Evening star., 1922-11-17
i. S. DEPARTMENTS
AID SAFETY WEEK
Government Workers Or
ganized for Official Partici-
patton in Campaign.
CALLED OFFICIAL WORK
Sheriff. Will Seek Presidents
Order for Hour to Witness
Parade.

To'eFnment departments, were or
eahized today for official. participa-
ton In the Safety week" campaten
to be held the week of November
20. chairmen of five committees were
appointed at a meeting at the In
terror Department to work out plans
1or the Cooperation of the govern
ment agencies in the whole scheme
Tor impressing upon Washington the
value of accident prevention, and the
declaration was made by Col G. O.
snerrlll, in charge of the depart
mental work. that participation hv
employees of the departments in the
observance OF Safety week has taken
considered official work
Hopes to Cut Mishaps I'm Half.
G. w. Price. chairman of the CEN
tral committee on Safety week, said
II accidents of all kinds in Wash
ington were not reduced more than
half during Safety week, the cam
paign would not be the success he
hoped. He outlined the plans for
the entire week mapped out by the
central committee, beginning with
the dedication of a monument on the
Elllpse the afternoon of November 2S
to ntnety-seren children in the Dis
uct who have lost their lives in
accidents during the past year. to the
parade scheduled for noon Friday.
twenty-five representatives of gov
ernment departments or independent
government establishments assured
Col. Sheriff. of their support in the
campaign.
Heads Of Committees.
The following were appointed chair
men Of committees in charge of diff
ferent work in the departments: John
L. Harvey. chief clerk of the Interior
department, in charge of posters: ~
y. Haden. chief clerk of the Inter
state Commerce Commission in charge
or speakers: j. A. Dickinson of the
bureau OF standards, in charge of ra-
dio dissemination of safety messages;
u walter Hoover. in charge of gov
ernment vehicles and chauffeurs, and
Capt. w. L. McMorris. superintendent
OF park police, in charge of govern
ment participation in the parade.
Seeks Hour to See Parade.
Col. Sheriff. said he would discuss
with the President the matter of an
executive order authorizing the en-
ployes Of the departments to cease
work for an hour at noon December ],
in order to witness the parade. The
chairmen of the various committees
Will organize the work in their own
departments and report back to the
main body, which met today, next
Wednesday at 1880 am.
Outlining the plans for safety week
Col. Sheriff. said the number Of pre-
ventable accidents is increasing, add
ing that in traffic accidents. the re-
sponsibility rests as much upon the
pedestrian as upon the motorist. Col.
Sheriff. said responsibility rested
upon the government representatives
to lessen the number Of small acct
dents that occur within the depart
ments, thereby saving the govern
ment time and money in compensa-
ton payments He added that dis
semination of the safety week" mes
sage: through the schools is one very
enecttve way. aside from its spread
through the departments. for reach
ing the largest number of persons.
Radio Talks TO BE Broadcasted.
Col. Sheriff. declared that even il
only one life could be saved in WASH
ington during the next year. the cam
paign will be worth while. He an
nounced that arrangements have been
made by the bureau Of standa rds for
broadcasting six five-minute radio
talks on the aims of the campaign
Mr.. Price said he would make ar
rangements with Maj. Sullivan for
he and the chief of police to visit the
police precincts and address the men
on the value of accident prevention
Speakers will be furnished to every
government bureau or division which
asks for them. Charles w. Darr,
chairman of the speakers bureau.
told the committee.
The parade to be held two weeks
from today will assemble near the p
Capitol. will pass west on PennsyI-
vania avenue. south of the Treasury
and White House and will be re-
viewed in West Executive avenue by
the President. 1t will then disband.
Increasing Police Force.
II the Washington police depart
ment needs more men to cope with
the traff1ce situation the personnel
should be increased. Representative
r. Walton Moore of Virginia declared.
addressing a safety meeting of train
men OF the Washington Railway and
Electric Company at the companys
offices last night
Representative Moore cited the sys.
tenn in Detroit where the police de-
partment, he said. has a corps OF
twenty men and two lieutenants to
investigate all accidents to determine
the cause.
The speaker voiced the belief that
probably 95 per cent Of all accidents
are preventable. This would indicate.
he said. that the real need Is for CO.
operation between all persons who
use the streets.
Other Short Addresses.
Other short addresses on safety
were delivered by William F. Ham,
president of the company; S. r.
Bowen, vice president: Fl. NJ. keyser.
secretary. and C. w. Price, safety ex-
pert.
The banner for the greatest decrease
in accidents during the last quarter
was presented to the northern north
eastern division Of the company,
which showed q reduction of 81 per
cent from the same period of last
year.
Mr.. Keyser presented figures show
ing that the company has made big
strides toward the elimination Of ac-
cidents involving street cars during
the past eighteen months.
: In that time there has been a de-
crease Of 6s per cent in car collisions,
of 66 per cent in deaths and AZ per
cent in serious injury cases.
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