Evening journal., 1919-08-19
Our Nation aid Safety First

With the country well on the way t'
recovery from the effect of a war il
which approximately $4,000 Americans
were killed in battle or died OF wound,
received In action, with Peshing anC
his general STAFF winding up their az
fairs in Europe, generals of another
sort are now busy in the United States
planning their 1920 offensive against an
enemy that has proven more deadly
than poison gas, submarines, Zeppelins
and machine guns combined.
A late casualty list shows that 0.iJC
OF Our soldiers sailors and marines
died on the battieneds OF France and
in action against submarines on tho
high seas during the Nineteen months
OF our participation in the war with
Germany. During that same period
back here in peaceful America, APP
proXimately i26,0OO men, women and
children died as the result Of acci-
dents, and approximately 100000 per
sons were Injured i'm accidents.
This is tie common enemy FOR the
defeat Of whom 5000 civilian soldiers
safety engineers, plant managers and
municipal, State and federal officials
will hold q four-day conference at
Cleveland Ohio, under the auspices OF
the National Safety Council. October
ist 10 4th. next. The discussions will
be led by 100 speakers, the highest
authorities in their respective branches
Of safely work.
The wartime influx OF women in
industries new 10 them has created so
many new safety problems that two of
the thinty-lvc sessions Of this Eighth
Annual Safety Congress will DE devot-
ed exclusively 10 the discussion Of
women in industry "The Future OF
Woman as an Industrial Worker" will
be discussed by Miss Ida NJ. Tarbcll
standard Working Conditions for
Women in Industry by Miss Mary
Van kleeck. Director Of the Women in
Industry Service Of the United States
Department of Labor. "HOw to Employ
Women Successfully in Industrial Oc-
cupations.' by c. r. Knoeppel, an In
dustrial Engineer Of New York.
Safety engineers are becoming more
and more impressed with the fact that
AmericanizaliOn and safety work go
hand IN hand 1t has been found that
the foreigner rarely gets into accident
prevention work heart and soHl until
he has begun TO realize Just what the
principles Of Americanism are. And so
the Americanization section Of the
Safety Congress will take up the sub
jects of what is an American "The
Principles and Methods Of The Amer
icanizaliQn Movement" The lmmi-
grants Part and What Industry Can
Do"
Chicago-"Throw up both hands
shout Help. and drown"
That Is the formula for suicide by
the water route says a bulletin Just /
issued by the National Safety Council
and distributed 10 the 1000 industrial
concerns comprising IFS membership |
During the next few weeks this bull |
letin Will be posted in plants employ |
ing 6.OO0O00 workers as part Of the !
safety councils campaign for the pre- /
vention Of accidents
The latest report on the subject is /
sued by the United states Census /
Bureau indicates that more than 5000 /
persons die from accidental drowning F.
in the United States each year. As the /
death Of a skilled worker has a detri- T.
mental effect on industry whether the |
life Is lost through an accident with /
in or beyond the boundries of the /
plant, the safety council now considers .
itself as vitally interested in public /
safety as in industrial accident pre- /
vention.
While intended as a caution against |
drowning. the message Of the bulletin
is Learn 10 Swim" With this view
ne poster says:
swimming is reaching for shore
lrst with one hand and then with the
lther"
swimming is a sport which exer-
Uses every muscle in the body"
swimming is 20 parts confidence