Show ASSOCIATION TU TO URGE HIGHWAYMAN HIGHWAY MAN IN CABINET Good Roads Official Visits Visits Vis Vis- C t its Salt Lake to Invite Dern to 1926 Meeting I That a determined movement is isto isto isto to be launched at the next annual convention of the United States Good Roads association with the end in view of adding another secretary secretary secretary sec sec- to the presidents president's cabinet to be known as the secretary o of highways is the statement of J I J. J A. A Roundtree e general director-general of the organization with headquarters at Birmingham Ala who r reached reache Salt alt Lake Sat Saturday for th the tha p pup purpose of extending to Governor George orge H. H Dern of Utah a formal Invitation to attend the gathering which is scheduled for Santa Monica Calif June 7 to 12 1926 Mr Roundtree who is traveling by automobile has been delegated by bv Governor E. E Lee Trinkle of VIrg VIrginia Virginia Vir VIr- g ginia ni president of the roads body to call upon the the governors of all the states of the union with an invitation to attend what is hoped will be the largest convention Inthe Inthe in inthe the history of the good roads or or- or Governor Dern being in the east at this time Mr Roundtree Roundtree Roundtree Round- Round tree is leaving an an n invitation with the executives executive's s secretary Oliver Grimes Governor Trinkle is also chairman chairman chairman chair chair- man o of ot the national governors conference conference conference con con- ference said Mr lIr Roundtree and he Is Is making a special effort to have all all' of the forty-eight forty state executives executives' at our next convention It is hoped also that President Coolidge will find it possible to at at- at tend Governors Brandon of Alabama Alabama Alabama Ala Ala- bama Fields of Kentucky Morrow Morrow Mor Mor- row of North Carolina and several others have accepted our vita In-vita- tion If possible we want to torun run runa a train to be known as the govern governors governors' governors governors' gov gov- ern rs' rs special from Birmingham having the chief executives es of all all the states Join it as It makes its i iway way vest westward Other important matters to come before the next annual convention of th the United States Good Roads association according to Mr Roundtree include the launching of a movement to increase Increase the federal federal federal fed fed- eral aid appropriation from 75 a year to and to place the fund und on a contIn continuing ing I instead d sted of having an annual appropriation Also it Is hoped to Influence congress con con- gress ss to consolidate all aU of the feder federal federal fed fed- er eral l road b building activities under the United States of o public roads and to secure the passage of an act ceding all federal lands to the states in the Interest of educational educational educational and ro road d building purposes Mr Roun Roundtree t ee will vill spend two ox or on three days In Salt Lake after which he will proceed to Cheyenne Wyo Denver and Lincoln Neb a at which places he will extend Invitations Invitations lions from Governor Trinkle to Governors Governors Gov Gov- Ross Morrow and McMullen len respectively |