Speech of Senator Harry S. Truman delivered at Independence, Missouri
Images (7)
दस्तावेज़
| id |
id
125957064
|
|---|---|
| contentType |
contentType
document
|
| source |
source
import
|
Source image fields (6)
Extracted text
OCR Page 1 of 7TREMAN
(6) NARA
APAIL 1937 by SENATOR SARDY a. TROMAT
It le a pleasura to be nore at home tonight and 1 heartily
appreciste your asking to come ane say monething to you about
ourrent Iasses in Congress.
We are in the midst of the most uscless,mast reckiess and
annecessary desta rate from autosobiles in our history. 1 want
it stopped. one way to stop It le to take the orazy driver from
sehind the whesl of the car.
There are sore than $4,000,000 automobiles, and 4,000,000
mator truoks in use in the United States. In 1036 one million
one hunéred thousand drivera were Involved In scoidente. Thirty
six thousend people were killed and 030,000 serioualy injured,
and more than a million minor acoidente sere not reported. The
property demage ran Into ton figurco. Every autonobile driver
should rosd an article publiched in the Mendora* Digest lest year
called, AID DEATK. It vividly desoribes what takea place
when oura collide and whon de ear nits a pedestrium. Thore are
more innocent children killed in America every year than have
been injured by the bonbing of Medrid, yot the bombinb of the
Spanish Capitel saens strocious to us, end it is.
Twonty two Stetes in the erost Union are trying bravely to
stop the usslosa and unnecessary bleughter by autosobile drivors.
These States regniro drivera' linesnses with examination and severe
puniebment 11 a person ettempts to drivo who 1a not qualified. the
other States allow any one who can get into o car to drive 1t. In
Terms
विषय
Automobiles
Relations
belongs_to