Inquiries:
Senator William
Alden Smith
After the sinking of the Titanic, the U.S. Senate and the British Board of Trade requested inquiries of the disaster. The U.S. Senate hearings were headed by senator William Alden Smith. During the hearings, the U.S. Senate found the current safety measures on ships to be lacking. On May 28, 1912 Smith issued a report that led to international changes in safety measures. The British Board of Trade also conducted similar hearings. Both inquiries found that safety measures needed to be improved including communication of safety measures to passengers.
These inquiries and the disaster were both pivotal points in history because they changed the quality of safety on all oceangoing vessels for the better.
These inquiries and the disaster were both pivotal points in history because they changed the quality of safety on all oceangoing vessels for the better.
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