Evening star., 1938-08-24
Bic j. s. OUTLAY
ON ROADS URGED
Upham Tells Rural Postmen
Germans Have Devised
Perfect System.'

Declaring that the Germans have
tenn" Charles M Upham, engineer di-
rector of the American Road Builders
Association. proposed a new American
program today before the 35th annual
convention OF the National Rural Let
ter Carriers Association. He said the
Government should double its present
annual expenditure of $4,000 900 on
farm to-market roads. and that sl70,-
900 900 in gasoline taxes which is now
diverted for general use should be spent
solely on road construction.
Just returned from a summers in
spection of the Reich's highways, Mr..
Upham said they are double-laned,
with each lane separate, designed for
100 miles an hour. There are no direct
intersections and no signs. Compare
this with the 100000 miles OF unim-
proved roads your carriers work on, he
said.
The convention was assured this
morning ct the MayfoWer. by James
w. Cole. acting Second Assistant Post
master General. that the Post Office
Department has mo desire to lengthen
routes TO the point where they cannot
be served within an average of 40 hours
a week"
Consultations Urged.
He urged consolidation of short
routes, however, asserting that absorb
tions made effective since 1925 have
saved the taxpayers S14.500.000. The
annual costs of rural service is about
s9l 100000. During the present ad-
ministra ton 4090 routes were alb
sorbed. saving about S8.500.000. within
the same period that the service has
been extended by almost 10000 miles"
he said
Chicken right off the farm is the
main food all year long of the 1000
members of the letter carriers associa-
ton and its auxiliary. In North Caro-
lima. its fried Southern style, in Ari-
zona it's put in tamales, in the Middle
West it's baken, and in Texas it's
barbecued
So when the delegates came to
Washington for business and vacation
they insisted on-chicken. Each will
be served half roasted pullet at the
conventions highlight. a banquet to-
night at the Mayflower Hotel
Postmaster General Farley will talk
extemporaneously after the banquet.
Representative James NJ Mead, Demo-
crat of New York, is scheduled as
the only other speaker. He is chair
man of the House Post Office Com
mittee
Luther Steward to Speak.
Luther Steward. president of the
National Federation of Federal En-
ployes. will address the group this
afternoon. Other speakers are to be
John J. Barrett, president of the
United National Association of Post
Office Clerks, and Edward A. Meeks.
secretary of the National League Of
District Postmasters.
Tomorrow morning addresses will
be delivered by Louis J. Taber. Colum-
bus. Ohio. master of the National
Grange, and j. Ed Cooper. superin-
tendent of the rural mail division Of
the Post Office Department.
Raymond Combs, president of the
carriers association. announced yes
terday his appointments of committee
chairmen: Barny M. Weigner, Kan
sas, credentials: Edwin c. Becker.
North Dakota. mileage and per diem:
Ben F. Shaffer, Louisiana registra-
ton: Delmar C. Lampp. Illinois, con-
stitution; Wylie Roberts, Arkansas
resolutions: Henry Hannasch. Iowa,
question box: Odell HoWerton, Vir-
ginia, post office; Thomas G. Walters,
Georgia. sergeant at arms, and V. L.
Mcdaniel, Mississippi, tellers.