| Show WAYS BILLS I TO SENATE ra raI rag I I I I I gs g s Before ore Postoffice e eil il a Poi Committee Com littee Started Star l Ington lm D. C. C May ln In con Ith the hea for o hearinGs hearinG's rings begun thi this this' this this' toro the i. i a Senate an and and d committee on a goo goodly ly num num- num-I num df I h highway bills tho comments o ot of f Thomas It II Marshall a at t at Ark irk rk- f Just approved cd an and tor publication aro are re regarded arde d g y nt coining col b item from the theof th governor of ot a northern northen state i refs reu wag delivered at the tho bl big Il of the thes United States Stale oads oada I Association and Bank Dank tr Ishway ya h held at the Arkansas and attended ded by several thou thou- mostly of or course fro from m states ted led The Tho vice vico president ent o of or I 1 States e Was vas the tho chief s 1 teak gatherinG and 1 he to thus made mad e reference to federal t pa a lS l'S a s Improvement ice ce I Iti ti I feel teel that the t I general govUs gov gov- by u Us its benefactions to tho thoi o States tate Is 18 usurping b- b tho the rUne funs i l d killing ku tho n r n. n A VA states lUtcS I am quIte Con t the ono Good thin thing b which Vii n In Ia lIS way tho the b fay building Year toads T The he federal ao government e sanest finest ablest and ted mo most moat t t road engineers enc In th tho thon has f In n my opInIon n. n Guth the to IrP improve o ovo tho the post Country ry- ry Bu But tho aid h hereon here here- reen re- re on en has been generously used at by L rIch counties match match- against tho the general us tv ta dollars convinced that the con coa- gressional l sentiment is that the tho several several sev sev- eral states of at this Union ma may as well make up their minds that if It thoro Isto Isto is isto to bo be further federal appropriation on the tho fifty fifty-fifty plan it must bo upon one ono of or two bases either bases either that the general general gen gen- eral go government shall have hn exclusive control of all ail the thc funds or th that l the thc general government will wUI a adopt opt a n great trunk system and will construct that system In a only onh when th the state ha has contracted to construct an au equal I go of ot laterals of ot like lIko char character and durability dur That any 11 future futuro federal appropriations appropriations I in connection with highways willbo will willbo bo accompanied by quite definite federal fed fed- oral eral Insistence as ns to where and how the money shall be expended In tho the I several status states has hats been made mido quite clear during during tho the tho past 81 weeks week's hearings before tho the Senate committee Other Bills Up While Senator Charles E. E To Townsend tho the chairman of or tho the committee is 16 the sponsor of at what Is 19 probably the meas meas- uro ure commanding the greatest countrywide countrywide country country- wide concern aa as it calls cans for Cor a national System in charge of or a federal commission commis commis- commission sion ulon other othur bills bUb b by Senator Phipps of ot Colorado Senator Chamberlin of or Oregon Oregon Ore Ore- gon Jon and Senator Sheppard of or Texas are aro certain tc receive careful scrutiny While hUe tho the fe federal eral aid road act appealed appealed ap ap- pealed in greater degree to southern and western than It did to cas eastern torn states northern senators generally are uru arenow now Inclined to oppose continuance in inan an any substantial wa way and nd a growing number aro for transferring tho the good roads work from tho the present unsatisfactory unsatisfactory unsatisfactory factory bureau plan to tho the dignity of 01 ofa ofa a department which can function di dl- dl A A. A. A AN Stand Chairman G George C. C of or tho the A A. A A. A a. a A good roads board boord when ho ap appeared ap- ap before the tho Senate committee thus emphasized tho the position taken over ocr ton years cors ago by tho the organized motor car owners The Tho basis upon which must rest tho the structure of or good bood roads Toads throughout throughout through through- out tho n nation fa i the tho n national y l m of ot highways constructed an and maintained main mat n- n by b a n national highway commis- commis s- s Hion vion nt the expense of or tho the nation natio n There will Inevitably Ino follow v state a and nd count county highway systems built al and ld maintained m b by the tho states and count counties es respectively These throe three systems n tiro ro 0 fundamentally sound economical economically n and nd 1 will provide all the tho needed Highways ys y's s for tor complete national development Tiro rn Years Yearn fur for Report Inasmuch as two t years will be r re- re e. e 1 i Continued on Following l Page ae i HIGHWAYS BILLS A ARE TAKEN INTO SENATE Continued From Preceding From Page e to perfect a Q report on the tho national national na na- system which by tho the way a should Include a carefully worked out plan for maintenance W wo we would that tho the Towns Townsend nd bill be at ot onto adopted so ao that the tho national highway commission can at nt onto begin heln Its la labors la- la bors a 19 n the present rising market of labor end and materials should not bo used 1 as a pretext for tor dol delaying defying tho the necessary preliminary work vork Incident to this most Important national development |
