Evening star., 1938-10-22
LAW TO BEAUT|FY
PIKE 7OBE SOUGHT
Baltimore Highway Plans
Announced at A. A. A.
Board Meeting.

Identification of the Washington-
Baltimore boulevard through elimina-
ton of "unsightly roadside conditions"
will be sought at the January session
Of the Maryland Legislature, Mrs
Walter B. Fry, chairman of the Road
side Control Committee, announced
yesterday at meeting Of the Advisory
Board of the American Automobile
Association at the Willard Hotel.
Proposed legislation to do away
with this disgrace to the National
Capital" is expected to be ready by
December 2, Mrs. Fry said, when the
Advisory Board, the Board of Gov
ernors of the Automobile Club of
Maryland and representatives Of off,
cial bodies whose assistance would be
necessary to carry out this program
will meet jointly.
Frederic A. Pelano, chairman OF
the National Capital Park and Plan
ming Commission, will be invited to
address the joint session, Mrs. Fry
said.
The work of preparing the legislation
necessary to carry out the beautif-
cation program has been assigned to
a subcommittee on legislation, COM
posed of State Senator Lansdale G.
Sasscer, president of the Maryland
Senate, and Irving c. Root. chief engi-
neer for the Maryland-National Capt.
tai Park and Planning Commission.
Charles c. Collins, general counsel for
the A. A. A.; Palmer r. Nickerson.
general counsel for the Maryland
Automobile Club, and John Nolen, jr.,
director of Planning Of the local park
and planning commission, will be
asked to assist the committee, Mrs. Fry
declared.
Committee Members.
Members OF the committee headed
by Mrs. Fry include Mrs. George c.
Thorpe. G. Adams Howard, Mr.. Root,
A. j. Montgomery, Richard Tupper
and Washington I. Cleveland.
Thomas H. Macdonald, chief Of the
Bureau Of Public Roads of the Agri-
culture Department, guest speaker at
yesterdays luncheon, said law en-
forcement and education should be
the center Of work to prevent motor
accidents. One must create feeling
Of personal responsibility, he said.
Mr.. Macdonald showed motion pic
lures and slides of the highways of
Germany, sometimes called the most
spectacular in the world" They are
dual roadways, each 30 feet in width,
with overpasses both for pedestrians
and vehicles. Even so, he said. Ger
many is considering revamping its
highways because of the large number
of accidents. most of them "rear-end
crashes" caused by misjudging by
drivers of the distance and speed Of
other automobiles Germany has some
100000 automobiles as compared
with about 3o,0OO,000 in the United
States, he declared.
Offutt Is Nominated.
George w. Offutt was unanimously
nominated for reelection as q direc-
tor of the American Automobile Asso-
citation, while John L. Vandegrift, vice
chairman Of the Advisory Board; Stan
ley Horner and Mr.. Cleveland were
named to attend the seth annual
convention Of the A. A. A. at Cleveland
November 1919.
Among those present were District
Commissioner David McCoach, Mr..
Delano, Capt. Herbert c. Whitehurst,
District director of highways; Harry
S. Wender, Frank Addison, jr., presi-
dent of the Washington Board Of
Trade, and Brig. Gen. Albert L. Cox,
chief of the National Guard here.
Burton Holmes, traveller and lee
turer. will give an illustrated talk on
South Africa next Thursday in the
George Washington High School at
Alexandria, Va, as part of that city's
safety week" program, Mr.. Cleveland
announced. Proceeds Of the lecture
will go toward the Alexandria PARENT
Teacher Association shoe fund, he said.
The association is working with the A.
A. A. in sponsoring safety campaign.
in the Virginia city for the week be-
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