The copper era and Morenci leader., 1921-03-18
PLANS F0R SAFETY APTERS AMONG. EXPERT LIFE SAVERS.

Plans for the bringing together of the thousands of miners trained in first-aid and mine-rescue work by the Bureau of Mines into local safety | chapters which would form compon ent units of national parent organ ization, the Joseph A. Holmes Safe l ty Association. was developed at a meeting of the Association just held in Washington, D. c. At the same i time this legion of expert savers of | life and limb, the only organization | of it's kind in the world, will serve as a living, stirring, deed-doing me- morial to Dr. Joseph A. Holmes, first and popularizer of that pulse-quick- ening slogan, Safety First
 Present at the meeting were rep resentatives of the American Insti- ute of Mining anl Metalldrgical En sineers. the American Mining Con gress. the United Mine Workers of America, the American Federation of Labor. the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, the Mine In, spectors' Institute, the American Chemical Society, the National Acad emy of Sciences, the American Ce-
  Promotion of Engineering Education, and the United States Bureau Of Mines The President of the Joseph A. Holmes Safety Association was directed to appoint a chairman, and the Presidents of the National Safe ty Council the American Congress the National Goa; Association, and the United Mine Workers of America and the Director of the Bureau of Mines were requested to appoint members of committee of six to prepare detailed plans for the or ganization and conudct' of the work of the safety chapters of the Asso- ciatioI supervise tbe organization and conduct of the work of the safe ty chapters. and safeguard against duplication of the mine-safety work | of any organizations at present working in that field.
 It is the hope of the promoters that the various local safety chapters | in the mining communities of the i country will constitute the means of bringing together the miner and the mine officials as common workers i in the great cause of making safer 1 the operation of the 35,000 miners
 nuarries and smelters in which a i million men do their daily toil It 1 is reported that the local chapters
 shall encourage tnei3 members to take first-aid training, eXpound at l all times and in dii places the gospel
 of Safety First. and hold meetings at i re@nlar intervals to discuss methods of increasing safety. good sanitation, ard maintnance- of health.t The local ! cfa pters will also serve as recrea- ! tional centers, and are expected to
 nrCVide the place and occasion fof
 numerous interesting events of a
 social and welfare nature. The con-
 stitution to be drafted for the gov
 ernment of local chapters will re-
 strict their activities to safety and recreational lines. Inspectors will
 it the local charters from time to time for the purpose of reviewing
 thn work of the chapters and stimuli
 at'7" enthusiasm for the safety cause Approximately 50.O00 miners throughout the United States have
 h""n ~;van thorough training in first
 aid and mine-rescue work by the FTrean of Mines: and frequently To- l cal and unattached safety societies
 have been organized in mining towns |. following the training. With nc , practical means of following up the work however the enthusiasm oi
 those trained would naturally slack 7 en with the passing of inc It was felt that thern was real need of 8
 well-OrganiZed national association :. which keep a'i-n the interest aroused : by the trainin~ work of the bureau | and it was cnneidered that the Joseph 5 A. Holms Safety Association was best ) fitted for the nfort. In addition tC
 the host of miners trained. within the past eleven years by the Bureau
 of Mines, thero are in the various l mining communities more than eighty :. independent and unattacehd safety 2 societies which are understood to he } anxious to merge with the larger 3 body
 9 The Association will he supported
 by the paymenF of dues of two gen l. eral classes r''>"otPrs af 1as~ thar t a hundred mernrore will pav 800 ! year, while thnsn ltavino more thai l.. hundred members will pay 5000 L Individual merHh2rshiD dues in th' > association will he at the rate of ;
 dollar per annUrp. memehershil x button of attra"tjv" pictorial design g suggesting hoth thr occupation o
 mining and the influence of DI Y Joseph A. Holmes '"ill he provided
 The Joseph A .Hnlmes Safety As l. sociation Twas frgani:ed six years s- ago with tn idea that through it
 efforts along safety lines. it woul e serve to keep alive the memory 0
 the honored disdiple "f nine-safet $ principles whose name it bears. Tn
 Association will continue to bestoN 1T honor medals and diplomas upo k those who have performed especial
 notable feats of heroism in rescu $ work at mine fires and explosions. 0 --------