Evening Star Newspaper, November 20, 1927, Page 5

COMPULSORY AUTO INSURANCE BACKED Massachusetts Registrar De- nies Carelessness Has Re- sulted From Measure. _(Continusd from First Pag that has neve opponents of the fered to prove the pen hr law in law a fa Expect to Show Good Results. Yet, in the light of the record achieved durin month, the first year of the ation ng to show good even when compared with 1% Up to the first of November ihis effect was more difficult is revealed by the efficia forth in the following ta remarkable the present law’s opor- vesults e 631 On the basis of the tah'e, t vear of compulsory liability ins car to be an nt Th's aspect, howeve chans- ed if the figures are brought up to No- vember 15, as shown by this chart Total for Y fivst ance pro: ovembor was of the worst months of the vear ter of fatal accidents. with This year. it marks the hezinning of the real effectiveness of the law. Mr Goodwin declares. And. no one could one in the mat deaths THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, | | i ! % | | be more sanguine’ that this will show | up desively when the totals for the year are taken. year ends on November 30 and if 1 accident level for the rest of the month continues as at present. 1927 will show & reduction of more than 25 fatalities over the previous vear. Not Rampant. These figures, taken straight from cords of the Commonwealth o sachusetts, do not indicate car ness rampant amonz motor owners. In one way. they are excel Jently comparable with those of 1 because car registrations are runr almost_even with those of last ves They deal, however, only with fatal fties, not with the thousands of per- sonal injuries of varying degree of seriousness, Figures on the latter haps. when they finally bulated | for the year, probably will show an increase. At least. the registrar an ticipates that they will. Will this not show that the average motorist is more careless? It was not within this writer's ability to find_any one in Massachusetts who thinks such to be | the case. Regardless of how large the increase, there is an explanation that is frrefutable in its deadly logic. That 1s that no accident, however minor, is £oing to escape being reported. There are two reasons for this. . the victim has something to gain in the way of a monetary the insurance compa Heretofore, there was no way for him to colle from a tremendously large percent: of “driv Now, he can. And. does! The motorist also will accident, for he knows that a report of the incident will reach the rar of motor vehicle$ through ictim and through the insurance any as well as through the s investigator or the local Police Department. Failure to report an ent is sufficient cause for oper- ator's permit suspension or revoca tion. The motorist takes no chance of losing his permit in this fashion. None Go Unreported. Carelessness type of mis- | he report the The cumulative result is that no acerdent, regardiess of its unim- portance, is going unreported, whereas thousands mever found their way to the official records in the past. Without this background. the out- sider looking at compulsory insurance might readily agree with the ment of opponents of the law that it is a prolific cause of accidents when. finally the official statistics. for the year are available. But mo one in Massachusetts will have any such llusion, least of all, perhaps, will the registrar of motor vehicles But the point not to be lost in the whole view of the subject is that safety is an effect of the law and not a purpose, Mr. Goodwin declares. A majority of the motorists, he is cer- tain, agree that the principle of financial responsibility is sound, but. even so, it was not for the motorist that the law was passed. The law was enacted in the interest of the 3,200,000 residents of the State who are not registered as motor car owners, Mr. Goodwin declares, and, he of how the individual motorist may feel on the subject, these 3.200.000 certainly favor it be- cause of its protective features How there is provided a method of disciplining the undesirable among the motor car owners and operators of Massachusetts is one of the most interesting phases of the compulsory automobile liability insurance In this feature of the statute ar elements of safety that constantly are growing stronger. Drivers' Records Kept. A daily record of traffic violations 8 kept in the office of the rezistiar of motor vehicles. At the close of each working day a clerical f put to vk making a transcript of this data for the Automobile Rating and Accident Prevention I 1, the cle et up for this pur po irance companies oper husetts, Keeping Mas daily tah on drivers in this the compznies are able quickly to de termine what character of risk the individual is cd on his driving record. If his shown 10 be he makes excess in any « ich that he careles th of drinking drives reckles: ozen ways i= establ 1 phatieall: k. This formatior insur companies members of bures They driver holder. It for his cnr he i willinz te arantee of his re hat em The o accept the f polic in tags unless post a bond or eash hility avs of the the rizht the Sta char nee This ferred from tions. the insur the last motorist is ¢ appeal to 2 hoard Goody Wosley gurance comm sentative of the s eral’s office. May Force Policy Issuance, is this boa of have trans licensing private corpora Iv heard. But company does not have this matter, 1If a policy ma drivers > frequ orney gen 1 that eventually the individual It the i nee company wrong, it dirccts vrite a polic *f. howexer, it ; at the man's record is bad, ins the insur ance company W is ta striet its The effective ness of the 1ted by the fact that . appeal from the beard's rulinz may taken 1he court, not one case ever I appealed Here is provided a method of driver Afseipline that excels anyvthinz ever developed, Mr. Goodwin deciares T'nder no other system, certainly Tt tormines Shinlks on avm The State's statistical | settlement from | ® | his fashion | been | curities werth ssin: ad impounded s for Harry M. Blackme oil case. Left to righ States Mars| Snyder. sns eaving the 3 Government wifness in the Teapot 1 Chief Deputy Marshal S. B. Callahan and United | |SIDDONS-GORDON | TILT STIRS OIL CASE AS PROBE CONTINUES ___(Continued Page) which W Gordon, in that had nd the latter of that Maj. in the | the statement making public the letters passed between the court United States attorne “without the knowle of the court.” Calling the il detail of 1 men who have been i ”'3 [ 711-. ise since the Fall-Sinclair trin sned, October 17, into his chambers Justice’ Siddons handed the reporters without comment, four typewritten sheets The first Siddons to h opinion, ge or consent news from Justice inquivinz if pondence of was a_istter Maj. Gordon made public the covre vember 16, in which the United 1tes attorney requested to lieved from serving on a_courtappoint od committee to investigate the pos: sibilty criminal contempt on the of the persons named in the four avits which the Government sented to the court and which served the basis for the mistiial . ¢ letter from the court noted che (tion “with * and con- cluded: “But | would wholehe res . to be of rud your assistan use have to be ur and rtedly given.” The third | paper was the memorandum opinion | which placed the correspondence in | the record “in the matier of a crim {inal contempt,” while the fourth or- red the name of Maj. Gordon re sved from the order appointir Easby-Smith and John 1 Laskey to the investigating committex Prior this development. United States Marshal Bdgar ¢, Snyder and Chief Deputy Marshal 8. B. Callahan levied upon and seized S100,000 worth ¢ Liberty bonds ptaced in the National | Suvings & Trust Co. by attornevs for Harry M. Blackmer, missing Govern ment witness, which will he held by the Government “to satisfy any | ment that may he rendered” Blackmer, who is ordered to appear | before Justice Siddons January 6, and show cause why he should not be | cited n contempt of court for faili to ust Co., by attor National Say S100,000, depo Washington Star Photo. It is terse and succeeded in free- h the f B individual been kept complete, and it new develop » to be noticed. law has been it has achieved but a s|uccess 1y to Goodwin con most in t ts of 1 even ned, vineed, As to the sovy, insurance cars off the road, that the compul- has driven many Goodwin sa proud of that fac e cars that appeared are those rams: cles that were the our hig have be cial vehicles that together, and thei a matter of who may lay even the slightest ¢ to consideration of the public good.” nce at the records shows that wsetts is shy its normal in- 50,000 ¢ This fact does not seem s -ant to Mr. Goodwin. He i v willing that opponents of com- ory liability rance put it n to the M: s law if they sh. He is to defend the se of drives the unfit car as well es Held Below Normal. Others, howeyer, are not quite of the sama mind as Mr. Goodwin in this respect. They point Jo th 2 that automobile sajes everywhere been under normal, that pecuiiar io- cal economic factars kave boen at work in various parts of the State and that on the whole, while com- insurance has driven out s, other factors may have ave 1tion and special | the law with ever. ler . Mr. Goodwin is | ticularly gratified with the recept own cas accorded it motori ance companies others were cpposel I enactment now either arve com- ely reconctled to it or at least | willing to a trial over a | period adeq reveal its true worth. Automotive men, n tively opposed to the law used car dealers, pirticularly who market the tvpes of second-hand n Relative to the in Mr. Gocdwin de law went into effect the utmost coopera {done this unseld { part, he believes, hui tho been opposed to ir ave forced 1o their services “The insuranee companies re ‘!]H' measure | v, on the g that it would pave thy way for insurance.” xavs Mr. Goodwin {they know that any stum {they throw in the wa interes State they o wre aot except the n s that since they have given on. They have the most which Liave i jsted ind te Now of the lw's then he | Thus | | | | LEASE order well in advance from the nearest Carry dealer. If none is convenient, phone | “LINCOLN 5900" to| has ®o careful and up-to-date record of the oundness of a principle that, he de-| the unfit motorist off the high-| 1 | intelligence and integrity of the man | ant, or more so, in the | those | the | ling blocks | 11-Sinclair cons stimony which the vernment claims would have heen damaging to the defendant Sinclair. Text of Letters. made public and the it v handed the Justice Siddons in ! app | thing. They not settle cases promptly and fairly eventually the pelicy holder will b come d, 1 with private jnsurance | enterprise and wilt 2 just the | thinz the in companies fe a people’s fund Hope for Improvement. “I do not think that such a is the motive impelling the ma of companies. Although they ms h : : Washington | not fuily in sympathy with the |, M aonE law, nevertheless 1 are helpin I??"” \'“ (:"“(]“". [in s adniinisiration in the cor.fde 8, Tqients tholconttroon) | hope that the smull defects that now | luncheon recess todav, I ave apparent will be worked out|Proached by Mr Thoniis ably and satistactorily.” of, The Star whoianked The rest of the ition may had any announcements Jout compulsory ymobile li regarding your letter of the 16th ity insurance it s0 instant and my replay, hoth of which, he stated. would be printed in the pipers. 1 asked him who gave | sueh letters or copies of the to the same | it they do lead to Know taat tion may The matter order in which newspaper men by his chambers follow “November 18, e Honorable “Peyton ! 1927 sordon, D. C for the was ap- Harvey me if T o to make bil- E far Mr. Goodwin is concerned. | ain of its merit and in t to the attacks upon the law it not 1o be questioned that he knows | and clearly recognizes its weakness better than any one else. Its appl cation will he simpler and more ef- fective when certain minor, technical | changes have been made, he is con- | vinced. As to the basic worth of the law | there is not the slightest question {in mind. He is completely con- {vinced thst insurance to compen te | the innocent victim of a motor acei- {dent is just as vital today as good brakes are to preventing that acci- dent. A Dbig letter | had done so. I then informed him | ment to make regarding the matter. | Please inform me at once whether or not vou did zive out, or authorize to be given out. the lotters or copies thereof, as stated hy Mr. Harvey. “Respectfully “F. L. SIDDONS “Justice.” “November 18, 1927 “The Honorable “Frederick T, Siddnwe “Washington, D, . “My dear Jusace sSuion “In response to the Inqut note of this date just ypur secretary you that 1 gave out to the press both my letter and your acknowledgement thereof. majority of Massachusetts | prople ure with him. not only because | of their belief in the soundness of ithe principle he advocates, but also because they believe in the fairness, y in your nded to me hy himself. |ROAD RESEARCH BOARD TO MEET DECEMBER 1/ | Kighway Group of National Coun- “Very truly yours, PEYTON GORDON, “United States Attorney “In the Supreme Court of the Dis trict_of Columbia Criminal Division “In the matter of a criminal con- | tempt cil to Discuss Building Methods. Latest developmeats in {of highway engineering re be discu: at a meeting of the High- way Board of the Division Enginecring and Industrial Re- | | search of the National Research Coun- | cil in this city December 1 and | Sessions will be held at headquar- ters of the council, Twenty-first and B streets. 46.307. Criminal Docket 46. temorandum. “In view of the publication in the { newspapers, in whole or in part, of the letter of Mr. Peyton Gordon, dated November 16, 192 this memorandum reply of which Mr the realm airch will and of the write November 17, 1927, copies of Gordon informs the court he gave to the newspapers nd in view of the fact that this was done | withaut knowledge or consent of the One of the more important reports | Sout the court concludes that the i e i Sy i e B Seies b | cost improved roads,” which will em- | HieE, Moethen: With; & copy; ot brace extensive researches covering | the writers reply, and a copy of a approximately a vear and a half. The | l€tter to Mr. Gordon from the writer O el ' Heserintion o | INAUIring as to whether or not he had [ Vittually every tvpe of low-cost road, | £1ven the above mentioned letiers to s well as recommendations for the | 'he newspapers, and the original of | construction and maintenance of sec.| Mr- Gordon's reply thereto, should now be filed in the abhove entitled proceeding, which is accordingly done. “I. J. 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