Radio Speech of Senator Harry S. Truman on the Drivers' License Bill
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OCR Page 1 of 6Speech of Senator Barry S. Trumen of Missouri
on S. 25, the Drivers' License Bill, over the
February 7, 1939, at since
Columbie Brondcesting System
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ON DELIVIRY.
LADIES AND GENTLINEN OF THE RADIO AUDIENCE:
The United States Senate yesterday passed the bill, S. 25, which I
introduced to prohibit the operation of notor vehicles in interstate commerce
by unlicensed drivers.
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This bill ealls for the passage by the several States of uniform laws
governing the sisuance of drivers' licenses. It does not set up any new Federal
enforcement bureau nor create Federal license law. It does authorize the
Attorney General to make regulations for ita enforcement by local authorities.
It requires a driver who crosses the State lines to have a driver's license
issued only after the driver hes demonstrated hie ability and his right to
operate a motor vehtcle. His ability to drive is proven by bis passing a
physical exemination, neeting with the ege requirement, and providing suitable
identification. The purpose of this bill is to cooperate with those States
which require safe driving and to encourege those Stetes which have not yet
enected strict legislation governing drivera to do 80.
The necessity of some stendard systen or licensing automobile drivers
throughout the country is all too apparent. Hech year thousande of people are
killed and bundreds of thousends are seriously injured; and of course the
number of less serious accidents which are not reported is even greater. It is
estimated to be well over e million socidents esch year, over and above the
ones on record.
Fatelities and injuries resulting from highway accidents in 1936 were
grester than ever before. Over 36,000 persons were either killed or fatally
injured; 105,000 individuals were permenently disabled end 1,150,000 more were
temporarily incapacitated. The direct economie loss from these accidents
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