The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-04-30
OFFICERS TO
BE ELECTED
LATE TODAY
Chief Justice ChristiansOn Is
Named Head of Nom
mating Committee
RTSAREPRESENTED
Purpose Is to Give State Per.
manent Organization to
Promote Safety
REPORTS AREPRESENTED

| Organization of permanent state
safety council featured today's scs-
| sion Of North D&kota's first state
safety conference.
Action was taken on recommended
ton of subcommittee headed by
Frank MilhOllan, chairman of the
state railroad board.
| Under the plan submitted the con-
| ference would constitute itself safe
ty council and elect officers to hold
office until the next meeting. The
officers also were authorized to adopt
a constitution and bylaws, subject
to vote Of the membership at the next
| meeting.
Chief Justice A. NJ Christianson
| of the supreme court was named mead
Of a nominating committee to recon-
mend officers for the new organiza-
tiOn.
The purpose of the safety council,
as outlined in Milhollan's report, is
| to provide definite plan for con-
structive future action and give the
| state permanent organization in
terested in the promotion of safety
work. As conceived by Milhollan the
council will concern itself not only
with street and highway safety prob
lens but those originating in the
home and factory.
| Election of officers will be held
at the closing session of the confer
ence this aftersoon.
Various Reports Presented
| Reports were heard this morning
from the committees on adult safety
education. safety education of chill
dren in the home and school, safety
Legislation and railroad grade cross
| ings. The committee on uniform
municipal traffic regulations had not
completed its work and will report
late this afternoon.
| The Legislative committee, which
submitted only Il partial report. en-
dorsed the proposal that uniform
I vehicle registration and the licensing
Of automobile operators and recon.
mendcd that the endorsement Of the
conference be trans mitted to the ma
tional conference of commissioners
on uniform laws. The committee s
complete report was scheduled for
presentation this afternoon.
The committee on safety education
of children recommended that safety
education Of children be begun while
they are Of pre-scho0l age through
the activities Of parent-teacher or
ganizatiOns, womens and service
clubs, motion pictures and othersagen-
cies, "that parents and others charg-
ed with pre- school training of chill.
dren may realize the Importance of
early training in safety education in
| developing the correct attitude OF
mind toward it and that home and
community influences may supple
ment the teaching of the school,"
Educational Work
The report called attention to the
fact that safety and accident preven-
ton already have been incorporated
in the elementary school curriculum
and endorsed educational contests
organized playground training
: school boy patrols, boy and girl
scouts and junior safety organiza.
tions. Parents and other adults were
urged to give only good examples in
safety matters. The committee rec
commended the organization of pub
lie welfare boards in each county to
promote safety work along with 9TH
er enterprises for the public good.
The railroad grade crossing COM
mittee recommended that all state de-
partments and city and county gov
ernments require their employees to
observe "stop" crossings at railroads
that grade crossings be eliminated
where the need for them has sbeen
eliminated by underpasses or over.
head crossings; that railroads and
states attorneys be required to re-
port all grade crossing accidents to
the state railroad boards. that news
! papers publish in conspicuous place
30 ~ IN
! neighborhood violating the "stop'
rule at designated dangerous cross
ings "with due COMMENT" that the
legislature be asked to amend the
automobile laws to require drivers ia
shift gears when crossing railroad
tracks and proceed over the crossings
! at a speed Of not more than 10 miles
an hour; that approaches to mainline
railroad crossings be brought to q
level with the tracks for distance
of rs to 100 feet on each side of the
rails: that the law be amended SC
that governmental bodies, such az
cities, counties and the state may
be required to bear part of the ex-
| pense of making crossings safe.
Other Methods
The committee on adult safety ecu.
cation recommended adoption of q
uniform manual sfor the education Of
auto drivers in safe driving prac.
tjces, standardized plans for the edu-
cation Of operators of steam and
i electric railway employees, and taxi
i cab and mOtorbus drivers; that news.
papers, churches, safe drivers clubs
and other agencies join in advocat-
i ing safety through printed words
4 radio talks, movies, posters and mass
meetings and that eforts be made to
reach parents through the school
children.
The committee on uniform munic-
ipal regulations decided to recon-
i mend a speed limit of Is miles an
hour in business districts Of towns
over 1000 population and limit Toi
j 20 miles an hour in reaidential dis.
tricts: II also recommended that cars
parked at night should be required
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