Evening star., 1932-10-05
SAFETY congress
HEARS OF EFFORTS
IN AIR COMMERCE
Capt. {. v. Rickenbacker
Presides at Session in
Shoreham Hotel.
1900 DELEGATES DIVIDED
INTO SERIES OF MEETINGS
High Light of Congress to Be
Reached in Annual Banquet
Tonight.

What is being done for the PROTECTOR
Of lives in the swiftly expanding all
commerce of the United States was de.
scribed at the twenty-flrst annua
Safety Congress and Exhibition today
by leading technical experts.
The aeronautical section of the con.
gress, convening at the Shoreham Hote
this morning, was presided over by
Capt E. v. Rickenbacker. vice presi
dent of the American AirWays. Inc, anc
leading American ace in the World War
The country's airlines are approach.
ing the safety of railroad transporta-
ton and are considerably safer thar
the automobile, delegates were told by
William I. Van Dusen of Pan American
Airways He declared aviation safety
is being developed at greater pace
than that of land travel because of the
factor of weather. which affects flying
more than any other form of trans
portation.
Capt Rickenbacker declared the
United States can boast that it leads
the world in every phase of air trans
portation. The air transport systems
of all the rest of the world combined
cannot be compared with ours, he said
While the 1000 delegates to the con-
gress, which adjourns Friday, were di-
vided into almost a score of group con-
ferences, general interest centered on
the meeting of the aviation section and
the Eastern conference of motor vehicle
administrators, in joint session with the
street and highway section
Annual Banquet Tonight
A high light of the congress, which
has headquarters at the Wardman
Park and the Shoreham, will be the an
nual banquet at 6:15 tonight in the
gold room at Wardman Park Rev
James Shera Montgomery, chaplain OF
the House of Representatives, will de-
liver the invocation.
Presiding at the banquet will be c.
w. Bergquist of Chicago. president of
the National Safety Council which is
sponsoring the congress. One OF the
principal speakers will be Count Ernesto
Russo of Milan. Italy.
In an address to the construction
section yesterday. Secretary of Labor
Doak declared organized labor insti-
tuted the safety movement. He out
lined the history of laws which have
been enacted to protect workmen from
industrial hazards.
Praises Organized Labor.
"The credit for the initiative for
practically all safety regulations and
safety laws belongs to organizations OF
labor" he said. This credit applies
to European countries as well as to the
United States.
Let me call to your attention the
fact that all factory inspection safety
laws, all mine inspection safety laws
all public building safety laws and
every one of the transportation safety
laws now In existence in the United
States was originated by the laborers
themselves, who were exposed to all
of the attendant dangers of unpro-
tected machinery and loose methods
of management"
Speakers at this mornings meeting
of the aviation section included A. A
Priester, chief engineer Of the Pan
American AirwayS, Inc, who talked
on The Developments in Flight Train
ing; Harold Elliott vice president and
general manager of the Eastern Air
Transport. Inc, and DR.. E. H. Padden
flight surgeon of the Western division
United Air Lines.
Engineer Talks to Section.
The engineering section was ad-
dressed at luncheon meeting in
Wardman Park Hotel today by L. w
Wallace of Washington, secretary OF
the American Engineering Council
Other Washington speakers included
DR.. Julius H. Parmelee, director of the
Bureau of Railway Economics; j. O.
Martin, editor of the Transmitter, pub
lished by the telephone company; Paul
Wooton, Washington correspondent OF
the McGraW-Hill Publishing Co., and
v. P. Ahern of the National Sand and
Gravel Association.
The Traffic Bureau, Metropolitan Po-
lice Department, was to stage demon
stration of the official automobile in
spection test in the exhibition hall at
Wardman Park this afternoon. Another
event was the luncheon in Wardman
Park today for delegates from Vir-
ginia.
How the Southern Diaries, Inc, OF
Washington has reduced its motor
vehicle accidents and fostered public
goodwill through training its drivers to
be courteous and careful was related to
the delivery. taXicab and bus section
by H. w. Shaw, treasurer of the con-
Germ
Comdr. Wolcott E. Hall of the Hydro
graphic Office, Navy Department, Balti-
more, told the construction conference
of safety work among the 10000 civilian
employees of the navy yards.
The handling of tremendous weights
Comdr. Hall said, is part of the naval
construction work and especially haz-
ardous Through safety competition
education and rigid inspection of equip
ment, however, the accident rate is
being reduced constantly, Comdr. Hal
said
Another topic of general interest was
discussed before the street and high
way traffic section by Capt. Laurence
A. Lyon, deputy superintendent Of the
Uniform Division, Michigan State De-
partment of Public Safety. He told how
traffic accidents have been reduced ir
Michigan through the enforcement OF
the States new drivers license law. Tnt
most effective provision OF the law, ne
said. is that which takes away the
privilege of driving motor vehicle from
those who have demonstrated prone
ness to accidents.
Eve Injuries Discussed.
The seriousness of eye injuries in in
dustry was discussed before the cement
and quarry sections of the congress b
j. B. Zook safety director Of the Great
Lakes Portland Cement Corporation o1
Buffalo.
An eye injury is potentially seri-
GUS injury Mr. Zook said. "A small
particle in the eye may cause loss OF
vision, and this is readily understood
when we consider the structure anc
function Of the eye and the possibility
of infection"
The Importance of proper illumina-
tion in factories as safety p-ecaution
was emphasized before the food section
by P. R. Holmes, illumination engineer
of the General Electric Co. of Phila-
delphia.
An outstanding address yesterday was
delivered before the industrial health
section by J. j. Bloomfield. sanitary en-
gineer Of the United States Public
Health Service. on the subject of what
dllstS are most harmful IN uorkers