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••An All-American Highway would bring the	C?	*7	VENEZUELA
people of Central and South America into more	PANAMA/	ell / “ "'--y	.
d;rect business relationships with those of the	Jtt O'.	(	,	,	-
United States and create a better understanding	S« 'V \	^____r* ,b b' I rt •« A^-
among these nations.”	))	V L \	\rd	\0.	)FR./(
••Wo ought to lend our encouragement in any	f	rO	)	)Dr'	Xr^O- V
wav wc can for more good roads to all the princi-	V	i	^	,
pal’ point** in this hemisphere south of the Rio	“j/QuitOX--------^-----------------------------o_	.
Grande" President CooTidge	Guayaquil CSECUADORX '
”1 want to see 100.000 American cars crossing	^	B	/
the line into Mexico to enable the American peo-	f	v.	.. •—->
pie to sec and meet my people that a better and friendlier under- 1 H	/
standing mav obtain between the two nations"—President Calles. N	J
•‘Retolved. that it is the sense of the Senate that the President	\	|	>.	B	J	R	/A	7	I	I
enter into negotiations with Mexico or any other republic or	\	\\	.	'	*	*-
Central or South America for the purpose of concluding treaties	\ ^ C\ ^
or conventions providing for (1) the establishment of air mail	v-
service with the United States and (2) the construction of an Lima	^	\
international highway connecting the United States with such	)ft	\
country "—Senate Joint Resolution by Senator Oddie. Also see	C/ ,	/
H R 7344 and H R 447.	S	V
"Such a highway (Pan-American) will hove a profound in-	\
flucncc on international relations, increasing amity and promot-	•	BOLIVIA 7
ing lasting friendships nnd wJll augment trade and iransporta-	In \	,
tion facilities fully 100 per cent in any of the countries during	(m )	»	. t
the first year or ooeration.”	)V	»	_	KlO	dC	Janeiro
"A through highway from Canada to Argentine can be opened	JB	N/	^
for traffic within 9 to 10 years.”—U. S. Senate Report No. 1498	Ant0l3g3St3	\	^	J
to S 5031 09th Congress.	/S'wl	‘
"When this (Pan-American) highway is completed, "Wichita	*~l
will be one of the important cities on the 15.000-mile road. This	*
part of the United States is the logical place for a north-and-	Juj	y
south hiehway. And the Meridian Highway, which i3 already	jm I	4
one of the best of the cross-country roads, is the logical avenue	(|	A
for the greater project.”—"A Grandicose Dream.” Wichita	. il*1
Beacon	ValparaisoJ ff
“The goal of a highway from Winnipeg to far off Buenos	f	Errtl	URUGUAY
Aires may seem unattainable now. but the time will come with-	JM ,o<,uuai»0 ^'
out a doubt when the Yankton Motorist may take his vacation	AM	J	.	BuenOS	AifeS
jaunt down across the equator and c-n an improved road all the	j1u	C ^	t
"“"This is such a biR one (drenm) that it takes your breath	jf	/	.	.	DISTANCES	Miles
awav for a time. But it is practical. And what is more it is	(M	J	^	I	Winnipeg to Laredo .............. loOU
inevitable.—Yankton Press and Dakotan.	Puerto	MonttB3rilOChe	(100%	All-Weather	Road)
"Another thing such a highway (Pan-American) will do: It will f\f/\	(rj	LarC'do to Mexico City............ 800
transform Newton, near the geographical center of the United States,	'	V	f	Mexico City to Guatemala .........1100
from the hub of a great national highway system to the junction point	«)	I	1	/	flii itonnlo *tr»	^olvorW... 9^0
with the greatest and longest international highway in the world.”—	s	VjUAtClYtaia 10 ban oAl\au01..... ZOU
Newton Kansan.	/	V (	San Salvador to Managua.......... 600
"If each country will build one north nnd south road across its	Managua to Panama Canal...........
domain—and no country can afford to do less—nnd same meet at a yu ) ^Kr PugftO D6SG3(J0 Panama Canal to CuayaQUll™....150U
common pcin* at international boundry line what is now a dream will j	Guayaquil to Lima................^1300
be o fact. Thoustnds of miles	of the	proposed road south of the Rio	ojhf V-	Is	t *1, Anfr.forr-idn...............17^0
Grande is now being used by	half a	million automobiles "—John C	9 \	>	gf	Cima tO AntClagaSta ............. l/OU
Nicholson. President of International Meridian Highway Association.	v_	Antofagasta to Valparaiso........2150
Newton. Kansas.	Valpariso to Buenos	Airos...2000
Total...............  14,700
CAre HORN
PAN-AMERICAN HIGH WAY—MERIDIAN—U. S. 81