New-York tribune., 1912-03-17
FEDERAL AID FOR ROADS HOME FOR NEWARK CLUB
Congress Expected to Adopt
Underwood Resolution.
HEARING is SET FOR APRIL
Committee Would Make Com.
plete Report and Recommend
Necessary Legislation.

National participation in highways con-
struction will have a hearing in Washing
ton early in April, when the good roads
advocates will appear before the House
Rules Committee, which is the repository
of the resolution just introduced by Con-
gressman Underwood calling for the APP
pointment of a joint committee of House
and Senate to consider the building of ma
tional highways and post roads
Robert p. Hooper, president of the Ameri-
can Automobile Association. has had let
ters sent to all those bodies which CO.
operated in the recent Federal Aid Con-
vention in Washington. asking that they at
once appoint subcommittee OF three to
serve on the general committee decided
upon at that gathering for the purpose OF
securing countrywide good roads action. II
is expected that the Underwood resolution
will be adopted at the present session,
since legislation emanating from the Rules
Committee has precedence on the calendar.
Belief that the recent substantial accu-
mutation of good roads sentiment is now
so countrywide in its extent that Congress
IL ready to give the subject serious thought
influenced the American Automobile Asso-
ciation action which substituted the joint
committee OF House and Senate resolution
Instead of furthering the proposed bill call
ing for the creation OF a national highways
commission. The full text of the resolu-
ton follows:
Resolved, by the Senate and House OF
Representatives of the United States of
America, In Congress assembled: That a
joint committee Of both houses OF Congress
is hereby created, to be composed of three
members of the Senate, TO be appointed by
the president thereof, and three members
of the House of Representatives, to be ap-
pointed by the Speaker thereof Any va
cancies occurring on the committee shall
be filled in the same manner as the orig
inal appointment.
The said committee is hereby empow-
cred and directed to collect information
and to make a thorough and complete in
vestigation of the condition of the public
highways in several states of the Union
including the cost Of transportation there.
on; the improvement, construction and
maintenance OF such public highway and
the cost thereof: the cost of carrying the
mail over such highway, and the improve
ment of the mail service that may be OBJ
tained by the improvement Of the post
roads of the United States.
The committee is hereby authorized and
directed to report to the congress all infor-
nation obtained from such investigation
together with recommendations as TO the
advlsability Of the Congress granting ma
tlonal aid TO the maintenance and building
of post roads and national highways ir
the United States, and to make recommen-
dations as to the proper legislation to bt
enacted by Congress.
The said joint committee shall conclude
its investigation and report to this Con
gress all evidence taken and their finding:
and conclusions thereon. The sum of s25,'
600, or 80 much thereof as may be neces
sary. is hereby appropriated out OF any
money In the treasury not otherwise ap
propriated to pay the necessary expenses
Of the said joint committee, the sum to b'
disbursed by the Clerk OF the House upoi
vouchers to be approved by the chairman
OF the committee"