National Highway Program: Hearings Before the Committee on Public Works, House of Representatives, Eighty-fourth Congress, First Session, on H. R. 4260, to Create a Federal Highway Corporation for Financing the Construction of the National System of Interstate Highways; to Amend and Supplement the Federal-aid Road Act Approved July 11, 1916 (39 Stat. 355), as Amended and Supplemented; and for Other Purposes ...U.S. Government Printing Office, 1955 - 1339 pages |
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Page 120
... Clay's statement I am sure will not take too long . Mr. FALLON . General Clay will be here tomorrow . If there is any time left and Mr. du Pont can come back we can continue with that tomorrow . Mr. BECKER . We will not have much time ...
... Clay's statement I am sure will not take too long . Mr. FALLON . General Clay will be here tomorrow . If there is any time left and Mr. du Pont can come back we can continue with that tomorrow . Mr. BECKER . We will not have much time ...
Page 124
... Clay scheduled to testify tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock . As I understand we will be able to meet for only 2 hours tomorrow morning . I wonder if we could dispose of General Clay within an hour , if you would be available tomorrow ...
... Clay scheduled to testify tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock . As I understand we will be able to meet for only 2 hours tomorrow morning . I wonder if we could dispose of General Clay within an hour , if you would be available tomorrow ...
Page 128
... CLAY . Fifty - three billion vehicular - miles . I'm sorry , 550 bil- lion . In 1965 , 10 years from now , it is estimated there will be approxi- mately 80 million vehicles on the road traveling over 800 billion ve- hicular miles . In ...
... CLAY . Fifty - three billion vehicular - miles . I'm sorry , 550 bil- lion . In 1965 , 10 years from now , it is estimated there will be approxi- mately 80 million vehicles on the road traveling over 800 billion ve- hicular miles . In ...
Page 127
... Clay who is re- sponsible for the report that made this bill possible . Today our pro- gram will be that this committee will have to adjourn at 12 o'clock , and due to the importance of the legislation on the floor this afternoon there ...
... Clay who is re- sponsible for the report that made this bill possible . Today our pro- gram will be that this committee will have to adjourn at 12 o'clock , and due to the importance of the legislation on the floor this afternoon there ...
Page 128
... CLAY . Fifty - three billion vehicular - miles . I'm sorry , 550 bil- lion . In 1965 , 10 years from now , it is estimated there will be approxi- mately 80 million vehicles on the road traveling over 800 billion ve- hicular miles . In ...
... CLAY . Fifty - three billion vehicular - miles . I'm sorry , 550 bil- lion . In 1965 , 10 years from now , it is estimated there will be approxi- mately 80 million vehicles on the road traveling over 800 billion ve- hicular miles . In ...
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$2 billion ALGER amount areas Association automobile BALDOCK basis BECKER believe BLATNIK bond financing BRESNAHAN build Bureau of Public California cents Chairman CLAY committee Congress Corporation cost credit financing CURTISS debt defense DEMPSEY DONDERO DU PONT estimated excise taxes FALLON Federal aid Federal Government Federal-aid highway financing fuel tax funds gas tax gasoline tax gentleman GENTRY going Gore bill GORMAN Governor HARPER highway construction highway departments highway program highway system increase Interstate Highway System Interstate Highways Interstate System Jersey Turnpike JONES legislation MACHROWICZ matching Mayor McGREGOR ment mileage miles motor NANCE obligations percent period PONT present problem proposed Public Roads question reimbursement revenue right-of-way SCHERER SCHWENGEL SCUDDER Secretary HUMPHREY Secretary WEEKS SEEGMILLER SMITH standards statement Thank thing tion toll roads traffic Treasury TRIGGS trucks urban vehicles VICKREY YOUNT
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