LegHist.PL89-563.Volume.ONE.Sec.Ten.and

We ncnd to pcrsonlfv trafrc safetv ln
/ an idfriltistlatot. wp l)eod irn flrellcy
)4 Bnd an omce recoFnlzed bl.Corrsress and
lhe Alilarlcan people As lhe commnnd
post ltr ()r.r uar on trnfnc sccldrnts.
llre n(pd to ft'cdt'nlir{r thnt
"hlghx'ay
th4 lr.}rd.c
Rccidents nr.e lrot itrclllslve
en()rr"h and thnt ihe qords,.trRmc acclftfnls'flro
Inelllslvil of clcrv loctdf fotd_
wrt(, ln Llre Nfltion.
V/c need lfadfrshll) whlch will dt.rl
wlih the total envir0nrnent fthd all of
the cctnplex fncl,ors tr,lrir:h enter lnto
deitl) orr thF st,rFets T'hd ernDhasls on
sefer cftr$ nnd the second rolllsion hgve
bcon vrlrlAble. Brrt thc AntFrlcnn pco-
I)1. Elc morfl llttt'rfsl,fd lrr mlrsures t,hnt
\'/lll la:f,s{'il (.brncfs of the flirst colllslon-
IIthe Pre$ldent'F excellent rnessRqe on
tr[nsl]ortil,iolt dellvered to thls body on
Mrrch ?, l!)66, he stated that he had set
ln motiolt a ltumber of stt'ns under exlstinq
lftr:
I trm aqslgnlrrE re8ponilblllty lor ceordtntrl.til,{
Federal HtFh*ay S8lety proBTahs tO
thc srarrtnrv dI Commorca. I fim dlrcctlng
tht Sf.rFt^ry ti, pntnhllAh a rnnjor hlEhwnv
unlt wlthln hli Dennrfnlrnt. Thl. urrlt wlll
ultlmntelv lrc trfinsfcrrfd Lr th€ DcpArtmont
ol TrrrlEDortAtlon.
No olte has chBllenced the presldent'E
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Asscssmrnt of the trAmc problem s belng
second ollly to natlonRl defense yet
no olm cnll fnhly stotc thnt trallc salety
hns bren xiven the klnd of prlorlty and
&ttehtlon
ls correct,
lt de8ere8 lf thle esrees$ent
Coneres hea the powet to sct 6rld I 6Er
gltld to supfroft lts actlons todEy. Belore
edJournment I trust thnt lt wlll rct to
Sssrrre cmrdlnnted leaderehlp to Edmlhlstcr
the compr€henslve progrEnrs contRlhed
ln the StRscer8 nnil Frllon blllr.
ApproxlmEtFly ?2.500 men. women, erd
chlltlrerr hlrve sufrered vloleht Rnd untimely
death and 225,000 Amerldens heve
been disabled slhcc the Sgth Congrcer
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convened Jf,nuBry 9, 1965.
The followlng chErt cannot sqnysy the
lmmenslty of the loffi md grlef occurrlnn
ln ench of the E0 $tater but lt showa
.hRt R vlEorous courrteroFenslve lr urgently
necded:
ML-EEEISIIEE- Mr. Chntrman. I
yteld such time ag he may consurne to
the Beutlerltan f rom Minnes{)te I Mr,
NILSEN | .
Mr. NEL$EN. Mr. ChAll'nan. one fett[re
of thi6 lesiEletlon to w]rlc]r I should
like to call ettentiol)--alrd it has beerr
overlooked to sotrre degree-is adequate
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