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Aid Jo~Coy;;n ,i;it Seen by Volpe Atlanta in 'Excellent Position' For Federal Funds, He Says B By BIU, COLLINS he U.S. secretary of transportation s;ys Atlanta will be in eXCfilJlent position " to get two-thi rds of the money fo r a rapid 1t system from the ferleral govern ment. . John Volpe, former governor of Massachusetts ,and one of the front- runners for the vice presiaential nod at the 1968 Ri;pubUca n w esiden- ' tial convention . was in Atlanta ~. ;a i S aturday night .,. to address the llth a n n u a 1

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"THE OTHER $2.5 biUic · National Co n-" "".0 uld be used to help build 9( ference of State .. ~1rports an d expand 2 700 aii t e g i s I ative f1elds around the c~un try J oh ,{ Volpe Leaders. V The secretary , at a news conoltsaid. ' T ' secretary sa id the Nixo ference before hi s speech, exadm nJstration !hopes to restrid plained the Nixon administrat~e umber of incoming fl ight. tion 's $10 bi ll ion, 12-year public a_ e of the nation's busies transportJa tion bill and said Atf~;por_ts iand to better contro lanta " may get the jump on . fl!ghts at 22 other airports other cities" for funds under the me1ud111g Atlanta 's bill , if the measure is approved I_n his re marks ~ the 800 le isby Congress. Iat1 ve leaders attending 1h He sa id the bill would authorfour-day c o n f e re n c e V l ize him to make $3.1 biJJion talked abou t the need fo~ fe~e~~ available immedi ately upon its al-sta te-local government coopbeing signed into law . The federal money would be spent over five ye;.;;;a;;; .cs:..:..·- - .,.._ _ _ ___ Heafso said Atl anta would be "in an excellent positi on" to get a fede ral grant totaling twothirds of the cost of 1a rapid tra nsit system because of the plann ing it has done and also because it is one of ~~r ~ s." 1 VOLPE POINTED OUT, however, that under the proposed I bill no one state could get more thia n 121/2 per cent of the total ' appropriation. He also told newsmen the Vietnam war is not draining funds he has requested for his department and added, "The administration and the director of the Bureau of the Budget have approved the two transportation bills I ha ve requested." Volpe sa ys the two measures he would li ke to see enacted include the $10.1-billion publi c ttansportation bill and the airport-a,irways bill which wouid rovide $2.5 billion for air-tra ffi c control and $2.5 billion for construction of new airports and exlansion of existi ng fa 'lities. He said the ,administration is on c e r n e d about i11-flight rashes and ff!els the airportairways bill would help diminish e possibility of future colliions. With 2.5 i lion o the airrt-airw.1ys bi ll , Volpe exlained, the federal ,government uld work towards developent of II fully automated · s- em m. · ic control sys- eration in solving the nation's I problems. ' 'Much of the glamour, power and prestige that once surrounded state Capitols shifted to Washington in the past 25 years " he said. "And when the power went to Washington, ma ny of the talented young men went also. W~ hi ngton has been bhe mecca fo young A m e r i c a n s who w _ted to dedicate their li ves to fu 11lment of the American dr m," he added. 1 VOLPE SAID there has been ! a trend rowards reversing the I growing dependence on the fed;~!;sigovernment in the past few "T s new trend fi rst became stron ly evident under President ohnson," he added. ·'But President Nixon has gone a step furthe r. He has proposed a program of revenue sharing between the states and Washington. And, although it i a modest beginning, it will be -_!:pped up," Volp said. �