Motorland, September-October, 1955

AFEA WFEA INFORMATION ON MONTEREY PENINSULA PLACE OF THE ANNUAL MEETING AUGUST 26-29, 1956
Rocky headland, “The Pinnacle”, at Point Lobos State Park, and the gaunt branches of a Monterey Cypress.
MOTORLAND SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER, 1955 · Vol. LXXVI No. 5
Published bi-monthly by CALIFORNIA STATE AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION
Officers of the California State Automobile Association
Entered as second class matter at the Post Office at San Francisco, California, under the act of March 3, 1879. Trade Mark registered October 25, 1911. Subscription, $2.00 per year; single copy, 50 cents. Office of Publication and Editorial Office: 150 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco 2, California. Editor and Manager, Wm. F. Kilcline; Associate Editors, Fred Hamann, John G. Holmgren, Samuel B. Wylie; Editorial Consultant, Arthur M. Johnson; Art Direction, Paul Q. Forster. Copyright 1955 by the California State Automobile Association.
The establishment of roadside rests and the construction of a bypass of the state parks on the Redwood Highway are two vital and important projects for California. Bills designed to accomplish these two worthwhile developments were introduced and passed by both houses of the Legislature, but they failed to receive executive approval.
In rejecting the bills, the Governor felt that they represented only a part of an over-all development of a future state parks program. As the head of this greatest of touring and motoring states, he fully recognizes the merit of roadside rests and the Redwood Highway bypass and indicates that they will receive further consideration during the budget session of the Legislature in 1956.
The touring business is a billion dollar industry in California. It has become an integral and even necessary part of our state’s economy. Whatever money is spent to foster and develop our tourist trade is an investment that will inevitably bring rich returns.
If California wishes to maintain its lead in the touring world, roadside rests are a “must.” All but five of the 48 states already have roadside rest programs. These carefully-picked, off-highway spots are places where motorists may make stops in safety. They also encourage motorists to keep highways clean by providing free facilities for eating lunches and disposing of litter.