Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-22

Congressional appropriation of $685.
100000 for Federal aid in highway
building In each of the next three
years IS declared by the public to
promise employment where needed and
to assure greater national unity. Pre-
dictionS are made that In the near
future there will be great network Of
improved highways from coast to coast,
giving better opportunities for business
and for motoring. The amount Is $780,
100000 more than the last preceding
appropriation.
giving employment and putting money
into circulation in those areas where
construction work Is under way" says
the Roanoke World-News, recognizing
also that there Is an increase in the
amount of Federal aid that may be
used on one road from the present
$4,000 q mile to $4,000 O mile" and
concluding that "in mountain sections,
where grading costs are heavy, the in
creased allowance of Federal aid will
be of material assistance in pushing
projects to conclusion"
with the additional expenditures
called for from the States, it will mean
about $120,000,0 900 more q year than
ever before" it is pointed out by the
San Francisco Chronicle, which also
remarks as to employment: Just how
many men It means will be put to work
on these projects 1t Is difncult to esti-
mate, but certainly it will be small
army to be employed. And 1t creates
wealth. There will be more roads for
more men working to build the auto
mobiles, mine and make the steel and
service the cars"
"It means that building of permanent
highways in all of the States In the
Union can be accelerated, and is an
other great step toward seeing that
labor is given an opportunity for re-
muneratiVe work." declares the Madi-
son (Wis) State Journal, while the
Salt Lake Tribune sees "a mighty
impetus" to all these projects, with
1.-The early absorption of good part
of the unemployed" that paper adding:
THE greater part Of American life is
now upon wheels and more and better
highways constitute general ambition
in all sections. No doubt the fact that
the demand for highways Is so general
accounts for the widespread approval
which meets current highway expendi-
lures"
Gas o matter Of fact" remarks the
Charleston Evening Post, "the Federal
Government might justify the expendt-
ture Of many times the amount 1t ap-
propriates for highway construction, on
the theory, which is carried into prac-
tice, Of the post road. Nothing makes
for national unity and understanding
so much as ready communication. The
motor highways are bringing all sec
tionS of the United States into close
acquaintance and understanding, and
the Federal Governments appropr1a--
tons for road building are well ana
wisely made"
"The roads will endure, and year aft
er year they will play their part in
with itself" agrees the Detroit Free
Press, and the Morgantown Dominion
News is impressed by the fact that "if
construction during the next decade
keeps pace with the development of the
past 10 years, this country will be
possessed of a matchless network Of
highway communication, which will
give the people of every city and coun-
ty Of every State unrestricted access
by improved highway to all parts OF
the country"
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AS to the working out Of the plan
within the States, the Admission Star
states that in Alabama at is proposed
that the counties through which the
highways will pass raise the money
which must be obtained to take ad-
vantage of the Federal aid appropria-
ton" The Star continues: THAT