THE QUESTION: Should boatmen have licenses to navigate, as motorists have licenses to drive?

GOVERNOR ALBERT D. ROSELLINI
Olympia, Wash.
Licensing could he a partial answer. I personally feel that anyone operating a motorboat carrying a lot of power should lie subject to more regulations than we presently have. There's a definite responsibility attached to boating.

FRANK W. NORRIS
Chairman of the Board
Barnett Natl. Bank
Jacksonville, Fla.
Certainly. The authorities would never permit a man to drive a car without an appropriate test for a license, but they allow anyone lo operate a boat without such a test, and a boat can be as hazardous as an automobile.

VICE-ADMIRAL ALFRED RICHMOND
Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard
Washington, D.C.
No, because boating is not like driving. Licensing hasn't cut down reckless auto driving. We may have it eventually, but I would hate to see any unnecessary boating restrictions until we know how helpful licensing will be.

RAY O. WAGEMAKER
President
Wagemaker Co.
Grand Rapids, Mich.
No. Waterways are not as confining as roads. On a highway a motorist has little latitude: on waterways he has 50% to 100% more latitude. Furthermore, a boatman's investment is usually substantial and he will not jeopardize it.

GOVERNOR G. MENNEN WILLIAMS
Lansing, Mich.
No, but the boat should be. We are busy gelling bugs out of a new law requiring all power-propelled boats and others over 16 feet to be licensed. This will make possible the identification and arrest of the few who endanger the lives of others.

GOVERNOR LEROY COLLINS
Tallahassee, Fla.
Although we have had a great increase in boating, the time has not come for universal licensing. I'm sure a motorboat operator should know the rules of the road. If he doesn't and he causes an accident, ii should be a misdemeanor.

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