The New York herald., 1921-07-01
INTERSTATE MOTOR
CONTROVERSY ENDS
Secretary Of State Lyons
Holds New jerseys Stand
Is Justified.
BROAD VIEW is TAKEN
Declares 1t Would Be Alb
surd to Insist on One
sided Arrangement.
SENDS LETTER TO McCRAN
Joins With Him in Hope
That Cordial Relations
Will Continue.
SENDS LETTER TO McCRAN
Spectdti Despatch to THE NEW York HERALD.
New York Herald Buyeau.
ALBANY. June 10

Spectdt Despatch to THE NEW York HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau.
Albany, june 20.
The motor vehicle law controversy
between this State and New Jersey
was ended to-day by ruling from
Secretary of State John j. Lyons that
any sperson who has been declared
competent by the New Jersey motor
vehicle authorities can drive his car
In this State This ruling will remove
the Inconvenience which thousands Of
New York motorists would be put to
in driving to New Jersey Saturday to
see the Dempsey Carpenter fight as
web as over the Fourth If they had to
obtain New Jersey licenses.
'Tt is unfortunate" said Mr.. Lyons.
THAT anything should mar the happy
relations that have existed during the
past years in the motor vehicle reci-
procity laws In the two States. A re-
cent conviction of an operator 16 years
OF age who resided in New Jersey by
Justice of the Peace in New York State
on a charge of being under IS years Of
age. which the law of New York State
requires of its operators and oliauffeurs
brought about a reprisal on I've part of
New Jersey officials at kearny last Sun
day, when number of New York mo-
torists were arrested for not having
operators certificates. In New Jersey
all operators must have certificates, but
New York State does not require such
outside of Greater New York.
If this were to be continued 1t would
mean reprisals on both sides and a grave
injustice and inconvenience to motor
lists of both States. So long as the laws
OF States differentiate in their require
inents there can be only one way to
solve the problem. and that is by the
States taking broad and practical
view and abiding by the requirements Of
their sister States.
'Attorney-General Newton upon my
request took the matter up with Attor-
ney-General Mccran of New Jersey and
rs the result of their correspondence I
feel that 1t Is my duty to rule in an Off
cial capacity that il would be absurd
10 hold arbitrarily that an operator who
has been examined and certihed as COM
petent by New Jersey officials or any
other adjoining State was not ht to
operate in this State, while New Jersey
allows operators from New York to
operate n its State regardless of
whether or not they have had any eX-
animation at all.
1T Is therefore my opinion that the
New Jersey laws are substantially
equivalent to the provisions of our stat
ute and indeed require even more from
its own residents than is required from
ours. My advice Is that the authorities
OF this State should not molest any resi-
dent of New Jersey who is permitted to
operate In that State when they come
within the confines of New York State
operating motor vehicle. have writ
ten to-day to the Attorney General of
New Jersey and likewise Motor Vehicle
Commissioners Dill that I Join with them
In the hope expressed in their letter
that the cordial relations that have
heretofore existed between the States in
tho matter OF motor vehicle operations
may still continue"