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Show BETTER ROADS Means of Transportation Should All lie Unified How Improved highways ii n: expanding ex-panding (III! IlllNlllcSM Mill! lift- (if till) nalliin, mill why all means of traiispor-1 traiispor-1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 sIhmiIiI he iinllli'il lulu oiu: In-lognil In-lognil null, was outlined In two recent speeches by Itoy I). t'hnpin, chairman (if t Ik: highways commit Ire of tin; Nu-tlminl Nu-tlminl Automobile lniii:ji-r of Commerce. Com-merce. In lioth addresses Mr. Chapln WtlS ('hosCII IIS Spokesman (in good 1'oiiiIh for the automobile Industry. One occasion was the dedication of 1 1 1 c Zero Milestone inimiinient In Washington, Wash-ington, D. C. Speaking In behalf of the National Automobile Chamber of Commerce, Mr. Chapln said, In part: "Time wan when all roads led to Home. The world moves westward civilization follows the same pathway path-way and today we dedicate this visible mark of a new era when all roads lead to Washington. From this Zero Milestone will radiate to the homes In America Improved highways over which will pass dally tens of millions of our people and u vast proportion of our commerce. "Billions will be expended on our roads In our lifetime, that highway transport may adequately serve us. Partly from economic, but more largely large-ly from human reasons, we must all give pause and study this newly powerful pow-erful agent of marching civilization." Just previously Mr. Chapln advocated advo-cated n unification of nlr, rail and water transportation, in a speech to the Chamber of Commerce of the United States. lie Bald In part: "We of America stand in the transition trans-ition stage of the greatest development develop-ment of transportation in all of the history of the world. "In the imst it has been said that transportation has been the pawn of kings in shaping the course of empires. em-pires. "Today It has become the tool of the individual in working out the problem of the family. "Turning then to the immediate question of co-ordination of all our facilities of transportation. It seems to me the dominant theme must be service. The form or type of carrier used is secondary to the demand for efficient and completed transportaUon. Even cost Is secondary, because efficient effi-cient service is always the least costly in the long run." |