Bill for Uniform Rate Auto Insurance Killed

The Massachusetts House of Representatives yesterday defeated a bill calling for a uniform state-wide rate on compulsory auto insurance. The House voted 145 to 73 to refer the bill to the next annual session, which is equivalent to killing the measure.

A group of representatives from the high-rate district of Boston filed and supported the bill. One of them, Representative Harold W. Canavan, stated that he had been driving for 20 years without an accident, but that he has to pay the maximum rate while some drivers in the low-rate districts had had accidents, but nevertheless still pay the same amount as they did before.

Before the voting took place, Representative James E. Hannon, an opponent of the bill, said that the feelings of voters, who rejected the bill in the last election, should be considered by the law-makers when they make their decision.