THE NOME NUGGET
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Entered as second class matter October 14, 1943, at the
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THE NEEDLESS SLAUGHTER
ON AMERICA’S HIGHWAYS
By J. EDGAR HOOVER
M I
(Reprinted by request and with |
permisison of J. Edgar Hoover) ;
WASHINGTON—On the high- j
ways of America in 1956, human
lives were sacrificed on the aver
age of one every 13 minutes.
The day-to-day senseless kill
ing of an estimated 40,000 persons
in traffic accidents last year—a
new peak in motor fatalities—is
indeed a blotch on our modern
civilized society. Assuredly, the
major blame for this shameful
record must be attributed to the
carelessness, negligence, and in
difference to traffic laws on the
part of motor vehicle operators.
No longer can we allow speed
ers and reckless drivers the false
cloak of “petty offenders.” The
cold statistics of accident losses in
life and property stamp these
road menaces as serious threats
to community welfare. To a griev
ing parent, is the loss of a child
crushed by an automobile more
bearable than the death of the
loved one at the hands of a kid
naper Is the plight of a victim
crippled for life under the wheels
of a speeding car less pitiable
than the predicament of a person
permanently maimed by a rob
ber’s gun?
Respectable citizens who would
never think of ■ violating other
laws disregard traffic regulations
repeatedly. Citizens who cherish
their reputations, parents' ‘who
devote time and attention to their
children, and individuals who
hold or strive for important posi
tions in our society seemingly
take an intermission from.integ
rity when they get behind the
wheel of a motor vehicle. The con
sequences frequently appear as
black headlines concerning holi
day tragedies and daily carnage
on the highways.
Furthermore, the juvenile dis
respect for law which so marks
the present*youth problem can be
traced in many 'instances to the
miserable examples of adult mo
torists who “beat the law” on the
road or brag of outwitting a traf
fic officer. In this respect, a good
example for every motoring par
ent in the land occurred in a
father and son episode in a mid
western city court earlier this
year. In response to the son’s
boast that his father could beat a
traffic charge in court, the sensi
ble parent voluntarily forfeited
his driving privileges and paid a
$100 fine. This action he consid
ered more reasonable than having
his 13-yea£-cld grow up thinking
he could disobey the law.
It is certainly a travesty on law
and order when so often the very
traffic regulations enacted for the
safety of citizens are held in pub
lic scorn as hindrances to free
dom, restrictions on everyday
life, and interference in the fast
tempo of today’s pattern of living.
Indicative of this perplexing but
dangerous public attitude are the
wails of guilty motorists against
the use of radar, unmarked patrol
cars, and other police techniques
designed to prevent drivers from
destroying themselves and their
fellow men.
Too frequently the praiseworthy
efforts of the nation’s police, traf
fic engineers and safety organiza
tions are met with public indif
ference. Only the full support of
the motoring public, aroused thru
educational campaigns or exacted
by rigid enforcement of traffic
laws, can stem the mechanized
massacre on our highways.
Senator Urges President
To Stick By Decision
On Pan Am in Seattle
WASHINGTON, Iff)—Sen. Thye
(R-Minn) urged President Eisen
hower Wednesday to stick by his
decision to deny Pan American
Airways permission to pick up
passengers in Seattle and Port
land on its flight to Japan.
In a telegram to Eisenhower,
Thye said he was “most disap
pointed and at a loss to explain
to citizens of the Midwest” the
President’s reasons for reopening
the question.
Earlier this month Eisenhower
asked the CAB to reconsider Pan
American’s application.
“To grant Pan American addi
tional authority at this time would
be most detrimental to Northwest
Airlines and its service to the
1 Orient,” Thye said.
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U.S. Turns Down
Red Chinese Offer
On Newsmen
WASHIfiCTON Ut)—The United
States turned down flatly a Red.
Chinese proposal yesterday for a
deal to exchange newsmen be
tween the two countries. But it
assured Red China it would con
sider applications for individual
reporters from that country to
come here.
Ambassador U. Alexis Johnson
at Geneva, Switzerland, told Chi
nese Ambassador Wang Ping-nan
that under U.S. immigration law
I he was not able to consider enter
ing into an exchange agreement
which Wang proposed.
The two men met yesterday in
the latest of a series of sessions
that has been going on at Geneva
for more than two years.
The move was the first direct
diplomatic contact between Wash
ington and Peiping on this issue.
It appeared to leave the whole
question in deadlock, at least for
the time. The Red Chinese are
apparently trying to maneuver
the U.S. closer to some kind of
direct dealing which might be
construed as foreshadowing rec
ognition. Alternatively, the Red
Chinese would like to put the
^United States on a propaganda
j spot.
Editor Answers Caller:
Yes, His Daughter
Will Marry a Negro
DENVER, Iff)—George Brown,
night city editor of the Denver
Post listened patiently as the
Woman caller attacked a story
carried by the newspaper, in
which racial prejudice was con
demned by a former victim of
Nazism. •
“How would you like your
daughter to marry a Negro?” the
woman asked Brown.
“She probably will,” Brown re
plied. The woman hung up.
Brown, a Colorado St^te sena
tor and longtime Post newsman,
is a Negro.
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