Unless the Congress is prepared to give up national responsibility for interstate commerce and for the regulation and development of railways. airways. waterways. and interstate highways. and to turn these duties over to the States and the localities. you in Washington must recognize that the States and localities are all but powerless to meet the developing situation. If the National Government is responsible for these elements of national life and power. you cannot escape a major involvement In finding solutions and making them effective at the local level. The collapse of circulation today in and around the big urban centers has been created by national policies and national failures in meeting the new technological requirements created by national action as to railroads. highways. airways. ports. urban renewal. housing. mortgages. immigration. and other programs. including those which have encouraged rural populations to leave the farm and flood into the cities. I do not conclude that the Federal Government must therefore install traffic lights in Times Square. But I do say that the Federal Government cannot stand aside now and expect the State or local governments alone to find the solutions and finance the remedial measures.
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