Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-12-15
THE FIRST HIGHWAY CONGRESS- ENDORSES
 IMPROVED HIGHWAYS
Strong Resolution Endorsing Federal Aid and Big Highway Appropriation Now Before Congress.

Chicago, December 13.-The first highway congress to be held in the United States comprising the Amer ican Association of State Highway Officials and the Highway Industries Association, continued in joint ses- sion today.
 Forty-four states were represent ed on the floor, nine representatives appeared from Canada.
 All during the day-in the Hobbies and on the convention floor-intenso conferences were held. informal ana otherwise, on the real issue before the congress, the indorsement of a Fderal Highway System and recom- mending the appropriation of $500,- 000,000 for the construction and main tenance by the Federal government of an interstate road system.
 The resolution as adopted follows:
 Whereas, tie President of the Uni ted States in his recent message 60 the Congress, recognized the value of Improved Highways in the general transportation system of the nation and. definitely recommended anr arg ed their rapid development, and
 Whereas, this work is necessary to give employment to our returning soldiers and also to furnish worthy projects on which unemployed labor can be engaged, during the period of readjustment; and
 Whereas, we recognize the neces sity for we'll defined and connected system of improved highways in or der to expedite the distribution If large volumes of food stuffs now wasted on account of the lack of prompt and adequate highway trans portation and to better serve the eco homie and military needs Of the na-. tion, ,. Therefore, ;RNs It HeBolXatl, .thkt isa Federal s Highways Y Cofnhligs ons ! be ess I, aR5@sAe aand,og,da and gaide s .|ss Hoth highways and highways tl'afric and establish national highways system.
 Be it further resolved, that the present appropriations for federal aid to the states be continued and in- creased and the states urged, to un- tion so as to keep pace with the development of this country and it's transportation needs, and, that iii carrying out the provisions of the present Federal Aid Act or any amendment thereto that the state highway departments shall cooper ate with the Federal Highways Com mission.
 Be it further resolved that ali governmental activities with respect to highways be administered by thS Federal Highways Commission
 The resolution committee which presented the report in regard to the Federal Highways system was as follows: Paul Sargent, Augusta, Me. w. T. White, Cleveland, Ohio; George Deihl, Buffalo, N. Y.; George E. John son, Lincoln, Neb.; w. o. Rutherford Akron. Ohio; J. M. Lowe, Kansas City Mo-; w. G. Thompson, Trenton, N J.; A. N. Johnson, Chicago, Ill.,; John Kroft, Montgomery, Ala; William E. Metzger, Detroit, Mich. A. R. Hirst Madison, Wis.; w. P. Blair, Cleve- land, Ohio; D. Clarkson, St. Joseph Mo-: Prof. A. H. Blanchard, New York City, N Y.; H. s. Quine, Akron Ohio; Ira Browning, Salt Lake City Utah; A. P. Sandles, Columbus, Ohio G. P. Coleman, Richmond, Va.; s. F' Beatty, Chicago; H. o. Cooley, Aber- deen, s. D.: c. F. Adams, Chillicothe | Mo-; c. H. Houston, Chattanooga Tenn; w. A. Alsdorf, Columbus Ohio.
 Other resolutions were adopted thanking Governor Lowden, the press and various good roads an dtrails as sociations for cooperation. After an evening of motion pic lures on highway building and near l morning conferences on the program for the day, the congress was late Il
 assembling.
 Edward J. Mehren of the Eengineer ing News-Record, New York, presid l ed.
 l A. k. Hirst. of Wisconsin, address ed the congress on 'The Underlying
 Principle of Laying Out, Markins
 and Maintaining State Trunk System. l The final session was held thl'
 morning and this evning the regulal annual meeting of the Highway In dustries Association will be held.