President Dwight D. Eisenhower and the
Federal Role in Highway Safety

Photo: President Harry S. Truman (Courtesy, Truman Library)

Photo: Major General Philip B. Fleming Administrator, Federal Works Agency

Photo: President Truman met with the Coordinating Committee of the 1946 Highway Safety Conference.

Photo: The 1946 Highway Safety Conference was held in the Departmental Auditorium on Constitution Avenue in Washington, D.C.

Photo: President Truman (right) arrives at the 1946 Highway Safety Conference following his introduction by General Fleming (second from right).

Photo: President Truman making a

Photo: Thomas H. MacDonald, Commissioner, U.S. Bureau of Public Roads, was Chairman of the Committee on Conference Reports.

Photo: Cover of Public Safety for October 1947 carried a highway safety message from President Harry S. Truman.

Photo: Before addressing the 1949 Highway Safety Conference, the President met with national safety leaders.

Photo: President Truman with Ned H. Dearborn, President of the National Safety Council, before addressing the 1949 Highway Safety Conference.

Photo: President Dwight David Eisenhower

Photo: In July 1953, President Eisenhower met with business leaders at the White House to discuss their role in reducing highway accidents.  (Photo from Transport Topics, August 3, 1953.)

Photo: President Eisenhower addresses the White House Conference on Highway Safety on February 17, 1954. (Courtesy Dwight Eisenhower Library)

Photo: Cartoon from Public Safety (March 1954) coverage of the 1954 White House Conference on Highway Safety.

Photo: On April 13, 1954, President Eisenhower established an Action Committee for Traffic Safety.

Photo: President Eisenhower chose his friend and informal advisor, Retired General Lucius D. Clay (left), to head the Advisory Committee on a National Highway Program.

Photo: Senator Albert Gore, Sr., D-Tn., Chairman, Subcommittee on Roads, United States Senate.

Photo: Representative George H. Fallon, D-Md., Chairman, Subcommittee on Roads, U.S. House of Representatives.

Photo: President Eisenhower was a surprise speaker at the 1958 National Safety Conference in Chicago.  His appearance made the cover of Traffic Safety magazine.

Photo: As shown in Traffic Safety magazine, retired General George C. Stewart escorted President Eisenhower to the 1958 National Safety Conference.

Photo: Photo from the 1958 National Safety Conference in Traffic Safety, shows President Eisenhower addressing the annual banquet.

Photo: Daniel Patrick Moynihan

Photo: The Bureau of Public Roads used this exhibit to promote the National Driver Register established following enactment of Public Law 86-660 on July 14, 1960.

Photo: After the November 1960 election, President Eisenhower had a cordial meeting with his successor, Senator John F. Kennedy (D-Ma.), in the White House.