Cache Valley Clarion | 1941-11-27 | Page 3 | Defense Routes through Cities

DEFENSE ROUTES THROUGH CITIES "A report on the routing through cities in Idaho of over 10,000 popu- lation for 14.3 miles of stragetic highways for defense was received today," said B. J. Finch, District Engineer of the U. S. Public Roads administration. The federally designated routes reported on by the Idaho Highway Planning Survey were through Boise, Coeur d'Alene, IdahoFallr, Lewiston, Pocatello, and Twin Falls. The mileage reported was classified classi-fied into downtown, industrial, outlying out-lying business, mixed business, and residential. This work was requested by the National Interregional Highway committee to the president, revealed re-vealed Finch. for defense, the house appropriations appropria-tions committee now is considering consider-ing another presidential request. for $7,000,000,000, mostly for the a my. This is "far in excess of the needs for American defense," stated Senator Sen-ator Adams (Democrat of Colorado), Colora-do), who charged on November 20 in a public statement that the. military; mili-tary; poduction program was being conducted with 'incalculable -.va.-jie' The Coloradoan, who is chairman of the senate appropriations subcommittee sub-committee which will consider this measure, declared that, wh'le he favors adequate defense and sending of some supplies abroad, "we are resolving every doubt i-i favor of Russia and Great Britain