The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-06-29
PUBLIC MUST BE 1
 EDUCATED TO SAFETY

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 the work, he organized the safety work in the government navy yards and arsenals, and was one of the leaders and organizers of the National Safety Council, in which he first was president, then field secretary and at present is general manager.
 In his talk this noon he offered fig ures showing the terrifying increase in accident mortality in the United States since 1906, when the safety movement was first started.
 'In 1910 when there were but a few thousand autos," he said, there was total of 374 deaths. In 1910 creased to 1881; in 1917 with 4,941,- 900 ears, deaths numbered 9,184; in 1913, with ,52 S,000 cars, deaths were 1eJ5o0, and in 1920, with 9,500,o00 deaths.
 tsOne-haIf of the total number of persons killed were children of school age. These figures conclusiVely prove many persons killed by one automo- bile alone than are killed by all the factories, mines, railroads and street railways in the country
 Deaths from automO Obile accidents are constantly increasing every year with the increase in the number of autos used. During the II years since 1906, when the safety move ment was first started among indus tries, industrial deaths decreased 2S per cent. while automobile deaths in creased 5000 per cent.
 Mot more than one-third of the rectly or indirectly exposed to the industrial hazards, while practically all upon leaving their homes in the morning are constantly threatened by and exposed to the new terrifying menace that is stalking our streets.
 'E"e have the lZ3T1On that the one and only way to bring this menace before the people of a community and awaken them to a full relaization of the peril facing themselves and their children, is to educate such people through their children"
 "Conditions are such in this city alone that parents are actually talk ing their children by the hand and leading them to and from school. Such conditions never before have ex- isted in history.
 'The one and only possibility in Bridgeport is to control accidents in the home and one the streets. Both are equal in importance, and preven- ton can only be developed by organ ized effort
 citation has taken the lead in the and they bid fair to have one of the strongest and most efficient organizations on the Atlantic coast In6S nave secured IIiG dpEIONE14 LII the Superintendent of Schools and have advanced the money for the purchase of necessary textbooks and next September will inaugurate a course of instruction in public safety in the public schools of Bridgeport
 "AlI that can be done is Bridgeport depends upon the development of sufficient public interest to make the matter of community importance The best way is to educate the child ren and to reach the parents and adults drought the same children. And this is our aim in Bridgeport, and in every community in the United States where public spirit is of sufficient strength to safeguard the health and lives of citizens"
 As an example of the results of public safety instruction Mir. Weeks cited Detroit In 1919, there were 96 children killed by automobiles. The next year public school instruc- ton was started, and the deaths feIi to 49, and in the face of an increase in the number of motor cars used
 In St Louis, Mo, he said. there were but 20 children killed on the street in 1920, compared with 49 in 1919 and all because of the educa- ton of children.
 +-I can say to Bridgeport that If m svu ction is instituted in the public on this matter, it will 1Tnne- diately result in saving One-half the of children who otherwise would have been slaughtered"