Show NATIONAL HIGHWAYS HIGHWAYS' I COMMISSION SURE SURL If th the assertions of leaders in iu both tile tho United States senate and the house houIe of representatives aro are to be taken at their face faco value there thore should be little delay in tho passage of of the bill for the creation of a national highways commission com corn mission which was drafted d and agreed upon unanimously at the federal aid good roads' roads convention of the American Amen Ameri can Automobile association held in Washington recently Motorists and others interested in good roads desirous of having ha ih the tho federal fed eral government lend its financial aid for hi highway hway construction now rc realize with practically no difference of f opinion opinion ion on tho the question that it is impossible blo ble to obtain congressional action in inthe inthe in the way of oC nn an appropriation until sonic some I comprehensive plan on t which the money is to be spent has heeD been adopted The Tho A. A A. A A. A and others who joined it in lh the l federal deral aid iid convention a agreed that to t renewal al of federal appropriations appropriations ap ap- for good roads ro should sh lh uld bo ho e ec c trie out along tho the sarn flam plan as th that t which was adopted when tho first great I national hj highway hway was as begun snore more than thann thana n a hundred years a ago o. o At that time tune congress in March 1806 pall passed ed a it law for or the appointment of a commission to p determine where and how hou the national na- na ional road should b bo built President Thomas Jefferson appointed th the the- com corn missioners who ma made e a n report nearly a i year later upon on which report all 11 the appropriations for the tho next thirty 3 cars were based Tho bill indorsed by br the thic federal aid lid convention at Washington is is similar in ints in its ts purport The Tho bill oil provides that a commission bo be jo created to be called caned the national highways commission to inesti investigate te collect information and report to con con- ress e s on on the highways i of tho United States tates together to with their rec lations as to the proper policy of the tho national government in respect respect- thereof there there- i of f f. f whether her by hy tho the establishment of or ors o a s system o of national highways or b by fed fed- I eral aid in the building of the tho state road roads or and Sos ss s to to tho the most appropriate legislation to carr carry such ucb policy into effect that the president ide I by and with the the- advice iM and cons consent nt nt 01 of tho the senate h ll appoint the chairman of said laid commission who shall bo ho or O have been heon ui ari an engineer bv by education and profession profession pro pro- fes ion and shall ha he 16 a man of th tivo o. o and b business crp experience rie ce that tho the advisory ad conn council cd be be appointed as follows follows fol fol- fol- fol lows ow Ca a n five by bJ tho the president b fi five c b by the senate c e five by OJ the house of representatives eE all of whom i in the building build build- 10 ho interested promotion iD tog ing and administration of roans roa Any member member- of or the commis commission ion bo be subject to removal by the president for inefficiency neglect e I t of duty ut or ox malfeasance in office and tho the commission commis sion mon shall servo seno without t salar salary The Tho term of f office of of the commis commissioners and their successors appointed hereunder shall end end upon tho delivery of their final inal report to the president nt but not riot later in nn any event than December De Do- cember 1 1913 There is cr c cry c reason to believe that this bull bill in including cg a liberal tion for th the tho expenses of ot the commission commission commis commis- sion provided for will be bo passed at tho the present ent session session of con congress ress Very definite nite nih assurances that whatever measure the good roads oc nd advocates tes mi might ht unify on would be bo passed were given i en by a or more of senators and congress congressmen m men n and through h the tho various state and local organizations of tho the A. A A. A A. A tho the different good roads or organizations and the business mens men's associations and others represented in tho the Washington ton convention con pressure p for the immediate passage of ot this the first federal aid good roads bill in nearly three quarters of or a century is being brought to fo bear |