Arizona republican., 1922-02-06
HOOVER MAY Be
ROADS BOOSTER
At CONVENTION
Will Be One of Speakers
During Highway Gather
ings Here In April If At
fairs Permit Coming

Herbert Hoover, secretary of COM
merce, will be one of the speakers at
the annual conventions of the United
States Good Roads association, the
United States Good Roads show and
the Bankhead National Highway as
sociation here April 24-29 if he can
possibly arrange his affairs at Wash
ington, he wrote ]. A. Rountree. di-
rector general of the three organiza-
tions, in a letter received by Roun-
tree yesterday
Il have not forgotten my tentative
agreement to attend your meetings in
April and most certainly hope that I
will be able to be with you,' Secre-
tary Hoover wrote Mr.. Rountree. Il
will let you know definitely concern
ing the engagement early in March"
Inasmuch as Secretary Hoover will
be in the southwest for a period of
several weeks just prior to the open
ing Of the three conventions here, ii
is believed that he will be able to
make arrangements to attend the good
roads sessions. Mr.. Hoover is deeply
interested in work of this nature. it
was explained, and his friendship for
Governor Campbell and Dwight B.
Heard is expected to be a strong per-
sonal appeal.
Third To Attend
Should Secretary Hoover arrange
his affairs to come to Phoenix, he will
be the third cabinet official in at
tendance at the good roads conven-
tions. Secretaries A. b. Fall of the
interior and Wallace of agricultural
already have stated that they will be
here. Both are scheduled to occupy
places of importance on the speaking
program.
Mr.. Nelson is a member OF the
transportation committee of the three
organizations and is now compiling a
list of all prospective delegates. he
wrote. Names of these delegates will
be forwarded to the director general
as soon as the list is complete.
Women Will BE Here
Mrs. Albert E. Thornton, presi-
dent of the woman's committee of the
Bankhead Highway association, has
written each of the 13 other mem
bers of the committee to prepare re-
ports and urging them to attend the
conventions to be held in Phoenix,
she wrote Director General Rountree
yesterday. This committee has been
entrusted with the work of beautify-
ing the route of the Bankhead trans
continental highway. Each state has
it's own organization of women work
erS. the president of which is a mem
Der of the national committee. Miss
Elsie Toles, state superintendent OF
public instructions, is head of the
work in Arizona.
In this connection. Mr.. Rountree
made public movement now on foot
to set aside one day late this month
or early in March in each of the IA
states traversed by the highway to
plant flowers, trees and shrubbery
along the highway. 1t is proposed to
enlist the services of school children
and public spirited citizens in this
work. Reports. by states, of work
accomplished in beautifying the
Bankhead route will be made at the
convention here, il was announced
Official Delegates
During the coming week, Governor
Campbell will write governors of the
4S states asking them to appoint 100
delegates to the three conventions
here. 1t is desired that there be at
least 100 official delegates from each
of the 48 states. An invitation also is
to be extended by the governor to the
governor of each western state to at
tend and be his guest while here.
Convention headquarters will be
opened by Director General Rountree
at the Arizona Fire Insurance COM
pany building this morning, he an
nounced last night. All preliminary
details for the three conventions will
be directed from this headquarters
aided by the permanent headquarters
Of the three Organizations at Bifming-
ham. Ala