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***PROGRAM***

###### The President's Conference

**ON FIRE PREVENTION**

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Washington, D.C.

##### May 6,7, and 8th, 1947

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*Departmental Auditorium on Constitution Avenue*

*Between 12^th^ and 14^th^ Sts. NW.*

> *"The serious losses in life and property resulting*
>
> *annually from fires cause me deep concern. I am*
>
> *sure that such unnecessary waste can be reduced.*
>
> *The substantial progress made in the science of fire*

####### prevention and fire protection in this country during

> *the past forty years convinces me that the means are*
>
> *available for limiting this unnecessary destruction."*

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***Conference Organization***

**GENERAL CHAIRMAN**

Maj. Gen. PHILIP B. FLEMING, *Administrator, Federal Works Agency*

**EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR**

> A. BRUCE BIELASKI, *Assistant General Manager, National Board of Fire
> Underwriters*
>
> **COORDINATING COMMITTEE**
>
> **CHAIRMAN**
>
> W. E. REYNOLDS, *Commissioner of Public Buildings*

O. J. Arnold, *President, Northwestern National Life Insurance Co.*

Frank Bane, *Executive Director, Council of State Governments.*

Paul Betters, *Executive Secretary, United States Conference of Mayors.*

Ernest B. Brown, *President, Ernest W. Brown, Inc.*

Frank A. Christensen, *President, National Board of Fire Underwriters.*

J. H. Craig, *Chairman, Fire Marshals' Section, National Fire Protection
Association.*

Dr. Ned H. Dearborn, *President, National Safety Council.*

Charles A. Delaney, *President, International Association of Fire
Chiefs.*

Robert E. Dineen, *President, National Association of Insurance
Commissioners.*

Jas. R. Edmunds, Jr., *President, American Institute of Architects.*

Wallace J. Falvey, *Chairman, Advisory Committee, National Conservation
Bureau.*

Hovey T. Freeman, *President, Manufacturers Mutual Fire Insurance Co.*

A. V. Gruhn, *General Manager, American Mutual Alliance.*

W. K. Jackson, *President, Chamber of Commerce of the United States.*

Leroy A. Lincoln, *President, Metropolitan life Insurance Co.*

W. E. Mallalieu, *General Manager, National Board of Fire Underwriters.*

Earl D. Mallery, *Executive Director, The American Municipal
Association.*

James H. Mooney, *President, Building Officials' Conference of America.*

James H. Park, *President, Pacific Coast Building Officials Conference.*

Curtis W. Pierce, *President, National Fire Protection Association.*

George J. Richardson, *Secretary and Treasure, International Association
of Fire Fighters.*

Mrs. Pearl Wanamaker, *President, National Education Association.*

Guy T. Warfield, Jr., *President, National Association of Insurance
Agents.*

Frank M. Whiston, *President, National Association of Building Owners
and Managers.*

***Objectives***

> The OBJECTIVES of the Conference are to emphasize to the public the
> ever-present danger of fire to human life and material resources and
> to intensify the work of fire safety in every community. Essential to
> the accomplishment of such objectives are:

1.  Universal acceptance by the highest officials of the United States
    and municipalities of their direct responsibility for fire safety.
    The acceptance of the same principle by Federal executives charged
    with the responsibility for Federal properties is requisite.

2.  Public support from all possible sources behind such officials in
    accomplishing the enactment and enforcement of adequate laws and
    ordinances for fire prevention and fire protection.

***Program -- Tuesday May 6, 1947***

**MORNING**

9:00 A.M. Registration. Departmental Auditorium Lobby.

10:00 A.M. Music. U.S. Marine Corps Band, Maj. William F. Santelmann,
USMC, *Leader*.

10:30 A.M. Call to Order. Maj. Gen. Philip B. Fleming, *General
Chairman*.

Invocation. The Rt. Rev. Monsignor John J. Russell, *Pastor*,

*St. Patrick's Church, Washington, D.C.*

11:00 A.M. The President of the United States.

Introduction of Committee Chairmen.

Roll Call of States.

12:00 NOON Recess.

**AFTERNOON**

2:00 P.M. Committee Meetings. \[See page 6.\]

***Program -- Wednesday May 7, 1947***

**MORNING**

9:45 A.M. Music. U.S. Navy Band, Lt. Comdr. Charles Brendler, *Leader*.

10:00 A.M. Call to Order. Maj. Gen. Philip B. Fleming, *General
Chairman*.

Invocation. Rev. Fredrick Brown Harris, *Pastor*, *Foundry*

*Methodist Episcopal Church, Washington, D.C.*

Addresses.

Arch N. Booth, *Manager, Chamber of Commerce of the Unites States*.

Hon. Robert E. Dineen, *President, National Association of*

*Insurance Commissioners*

10:30 A.M. The Attorney General of the United States.

Dr. Frank W. Cyr, *Professor of Education, Teachers College,*

*Columbia University*

Dr. E. B. Norton, *Deputy Commissioner, United States Office of
Education*.

11:00 A.M. Report. Committee on Fire Prevention Education. Dr. H. C.
Byrd, *Chairman*.

Discussion.

Addresses.

Sherman K. Ives, *The National Grange*.

Percy Bugbee, *General Manager*, *National Fire Protection Association*.

James R. Edmunds, Jr., *President, The American Institute of
Architects.*

11:45 A.M. Report. Committee on Building Construction, Operation and
Protection.

Albert C. Fuller, *Chairman*.

Discussion.

12:30 P.M. Recess.

**AFTERNOON**

2:00 P.M. Addresses.

Charles A. Delaney, *President, International association of Fire
Chiefs*.

> George J. Richardson, *Secretary and Treasurer, International
> Association of Firefighters.*
>
> Maj. Gen. Harold R. Bull, USA*, Office of the Secretary of War, War
> Department*.
>
> Lyle F. Watts, *Chief, Forest Services, United States Department of
> Agriculture*.

2:45 P.M. Report. Committee on the Firefighting Services. Maj. Gen.
William J. Donovan, *Chairman*.

Discussion.

Addresses.

James T. Nicholson, *Executive Vice Chairman, The American Red Cross.*

William E. Mallalieu, *General Manager, The National Board of Fire*

*Underwriters.*

O. J. Arnold, *President, American Life Convention*.

3:30 P.M. Report. Committee on Research. Woodward H. Brenton,
*Chairman*.

*Program -- Thursday May 8, 1947*

**MORNING**

9:45 A.M. Music. U.S. Army Band, Captain Hugh J. Curry, U. S. A.,
*Leader*.

10:00 A.M. Call to Order. Maj. Gen. Philip B. Fleming, *General
Chairman*.

Invocation. Rabbi Norman Gerstenfeld, *Minister of the*

*Washington Hebrew Congregation, Washington, D.C.*

Addresses.

J. H. Craig, *Chairman, Fire Marshals' Section, National Fire
Protection*

*Association*.

Herman C. Wilson, *President, National Institute of Municipal Law*

*Officers.*

Hon. George Neuner, *Attorney General, State of Oregon, representing
the*

> *National Association of Attorneys General*.

10:30 A.M. Report. Committee on Laws and Law Enforcement. Hon. John C.
Cox, *Chairman*.

Discussion.

Addresses.

Mrs. Oswald Bates Lord, *National Chairman, Civilian Advisory*

*Committee of Women's Army Corps.*

11:15 A.M. Report. Committee on Organized Public Support. W. Walter
Williams, *Chairman*.

Discussion.

11:45 A.M. Presentation of Action Program. W. E. Reynolds, *Chairman,*

*Coordinating Committee.*

Addresses.

Hon. George W. Welsh, *President, United States Conference of Mayors.*

Hon. Clarence W. Meadows, *Governor of the State of West Virginia,*

*Representing the Council of State Governments.*

The National Anthem.

Adjournment.

*Committee Meetings*

*BUILDING CONSTRUCTION, OPERATION AND PROTECTION*

Chairman: Albert C. Fuller, *President, Fuller Brush Co., Hartford,
Conn.*

Secretary: George N. Thompson, *National Bureau of Standards,
Washington, D.C.*

Meeting Place: *Room 43, Natural History Building, Constitution Avenue*

*at Tenth Street NW.*

*FIREFIGHTING SERVICES*

Chairman: Maj. Gen. William J. Donovan, *Donovan, Leisure, Newton and
Irvine,*

*New York, N.Y.*

Secretary: Horatio Bond, *National Fire Protection Assoc., Boston,
Mass.*

Meeting Place: *National Archives Building, Auditorium, Pennsylvania
Avenue*

*and Seventh Street NW.*

*FIRE PREVENTION EDUCATION*

Chairman: Dr. Harry C. Byrd, *President, University of Maryland, College
Park, Md.*

Secretary: Dr. J. J. Ahern, *Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago,
Ill.*

Meeting Place: *Room N, U. S. Chamber of Commerce Building, 1615 H
Street NW.*

*LAWS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT*

Chairman: Hon. John C. Knox, *U.S. District Judge, Second District of
New York.*

Vice Chairman: Hon. Louis Johnson, *Attorney at Law, Washington, D.C.*

Secretary: Charles S. Rhyne, *National Institute of Municipal Law
Officers,*

*Washington, D.C.*

Meeting Place: *Room A, Departmental Auditorium, Constitution Avenue
between*

*Twelfth and Fourteenth Streets, NW.*

*ORGANIZED PUBLIC SUPPORT*

Chairman: W. Walter Williams, *President, Continental, Inc., Seattle,
Wash.*

Secretary: George G. Traver, *National Board of Fire Underwriters, New
York, N.Y.*

Meeting Place: *Room B, Departmental Auditorium, Constitution Avenue
between*

*Twelfth and Fourteenth Streets, NW.*

*RESEARCH*

Chairman: Woodward H. Brenton, *President, Brenton Bros. Inc., Des
Moines, Iowa.*

Secretary: Alvah Small, *President, Underwriters Laboratories, Inc.,
Chicago, Ill.*

Meeting Place: *Room F, U.S. Chamber of Commerce Building, 1615 H Street
NW.*

*Information*

*ALL SESSIONS* of the Conference will be held in the Departmental
Auditorium on Constitution Avenue between Twelfth and Fourteenth Street
NW.

*COMMITTEE MEETINGS,* open to all who are registered for the Conference,
will be held on the afternoon of May 6, at locations shown on page 6.

*COMMITTEE REPORTS* will be available at the registration desks and at
the respective Committee meeting rooms.

*TELEPHONE* facilities are available in the main lobby of the
Departmental Auditorium.

*LUNCHEON.* The Departmental Auditorium Cafeteria, in the basement
(stairway from the lobby), is open from 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. to persons
attending the Conference.

> All persons attending meetings will be subject to the rules and
> regulations of the Public Buildings Administration pertaining to fire
> protection and maintenance of order, and they will be required to
> comply with all instructions given by the guard force. \[Exit diagram
> on the reverse of this page.\]

SMOKING IS PROHIBITED IN THE AUDITORIUM

**CONFERENCE STAFF**

A. BRUCE BIELASKI

*Executive Director*

LEWIS A. VINCENT

*Assistant Executive Director.*

William J. Chattin John B. West

*Technical Assistant Technical Assistant*

John L. Werheim Russell R. McGuire

*Technical Assistant Publicity*

Douglas H. Timmerman Hester M. Bell

*Conference Arrangements Secretary*

**STAFF CONSULTANTS**

A. C. Hutson F. C. McAuliffe R. E. Truman

R. E. Wilson R. E. Verner

**EXIT DIAGRAM**

**DEPARTMENTAL AUDITORIUM**

**Constitution Avenue Between 12^th^ and 14^th^ Streets N.W.,
Washington, D.C.**

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