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ONE year ago the news of the day appeared under such headlines as "Phoenix Rushes Plans to Re-open Banks With Scrip", "Action on New Deal Promised by Federal Government", "Uncle Sam Bounces Back as Uncle Samson", "A Nation Takes Courage", "America Dislikes the Dole", "War is Declared Against Depression", "The Dawn of a New Era." And war WAS declared.

Widening of PhoenixCashion Section of U. S. Highway 80 Demonstrates What Can Be Accomplished With Relief Funds Properly Applied

One major offensive in this war on depression was the putting of men to work NOW, making it possible for men to earn pay checks instead of grocery orders. The greatest peace time drive in history was started in November, 1933, when four million men were put to work on civil projects in an effort to end the need of the dole.

The plan recently in effect but just terminated, transferred all employable By R. J. HOLLAND Resident Engineer, State Highway Department persons from relief rolls to civil payrolls on projects usually of such nature that they would in the future be built by tax money if not built now-worthwhile projects of a lasting value.

It was necessary because of the urIt was necessary because of the urgent need of the program, to confine this first phase of the operation to work on projects not requiring extensive study and planning; also a controlling feature was that the improvement planned should be suitable for hand work on which men could be used in preference to machinery and requiring low proportionate expenditures for materials. The Civil Works project on the Phoenix-Yuma road known as the Phoenix Cashion Project, presents an example of work accomplished.

Proper development of the main highways in the metropolitan area of Phoenix, the Tempe Road, Glendale Road and the Yuma Road has been blocked by encroachments of improvements of varied description, under legal permits and laxity in guarding against the building of improvements on the rights-of-way before they became state highways. It is practically a prohibitive

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