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■ ’no time lies oorae v/kra ell friends of the Ola Spanish frail ;vm*t oet to as vs it fvo’5 disaster.,
la throe yesrc this uigfewy system has boon dovolo 'Od iko i c aaro drotr without m\?: acbstaattel suppert oar recognition, until to&v- it is nation?:X£v. reoognisoa as of first iKporteinoo, saia o;.ibro.oc3 4000 sAlea in its ;r£iia and*' tributary tamafeHnoa. It hats cost throe yaora of tell and Baerifbso,,
At first only u little group of Antonfs,- ao . ■■.•2 .ant Saarnc aaataiwoa the v/orls, \7hilo olsev&oro along tlio route elai.::oa there woro various othor highvi&y associations elabr&ng the support of the people, or indifference prevented support to the ?..'!•? rcovo :ont.	Shi a highway -h»9 ho an rarkol by
other oIai--7.vntA in ton or raoro sectionc.
treat physio"il difficulties, fse-ny of v;Moh still exist, also discouraged interest, • v. :i nado th.o dror*.n of 15 comoo to-.1 Ughsa*; across the continent soon unreal, iap ^-unities, oxiC, even states* stood for policies and inaugurated construction progr- nsc tlr-it would have loft the bid Spanish !£rail,~as pro;}octal* broken and ignored,.
Xj iiia end of 19HO. the paoplo •..•ore er-toltiag the vision of n great highway, and fin*: -of.:! support v;aa inorb • iu • Oh on cu-ao 1961 with ito lintmolsl depression, ;ae®oi*.i«s of which -rx-a still V:.zm2. in the hearty of ill business oca, Xhere was little 'on;, or • hour At for £■.i1-.-flung project like this, particularly to • <Uct\-.n t hoaSa»v:-;irtarc oi'-'.iao* !i’is v;os lso.pt alive anti gaining thru 19HI because the .Ansagtag birector •; ;.vo nil his tirao and drear’hut )5vQ 00 f-f.- s■..!'• :r;p3 jahI	ate	In. .fa .••..ntoaio p..vo orodits when
they GocXan’t *;ivo ua-oh* la the fall of 19£1 the fceassfij weathered, moneys bo;; a to come, accounts v,:crs .-.-er-j-iuoodB av.-w Iff ' v;aa at h nd. with ssoraborehip-ronewcls d-no «n(i the pryatigo of cfl-vers conduct to assure adequate inaoiBS for v-11 proper purposes, a.-f :.v.r thooo creb-ints t/Jioso gooi-v/ill had helped s«ve the • .crJc* fov; ae,:.bor:fiips, too, v;oi*e oupocted ivj eoncidorablcj -'/••..r ; , fta’ the conr.liana c-i’forts ■ ri if; int-root fro;"! tlio Atlantic to the f-ucific K:C Laving It a offoet, •■;■■.: support v/:.a broadoains;.
<3io j-vorltiBg in foxes,	?:.	thouanud	Ailoc, V.cl teen acooi^vlisfeoa. in
the aittst of the gouorsil depression* Oono little .^cUtionai ofirking r-ciaineO. k; 'iexas., and thon leas Mileage rotainetl to ra: c-l'. bt« Augustine thou lied, boon ®?!cqj in	firne	was ripo for ;'i-. end cesvioe to tvt voiers, and
seotiou rnaps for -ails vsero plannoa in focar.ber 1921 ;.,.c the first stop.. 1922 pyoj.iisca to be a soar of easy and f.port.oit progress, end this f ilth is proven by the iBonX-eroMps signed this year, rf the moneys asenroft for travol-aaorvieo asaps,
i«ouvinf? oil thoeo asoot“Values to tiro ::-c.i -ntoalo office for current expenses and lor the peg'.i.'xat ox the iffciidiug i' oocnmtr, with un&dretcztdings that new work should nuyplj its own costs, tlio ',;.m>gin£ 5director iQx'a^Mnprftt Janoarj ? X9g£ fw the ihst where conditions ware keeping tho project a "broken and wirecogniaed Mgftawag.. Slaero v;:vs no organization in liiu^ Suet, and OSS Headquarters at San Antonio van a "foreign corporation. ' eastern road-builuln^ yro'blaas r.vo herd. state highWH;;. ’.saps wore oeing preoaroa for Sha Federal ..-.oaO. iurorm with cooticas ox nato Jld Spanish .s.raix not" included, or alee Included with seconder;:; ratine, FoiLorax aid t»« denied m ui i-oortaai aoction.
Twa tftowMcn footed t'io -u/aging xispootor c»t iirot, thou those cooyio rallied with fino oarnostnoss.. In i'jivdh a lpur~..tuto conference lasting three dsijo m» held at obil©, uM a groator one plvnaoi for 19ki5. 'xao li?,st thou sttpjplioO i-ioiioj £os? all work tlioro, then sivupixci'.'. '-l.o fields x.® the . /xnaging 3>irootor'a work at .auhlngton whovo tho Old Spanish hreii v.as finallsT placed on all the eta to ravpo for prlr.prs attention and .a a oart of the fedora! ejetoia —* and wfcoro tho ar ^oyertacat p'.yo mid tno 0s2 sjotera wore ’brought into accord •••ad ot..to :oat issued t>j the . ar Dcp'irt ont that this hi;^iwa?; cud ito hordorl.ind oonnootioao voro now a part of tho yXi-.nu for national defense — and whtwo oonutors «nd congress-
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