Show I STATES NEGLECT UI U. S. S ROAD OFFER Only 45 Miles of Highways Completed Under Federal Federal Federal Fed Fed- eral Plan By Associated Press WASHINGTON Feb Although h 17 Although t congress has appropriated to assist the Ita states tell In road building and the government has bas approved projects projects pro pro- projects embracing a L total of miles less lesa than forty live miles of ot highway have o been constructed under the federal fed fed- t federal eral aid plan The These o figures w were re made public by the department of labor AS u part of Its campaign to stimulate re revival revival re- re vival of public works as asan asan asan an offset to unemployment Although federal aid Id for tor state roads ha has been available since 1917 only eight states state report road projects proJect involving In Involving In- In federal feder l al aid completed the statement said Arkansas has hall completed ed one project of Ii CB 66 mlle miles California two of ot 6 67 7 miles and Va Washington one of ot 3 36 35 5 miles milt Admitting that road materials anti and labor coots are high the department nt a asserted that tits the expense of ot road roal I building to the tho states will not be prohibitive prohibitive pro pro- because federal appropriations I will cover on one half |