Speech #850036543

Neill Phillips testified before a Congressional committee that the restriction of billboards along our superhighways is necessary for national defense. He testified that restriction of billboards along the superhighways is necessary for national defense. He said billboards would impede movement of troops and refugees in emergencies and interfere with directional signs vitally important in civil defense operations. He contended that billboards would distract drivers and present fire and splinter hazards to civil defense. Referring to arguments that billboards would stimulate business. he said: I just dont believe that the voters of America can be made to believe that it Is good for the national economy to squander millions of dollars to deface our country with a hideous rash of billboards along the network of our new superhighways.