The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1916-02-25
CONG. STEPHENS
INTRODUCES BILL r. II. 1857
Providing fou National High
Ornd u. S.
For National Defense and Giving Employment to 1910
90 workman.
90 workman.

Dear Sir:-
! have introduced and am sending YOU H
R. 3667--A Bill to acquire, construct anc
Maintain a National Defense Highway; to
Provide employment for Citizens, Of the
United States and to Physically and Metal
ly Educate them for Defense
have no doubt, the States through which
the National Defense Highway will run,
will gladly give to the United States al
necessary rights OF way perhaps hundreds d
miles Of practically completed highway
provided the United States maintains
them
Construction and maintenance is to com.
mence and. continue under the supreme aut.
horty of the President by U. S. Army En-
gineef Officers.
The Bill If Adopted will Provide the Following
A National highway circling the Unitec
States withilrits borders, and running strate-
egically near the Atlantic, Pacific and Gull
Coasts, as we'll as our Northern and South,
ern Boundary lines. ;
A National Highway, to be used in times
of peace by automobiles, auto trucks anc
other vehicles for commercial and heaIthfu
purposes.
A National Highway extraordinary use
ful, when war threatens or we are attacked
Over it men in greatest numbers and nun.
ltions and supplies can be transported quick
ly to any point North, South, East ane
West.
A Natioral Highway, 10000 American
citizens in good tipes and 70 severai titae'
thar number in in hard tilnes.'' The EN-
ployment of new men periodically, will adt
greately to cur trained reserves.
National Highway providing physical ant
mental drill for slI manual and clerical EN-
ployees--thus fitting hundreds of thousand
of young men for National defense-and t,
be better heads of families.
A BILL
To acquire, construct, and maintain
national defence highway; to paoyide EN-
ployinent for citizens of the United States
and to physically and metally educate then
for defence.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House G
Representatives of the United States 9
mmerica ie Congress assembled, That II
President be, and he is hereby, authorize
70 acquire, establish, construct, improve
ana naa;n;ajn for tie defense Of tie Unite
States, national de ,nse highway.
see 2. That t.,c rational defense high
way shall con,mence at Los Angeles, Cal
ifornia, and go eastward by apractical rout
through the States Of California, Arizona
New Mexico, Tcxas. louisiana, Missippi
Blabana, and Florida, so Jacksonville, Flor
ida, thence northward through Georgia
North Corolina, Virginia, Distirct of Col
umbia, Maryaad, Deleware, Pennsylvania,
New Jersey, and New York, to New YorE
New YORK; thence northward through the
State os New York, Massauchetts. New
Hampetire, and Maine, to Portland, Maine
Commencing rgain at New York, New
York, theace westward through the States
OF New York, Pennsylvania. Ohio, indiana
and illinois, to Chicago, Illinois; thence
northward through Wisconsin ard Minnes-
ota, to St. Paul, and Minneapolis, MN
esota; thence westward through South
Dakota, North Dakota. Montana, Idaho,
and Washington, to Seattle, Washington;
thence southwark through Washington,
Oregon, and California, via San Francisco
and Los angeles to San Diego, California.
Sec. 3. That rights of way for the nation
al defense highway shall be acquired from