The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1922-06-30
Safety Council
Members Met
At arm

Seventy-five members and guests OF
the local Safety Council assembled a.
The Farm in Black Rock, yesterday
afternoon for their second outing me
opening number on the program was
a baseball game after which there
was a dinner served in the Farm
dining room. T. R. Davis, general
manager of the Eastern Ma1leaole
Iron company, was POSTMASTER.
Among the after-dinner speakers
were Assistant Superintendent OF 70
cooperation between the Safety
Council and Police Department.; Capt
James Walker, head OF the franc
Division of the Police Department,
who told of traffic conditions in
Bridgeport, and ]. Bruce Taylor Of
the Eastern Mal1eable Iron company,
chairman of the Vigilance Committee
of the Council.
John A. Cartel, chief of the Safety
Bureau of the Carnegie Steel Co., was
the principal speaker. His subject
was THE F'oreman's Place in Acct
dent Prevention" He stated that
the foreman is a leader OF men, ana
that the foreman is in posouon TO
interpret the company to the men.
The foreman is the middleman in IN
dl1strv He advised the foreman to
study his men, that he might be In
better position to deal with them sym
Dathetically. Mr. Cartel further
urged the foreman to explain the pc
culiar hazards of their departments
10 the new IH0n "IISll llACy AlASA SAANSA
the department. He spoke of the at
titude of the "old-timer who looks
with suspicion upon the new devices
to prevent accidents. and pronounces
that class of men must be tolerated
until they pass off from the stage OF
life. He said that real constructive
safety work must be done with the
said. should not be confined to in
dustry. as experience has proved that
the safety program carried into the
schools the homes, the streets, etc, is
necessary to secure the maximum
benefits from the safety programs
within the factories He claimed
that more people were killed In the
United States through accidents than
were killed during the period that our
country was engaged in the great
war Eighty million dollars, he
stated, has been spent by the Carne-
gle Steel Co. on its safety program.
The following new officers were
| chosen:
President, s. N Smith. Singer Mfg.
Co.; vice president, J. H 5. Lynde.
! American Tube & Stamping Co:
treasurer, ]. B. Taylor, Eastern NAL
leable Iron Co.; secretary. F. c. Hin.
Manufacturers Assn.
| Additional members of the Execu-
| tive committee; Messrs. C. J. Clute.
American Chain Co.; A G. Garneau.
| Warner Bros. Co.; D. H. Fleming,
Bridgeport Brass CO.; H. J. Luse-
brink, Singer Mfg. Co.: H. B. Britten.
| Whiting Mfg. Co.
| President Smith,. in a few remarks
| of acceptance, stated that it would
1 be his plan TO continue the present
| cooperation with the Police uepart-
ment and School department of the
city. The creation of a Foremen's
| school in industry is also planned
To properly finance the enlarged pro-
gram. a membership drive is planned.
| as the treasurer's report indicated a
1 deficit of $3.50 the past year
| The meeting adjourned at 10
oelock, ana - was the unanimous nan. .3si
opinion of those present that TINS
i outing had been the most successful
| yet held by the council