| Show Will W l Speed Up Construction State highway officials are moving moy ing ng with all possible speed toward I opening the way for tor greatly enlarged cd ed forces in highway construction not only as a means of ot providing I more employment for labor but as asan asan asan an economic factor in the p ont ent expansion of ot he country's high- high wn was facilities Tho The plan 0 ol of advancing federal deral fu funds gds to those States which ar are s net In a position to meet t their share of ot Increased federal aid appropriation at this thi time will reach congress soon oon after it convene Already several members of congress arc drawing up UI measures to mee meet tho situation and owing to the urgency as an unemployment relief relle measure little if r any delay Is expected in legislative consideration and esp especially especially c- c lally so since President Hoovers Hoover's committee fo for emergency unemployment I ment Is squarely behind highway officials federal and state stata road building program I tI At At no time in our country's history history his his- tory says Rays H. H H H. Blood of at Utah president of the American As Association Association ocia tion Hon of oC State Highway Officials 1 have we had auch an opportunity to spend p public money oncy so wisely and so well More roads are needed for forone forone forone one thing and unemployed men need work The basic principles of ot the federal highway legislation under which T. T road lod construction is la bolo d d have L u g 4 4 g beau demonstrated demon demon- demon aemon- over a a. long period and experience experience ex ox- I has proven the federal aid plan to be an effective and sound Bound method of cooperation between the tho federal government gov and the several states We Ve are arc in full accord with the pre presidents president's emergency committee Inthe in inthe I the furtherance of three types of ot I rood rOl said Mr Blood These projects are the widening 0 and improvement of or main highways loading leading into cities clUes and tho the building of ot new ones where needed needed- the tho building of oi by paca roads to enable motorists to pasa pass cities clUes without entering entering en en- them and the general extension extension extension exten exten- sion of ot the federal and state road building program There will be no cutting of ot red- red I tape Mr Blood said Bald further if it I by that is meant a n disregard ard of the tho safeguards which have have been so I wisely placed by congress around the operation of ot the federal aid in inroad inroad road building All projects must go through h the tho re regular ular of ot making proper surveys and presentation presentation presentation present present- for final approval by the U. U S. S Continued on last page Will ViII Speed ty U Construe r ll J h t I 1 from P Continued j bd beto bureau burea u of public roads can be bo placed ou on the job J j The only short snort cut tJ chair I made rests with co congress congress- ress j be ns u Ue d dare are ad advanced to i ll states in matching i 1 can call and j with th the utmost degree of then vast vast p possibilities osse will Rill i for the ed up not only of labor but Ij o lt ld l peo general good of the p |
