Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1922-11-01
BALL0U APPROVES
DRIVE FOR SAFETY
School Officers and Teachers
Told to Cooperate in Be-
half of Children.

Supt. of Schools Ballou, In cir
cular letter directed to school off,
GERS today. approved the plans of the
police department to cooperate, with
parents and the schools to educate
the children on the subject of safety
in tho streets
Let the teachers and officers show
their hearty appreciation OF this CO.
operation by the police department
by exercising every effort to make
suitable arrangements for captains
in the police department to address
the pupils, said DR.. Ballou's letter.
This program may be begun as
early as the school officers can make
the arrangements. and may continue
as long as the police departments finds
it possible to render such assistance"
Recommendation that permanent
safety organization be- formed In
tives of various civic and public well
fare bodies. was made yesterday even
ing at conference Of organisers IN
the offices Of A. e. Berry. chairman OF
the committee on conferees.
Favor Raising $4,000.
1t was also agreed that fund of
$4,000. to start the work and main
tain ii for a year. should be raised.
The recomme nd atoms will be present
Of representatives Of citizens assoc
Citations. commercial organizations
and other public interest groups for
final approval.
Accident prevention should receive
first attention by the proposed perma-
nent safety organiza ton, the COM
mittee decided. on motion of Charles
A. Baker, president of the Federation
of Citizens Associations. A safety
week" proposition. advocated by Z.
W. Price, safety specialist" was in
dorsed.
The committees determinations
were reached behind closed doors In
an executive conference that began
at o'clock and ended at 6. 1t was
stated after the conference that all
angles Of the safety committee pro.
posal were gone over during the
course of the debate and that the
conclusions arrived at represented
the unanimous opinion of the organ
iZation committee.
1t was proposed that the permanent
safety committee. 1t would supervise
all safety campaigns and function
primarily in the interest of protecting
the public against all forms Of danger
that may be averted by proper educa-
tional steps.
Committee as Nucleus.
The full committee. which meets
tomorrow afternoon, should form the
nucleus of the permanent committee.
the conferees decided. William F. Ham
will preside at the meeting.
The committee which met yesterday
was composed OF Mr.. Berry. chairman;
DR.. Frank w. Ballou. Charles ]. Co
Ralph w. Lee. w. Pierce Rayner, Odell
S. Smith and Francis r. Weller.
Filling of the sixty vacancies exist
ing in the police department is re-
garded by Commissioner Oyster and
Maj. Sullivan as one of the most es-
making the streets Of Washington
safer.
DR.. J. ]. knroy. member Of the board
of police and fire surgeons. said that
higher salaries on the outside Is not
the only cross-current that draws able
bodied men away from the police force.
Working conditions In the depart
ment, Dr. Kilroy believes, are as much
responsible as competitive salaries for
the shortage of policemen. The ply
stefan believes that straight eight
hour trick of duty. with one day OF
a week would attract more men to the
examinations.
These and other concessions are not
withheld because Maj. Sullivan Is not
in favor of them. but for the reason
that without an adequate number OF
men such improvements cannot be
inaugurated.
Maj. Sullivan yesterday instructed
his precinct captains to send mem
bers of the force into the schools in
each section of the city and deliver
ffteen-minute safety talks to the
children.
Since children figure in so many
street accidents. the major feels that
this program will be one OF tho most
beneficial features Of the present
highway life-saving drive.