Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-14
LINKING AMERICAS
is HIGHWAY PLAN
Road Congress in Brazil viii
Push North-South
Scheme.

One of the major projects urged be-
fore the second Pan-American Highway
Congress at Rio de Janeiro in August by
the United States delegation will be
immediate action toward early compile
ton of the Pan-American Highway to
link the farthest reaches of the North
ern and Southern Americas.
President Hoover has named to rep
resent this country in Brazil a group
particularly well equipped to interpret
road building progress in the United
States to the Latin nations.
Mai. Frederic A. Reimer, East Orange,
N. j., president of the American Road
Builders Association and q consulting
civil engineer by profession, brings
to the commission o wealth Of expert
ence in highway affairs of his native
State. Nationally, he has held active
membership In the road builders or
ganization for is years and was a d.
rector and member of its executive
committee before his elevation to the
presidency.
MinneSOtan on Committee.
Charles M. Babcock, st. Paul, Mimi,
commissioner Of highways of that State,
a past president of the American Road
Builders Association and present mem
Der of its executive and highway finance
committees, has played a prominent
ing progress for many years. He was
named as representative of the United
States to the first Pan-American High
way Conference in 1925.
From Congress President Hoover Sc
1ected Senator Tasker l.. Oddie, Nevada
member of the Senate post Office and
post roads committee, and Represent
alive Cyrenus Cole, Iowa. Thomas H
Macdonald, chief of the United States
Bureau Of Public Roads; Frank T
Sheets, chief highway engineer of ILL.,
director Of National Automobile Cham
Der of Commerce, and j. Walter Drake
Detroit, former Assistant Secretary OF
Commerce, who will be chairman, COM
plete the delegation.
Ten-Day Conference.
As official representatives of the
President, the group will be formally
welcomed to the Brazilian meeting
which opens August Is. After the II
days Of conference sessions, with many
spectacular entertainment features tc
complement the study of all phases Of
road building throughout the Western
Hemisphere, the United States group
will study road developments in
Uruguay, Argentina, Chile and Peru be-
fore returning to the United States In
November.
Everywhere they will find a warm
welcome, owing to the friendly feeling
created by President-elect Hoover'S
South American tour last year. The
Presidents observations of road build
ing needs of those countries have
kindled a great interest in the subject
both in South America and the United
States.
During the tour the American Road
Builders Association officials will con-
fer with that organizations honorary
representatives, of which there are sew
eral in each of the 81 South and Cen
trail American nations. These honorary
representatives comprise the Pan
American division, headed by Senior
Octavio Dubois, Mexico City, president
of the National Highway Commission
of Mexico.
AS a road building project fostered
by the American Road Builders Asso-
citation for many years, the Pan-Amer-
lean Highway has tremendous posi-
bilities for tourist and commercial ex-
pansion, as well as for betterment OF
international relations. It often has
been referred to by orators and journal
lists as highway of understanding"
and a pathway to permanent peace
in the western world"