Show STATES GET WAR AVAR surplus war material valued at was delivered to the states tor for use in ill road construction up to july i 1 reports tile the bureau of 0 public roads ulli united ted states dehait ment agriculture the material which consisted of 0 all sorts sons of supplies and equipment suitable for road building for which me war department part ment had no fur burtnor tiler need was distributed on the same basis as monetary federal aid in value of material delivered deliver fud texas and new york lead with ne irly worth ol of material ami ail every state with the except exception 01 ol live ot of the smaller ones received sup plies valued at over this material has been of great value iu ili road construe lou and there is hardly a county in the united states in which some ot of it his has not been used probably ot of greatest value has been the motor vehicles distributed tri buted consisting 0 of trucks and automobiles and in addition a large number ot of tractors the system of distribution has been so arranged that the states requisition only material useful to them in ln some cases they fall behind in allotments lot ments in order to wac wa c material particularly desired I 1 many ot of the states have shown great ingenuity in conditioning worn equipment using war material to equip shops in which other war material islade suitable tor for use there Is still a largo large quantity ot of material in this country tor for distribution this thia will be further increased by material used by the army 0 of occupation in ili germany soon to be brought back |