The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-05-21
WOULD TAKE ROAD
OUT OF POLITICS.
White River Association
Favors a Change in
Roads Department
NEEDS SURE INCOME
Should Not Have to Rely on
Legislation for Cash,
Says Resolution

Three rather important aud nd
vanced stands were taken In reHolu-
inna passed a. the fourth annual
meeting Of the white River tran as
poclatinn which convened In Paw
huska Thursday, May 1S, and ad-
Journod Friday afternoon. in regard
10 the needs OF tho state highway
association.
Principal speakers of the convcn-
upn from Tulsa were Cirus .,
Avery. president Of the Associated
highways OF America. and w O.
Mayo. who IL = representative OF the
l'ultyd states bureau OF public roads
az Washington, -. &. Another ex-
CeIlrnt speaker w8s John T. Wood
ruff. president of the Springfield
Mo-, chamber Of commerce.
officers Of tho association who
were elected, or reelected In the
case OF the president. were ". Bee
Guthroy uf Tulsa, president. j. -.
Glesor, OF InOla, okla. vice presl-
dent for oklahoma. VIII s. Sweet.
OF SLOAN Springs, Ark. vice presi-
dent for Arkansas, william II. john
son, OF Hollistcr, Mo. vice presl-
dent for Missouri, j. II. Mann, OF
Locust Grove, Okla, secretary-trons-
urcr.
The convention had good at
tendance though continued rain bad
made IL impossible 10 mako the
journey by road ns many delegates
had planned, but were forced to
revert to the railroads. Oklahoma
had q delegation OF over 80 per cent
OF her privileged allowance OF del
egatos.
Tho passing OF n set Of rosolu-
tlous taking the positive and ad-
vaucod stand for somo very material
amendments in regard TO the pres
ent state highway law was the great
est accomplishment.
Tho really important resolutions
were 2, Q and 8, which are rather
original IN that they take an nd-
vanced stand Ia regard TO these
problems as never taken by any
other road organization IN America.
RESOLUTION No. reads.
I'VE arc opposed to mixing or In
any manner mingliug our road con-
struction programs, our road legB-
lRtion, or the administration OF our
road laws with politics and express
tho hope that at no distant day
the laws In each of the states rep
resented In this convention may he
40 amended that the highway de-
partment will have n fixed tenure
OF office. and that highway COM
mlssioners and highway engineers
will be subject to removal only for
cause by Impeachment proceedings
as In tho case OF other state Off
cials."
Resolution No. 3 roads:
We realize the necessity and
urgent need for carefully and well
planned system OF financing state
highway department and feel that
the department should not be handi-
capped by having TO rely, from year
10 year, upon legislative appropria-
tions, but that some plan should be
devised fixing definite source OF
income for tho state highway de-
partment, to tho end that this de-
partment may he able to map out "A
road construction program extend
ing over y period OF years. thereby
securing n much higher degree of
efficiency
Resolution No. rends
"A practical common-senso uni
form system OF marking state high
ways IN one of the urgent needs OF
the hour and this marking should be
done under the supervision and di-
rection OF the state highway de-
partment of the respective states
and tho markers should be protected
by law from demarkatlon, or ma.
licious destruction and this law
should prohibit tho indlscrimlnat,
placing of unreliable advertising
markers upon our state highways
II was voted that the 1921 con
ventlon be held at Ponca City.