official sp spokesman of or the arm army motor tra transport transport trans trans- sport s- s port con O convoy who unfolds scope of Townsend Federal highway plan pIon Asks Salt SnIt Lake Lako to back hack up increased appropriations I a f T Y y w wJ J rr rrY Y t v a J 12 I a l n. n i W Wrt tr y r rt r F Of it rd i r rr T r yam t. t s y a r f ArE T r k y I 1 s. s bf r I r S b a 4 I Gp Gps a s Y ry f fI x 4 34 1 i y et y y ys I s n s st t AS MUCH as tho the region from Salt INT 10 I Lake alio Cit City tl to C Carson Cit City Nov Nev e Is I thinly populated and hence afforded little opportunity for good Iod roads propaganda propaganda ganda Sanda Dr r. r S S. S M M. M I Johnson spokesman of or the tho tram transcontinental tal arm army train re remained remaIned re- re in Salt Lake CI City to enjoy his visit with his sister Mrs Wade ado L Loofbourow Loof- Loof of- of and the attractions of oC the thc re region lon These h have hc c included a trip to Bingham ham to sec co the workings s of or the Utah Copper co company 01 pan and the Warm arm Springs s. s Dr Johnson leaves on Tuesday da rejoining the convoy at Carson Carson Carson Car Car- son CIl City and remaining with them to San Francisco HI Ills His car an ap Overland O Sedan of or the thc now now type preceded him to Carson City as as he lie will make the trip by th traIn To The The Herald man Dr Johnson expressed ex e- pressed his appreciation of or results al already already already al- al ready secured in Utah and of or his impressions impressions' Impressions Impressions' Im Im- of Salt L. l Lake o Cit City Among mong other things thing's he said The farther west we got ot the greater became the conviction that pavements must supplant primitive roadbeds and md must do so 50 as rapidly as It is possible to do so The situation of or the nation nallon as a whole is ous to tho the situation situation situa situa- tion In a city the tho development of the unpaved ed section Ja lags g while the tho development devel devel- development in the section of or paved streets C forges forg r ahead s Social J cleava cleavage e and unrest unrest un- un rest and excessive lve costs of or foodstuff are aro largely Janely duo due to la lagging ln development develop develop- ment of or the producing food re regions lons Incident in incident In- In to mud dust and poor tation Cities are arc overcrowded There must bo a decentralization o of population and wealth County life liCe and the occupations that have hao to do with the tho production production tion of or foodstuffs must be made more remunerative and attractive For example ex example ex- ex ample mple there thero are arc mountain valleys In Utah blessed w with the thc richest soil oil with au an abundant water supply yet et contributing con con- I nothing nothing- to the supply of ot foodstuff food rood stuff in a world half of or whoso whose population population lation goes to bed hungry hun r every nl night ht Extend th the P pavement t. cm nt until It reaches s and traverses the these e valleys and they will viii quickly he hc dotted clotted with prosperous I farms swinging Ing into the thc column of a peace army of or producers which will do doI I more universal peace and welfare than armies the tho allies could muster There Thero I is no task more Impera Imperative thc or urgent urs-ent there thore Is I no work Worl demanded on grounds rounds of or patriotism or humanity I than to open up and settle those valleys b by placing them In connection with the railways and anal cities of or the state b by connecting con con- mobile roadbeds s suited to the automobile auto auto- and the motor truck Under existing appropriations level devel will be rapid In the vicinity of or Ogden Salt Lal Lake c and Provo Pro but but the development de of the Outlying regions will be too slow It was for tho the purpose of or enabling g the states to extend their Jr assistance more quickly to the outlying regions and for Cor the combined forces to cope In an adequate wa way with a situation that must be dealt with now no that on arrival In Ogden I asked the tho organization orS orS-anba- tion which represents the business clement element cle ele- ment to urge upon Congress the pron Prof enactment of or the Townsend bill under which tho the federal government o would take over oer and construct and maintain entirely at federal cost tho main through h lines o of interstate travel and that In order to prosecute this work ork In an adequate wa way the tho appropriation for In n tho the next five years instead of or as ab now stipulated stipulated late Ih in the bill It is well known lellon that Con Congress is la enforcing a policy polle of or retrenchment and that Senator Smoot moot is a t prink prime prill factor in n the application of or the policy t trite The rite Importance therefore of or the wire which was sent ent to the senator from O Ogden den a asking him to make It a billion billionS U ts S manifest At the luncheon of or the Rotary notary club in Salt Lake City last Tuesday I 1 had only five minutes in which to make malec m my plea for the billion and so far ar I have not learned whether heth r the business men of or Salt Lake will bac back tho the billion dollar proposition but since I saw Bingham and the thc mountain of or copper which was sliced down at the rate of or tons tons- of copper a a. da lay dayto to help win In the tho war and since I have ha learn learned d of ot the tho other vast resources of or this re region lon awaiting development dc I do not need to t remind the business businessmen ss men hero th that t wo we have hae a billion dollar country countr many times over and when wo we have seven billions invested in m motor tor vehicles and will soon Foon have o twenty billions and the life BCe of oC these vehicles chicles will be doubled if Ir operated on pavements I do not think Salt Lake will HI hesitate to i ad advise e the thc Utah delegation dele dele- elc- elc gation gatlon at al Washington to move mo up to the ten figure i ure marl mark With the passa passage e of or the To Townsend bill the state and nd counties would be bc relieved of or further expense on at least one cast east and west and one north and south road across the state and would be he reimbursed for or all aU outlay already made in the p permanent Improvement of or the same The construction of orth tho state slate and county count roads leading into and supplementing these could then be hastened has has- In tho tIlO construction of or these federal assistance to the extent tent of or half the cost would be be available and inh In h L t me e case LI LIU of U ui roads r un on rho mo n national aia LUr-Hi the tho federal government is la authorized to exceed half the cost In addition aUthe all aU the national 1 road organizations would support a bill hUI in Congress for a n sP special elal appropriation of or a million or more a year car for roads on the national parks parIes When hen wo are losing billions for Cor lack of pavement of-pavement why should we sh shy at appropriations appropriations ap ap- ap- ap reminiscent of ot war figures figures fig fig- I ures ures ures' If IC w we carr carry our point aa as to highways highways highways high high- ways an and if tr proper publicity I Is used Salt Lake 10 City will have a population of oC half a million in ten years yeans Ip In less time timo than that with a brick or concrete pavement for the tho Lincoln highway every mile from New cw York and Washington Wash Wash- Washington In ington t n to San Francisco and I expect to see sec It t in le less s than three years c If It tho Townsend bill p pisses this Con Congress ress there will Wm bo he a thousand auto a day entering Salt Lake City during the touring season b bringing tourists and tourist gold old With fine CIne hotels hotel with bathing unequaled elsewhere with the splendid mountain re resorts ort J this will be bc not a nl stop night stop ht-stop but hul a place of ot sojourn Tile The a asset et of or climate climates Is s a permanent asset of or the highest value alue See what climate push and publicity have h done for Los Angeles cles Tho The of this Intermountain valley Is superior to the climate of Ios Angeles and there is a greater wealth of attractions There will wJ be more railways and there will be airplane routes but the main thing now Is to pull pun together for federal hl highways hwa's and adequate funds I earnestly ask Salt Lake L' to back up the larger appropriation tion |