Evening star., 1938-07-09
SPEED HIGHWAY
PLANS MADE By.
HOUSE BACKERS
Four-State Committee Is
Ready for New York-to.
Capital Project.
QUICK-TRAFFIC ROAD
MAY SPAN NATION
Delaware Governor Will Ask
Legislature to Act on States
Participation.
BY WILL -. KENNEDY.

ny WILL :. KENNEDY.
After completing the organization
Of the four-State Steering Committee
for the speed highway from New York
to Washington, which is to be q DEM
onstration section o. Nation-span-
ming quick-trafic highway network,
Representative Ira w. Drew of Phila-
delphia left last night for an automo-
bile tour covering the entire Eastern
section of the United States
Headquarters for the proposed ma
tional network of express highways,
which is supported by the President,
has been established in the Offices of
Representative Patrick j. Boland of
Pennsylvania, Democratic whip of the
House. The intersession drive will be
in charge of Orville Rush, cousin
OF Speaker Bankhead, who is direct
ing preliminary engineering studies,
surveys and various legal matters
Gov. McMullen of Delaware has ap-
proved the project and will recon-
mend it to the incoming session of the
State Legislature. The question has
been raised whether there will be
branch of the speed highway from
Jersey City into Wilmington and by
tunnel under the Delaware This ques-
ton is coming up at the next session
of the Delaware Legislature in Janu-
ary.
Approved in Philadelphia.
Pennsylvania can operate under the
existing laws. The Philadelphia Plan
ming Commission yesterday approved
the proposal for connecting link
made by Representative Drew from
Philadelphia to the Delaware line,
which would connect with low-lying
truck highway into Delaware. It is
intended that that link will become
part Of the road from the new S.
Davis Wilson airport, which has been
approved by the State Highway De-
partment, and work will begin in a
few weeks.
The executive committee for the
Express Highway drive, to put
through the preliminary New York
to-Washington demonstration link is:
resentative j. Burwood DAILY, fourth
Pennsylvania district; Representative
Edward L. O'Neill, 11th New Jersey
district; Representative Ambrose j.
Kennedy, fourth Maryland district
and Representative William F. Allen,
Delaware.
General Committee.
The general committee for the
three States of New Jersey, Pennsyl-
vania and Maryland announced last
night by Representative Drew are:
New Jersey: Representatives Charles
"A. Wolverton, first district; Elmer H.
Wene. second district; William H.
Sutpin, third district; D. Lane Pow
ers. fourth district; Charles A. Easton,
nth district; Donald H. Mclean,
sixth district; ]. Parnell Thomas,
seventh district; George N. Seger,
eighth district; Fred A. Hertley, jr.,
10th district; Frank w. Towey, jr.,
18th district; Mrs. Mary T. Norton,
18th district, and Edward j. Hart,
14th district. Pennsylvania: Repre-
sentatives Leon Sack, first district;
James P. McGranery, second district;
Michael j. Bradley, third district;
Frank j. G. Dorsey, fifth district;
James Wolfenden, eighth district;
Oliver w. Frey, ninth district; Will
liam Otter, 17th district; Guy j.
Swope, 10Th district: Francis E. WAL
ter, 21st district; Harry L. Haines,
22d district, and John Buell. Snyder,
gath district. For Maryland the COM
mittee is composed of Representa-
tives Thomas A. Goldsborough, first
district; William P. Cole, jr., second
district; Vincent j. Palmisano, third
district; Stephen w. Gambrill, fifth
district, and David j. Lewis, sixth
district.
Representatives Drew, after confer
ences at the White House and with
the Bureau of Public Roads of the
Federal Government and with the
highway commissions of a number
of States, said the initial link from
New York to Washington will be
promptly constructed and that the
cross-continent speed highway will be
opened up within 10 years, with off,
shoots to all important centers of
population.