The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1920-04-16
II. 8. Invited to Join the Permanent
International Association of
Road Congresses.

That the United States should accept
the invitation Of foreign countries to
join the Permanent International as
ISOLATION Of Road Congresses is the
Recommendation Of the executive COM
mittee of the American Association OF
State Highway Officials to the sscs
retsrs Of Agriculture, The committee
which recently concluded a two.day
conference in Washington considered,
at the suggestion of Secretary Mere
d;th, the invitation to the United
States which had been received thru
the state department from the Amer
lean consul general at Paris. secre-
tary Meredith concurred in the action
of the highway officials and told them
he would recommend to the state de-
partment that congress be asked to
authorize acceptance. The highway Of
ficials also recommended that the in
ternational association be invited to
the United States for its next meet
ing.
In advising the secretary of the &C
ton of the state highway officials,
Thomas H. Macdonald, chief of the
bureau of Public Roads, who is also a
member of the executive committee,
said that the United States is the only
civilized nation not now a member OF
the international association. He saw
many advantages in the United States
becoming a member and he believed
the other nations in the association
would welcome an invitation to meet
in this country next year. The ROADS
congress, he said, constituted an inter-
national tribunal for bringing togeth-
er the best experience and results IN
highway construction and adminlstra-
ton. Although meetings have been
held each year, none has been called
since the European war began. Be-
fore the war congress had met in
Brussels, Paris and London.
Secretary Meredith notified the
highway officials that he would en-
large the advisory committee of state
highway officials, which consults with
the department on federal policies. in
road building. This committee, con-
sisting of six members, will nov in
clude the entire executive committee OF
the American Association of State
Highway Officials, increasing its
membership to II. The secretary said
this step was taken so that the COM
mittee would more completely repre-
sent all parts of the United States.
The enlarged membership will enable
the advisory committee to work out
classification of roads for the entire
country, thereby providing a basis fol
a more orderly national program o.
road building.
The executive committee inspected
signal device designed to proven
embarrassing disasters and acct
dents on dangerous curves. 1t me
with the Director of Sales of the Wal
Department with reference to obtain
ing equipment, which is seriously
needed in road building and which the
states have been unable to secure.
The officials who attended the meet
ing we're: Paul D. Sargent, chief en-
gineer, State Highway Commission
Augusta, Me-; George P. Coleman
chairman executive committee, State
highway commissioner, Richmond, Va.
w. G. Thompson, State highway engi
neer, Trenton, N. j.; George E. John
son, State highway engineer, Lincoln
Nebr.; w. D. Uhler, State highwa,
engineer, Harrisburg, Pa; S. E. Bradt
superintendent of highways, Spring
field, ILL.,; Thomas H. Macdonald, Chic
Bureau of Public Roads, Washington