Evening star., 1932-10-04
TASK Of REDUCING
ACCIDENTS BEGUN
Safety Council Tackles Fac.
tory. Mine and Trans
portation Problems.

The National Safety Conference con-
centrated today upon the huge task Of
reducing industrial accidents, which re-
suited in 10000 deaths last year.
More than so group conferences
were scheduled for the second day, with
safety problems in the factory. mine
and transportation industries under dis
cussion
While the conference on street and
highway safety continued to draw the
largest attendance, the 1000 delegates
divided into groups during the after
noon to take up technical problems
facing special industries.
Greeting From President
!, A telegram of greeting from Presi-
dent Hoover was read to the congress
last night. It said:
my cordial greetings to the annual
Safety Conference Of the National
Safety Council and my deep sense of
value Of their leadership in the vital
tasks Of saving human life from avoid
able accidents incidental 70 modern
machinery Of production and transpor-
tation. This work is both wise con-
servation and high humanity"
Secretary Of Labor Doak Is one Of
the principal speakers for this after
Moons session. He was scheduled to
talk on Education Will Do More Than
Regulation to Promote Safety" before
the construction section.
w. A. Van DuZer. director Of traffic
fer the District, served as chairman of
this mornings session Of the street and
highway traffic section. meeting in
Wardman Park Hotel Following q dis
cussion by traffic engineers from large
Eastern and Midwestern cities, members
of the section set cut In busses this
afternoon for a tour to observe the
system.
Dinner on Program.
The visitors were particularly inter-
ested in the method Of signal control
for the many complicated and diverse
intersections of Washington.
Visiting police delegates to the con-
gress will be dinner guests at the Will
lard Hotel tonight Of the Metropolitan
Police Department. at which Brig. Gen.
Pelham D. Glassford, superintendent,
will serve as POSTMASTER.
Charles H. Ruth of The Evening Star
addressed the delivery, taXicab and bus
section of the Congress at Wardman
Park this morning on successful feet
safety work without special personnel"
Mr.. Ruth told how the drivers Of The
Stars circulation trucks have improved
their safety records through accident
prevention education.
The electric railway section was to
be addressed late this afternoon at the
Shoreham Hotel by j. H. Hanna, presi-
dent of the Capital Traction Co.
r. H. Ashton Speaks.
At the opening meeting today Of the
twelfth annual convention Of the safety
section, American Railway Association,
r. H. Ashton, president Of the associa-
ton, declared safety and service are the
two principal requirements asked of the
railroads today by the public. He de-
clared that the carriers are more than
meeting these requirements.
The meeting is being held at the
Washington Hotel in connection with
the Safety Congress. Delegates were
assured by Mr.. Ashton that the safety
records which American railroads have
established in recent years "are not the
result Of accident, but rather the re-
suit Of an intensive effort on the part OF
the railroads to meet the demand for
that sort of service. In 1881, only four
passengers we're killed In train acci-
dents, compared to in 1880 and rs in
1920. For each fatality in train acci-
dents in 1881. the railroads carried more
than $50, 600, 900 persons"
Oficials in charge Of safety work on