Evening star., 1934-09-09

given every protection to enjoy
Possibly 1t may not be your faul
for an accident, but that thought can
not be compensation for any injur.
in any way. Hurting a child will for
ever be in your thoughts the rest o
your life. One might as well do i
Intentionally as to do it accidentally
The effect Is the same.
The committee of the Board o
Trade is to be congratulated upon thu
plan Of urging course In traf1c safe
ty in all the schools. 1t may save
many lives If it saves one 1t is more
than worth while.
The Board OF Trade has accom-.
plished much in making the street.
of the city safer. The Voice oi
Safety has worked well. The work ol
the trade organization has q duty
toward safety. 1t has had its traffic
committees before. They have worked
for this and against that. But re-
Gently it has done something. May
that proper civic pride continue. Safe
ty for Washingtonians and their Wis
itors Is more than reducing taxes OF
q getting conventions here.
Safety is priceless. With the high
way accident rate already at the high
est peak in years, the American Au-
tomobile Association sounds a warn
ing that the reopening of the schools
with % 500 900 children going to and
from class rooms, would greatly mag
nifty the safety problem during the
immediate months ahead.
At the same time, the national mo-
toring body, through its president
Thomas P. Henry of Detroit, Mich
appealed to all motorists to cooperate
with parents, police oficials. school
authorities and school patrols in or
der to provide the utmost protection
for the school-bound army of Ameri-
can youngsters.
Baptism Of Experience.
"Some 1000, 900 of these children, "
said Mr.. Henry, will be going to
school for the first time and will be
having their baptism of experience in
the maelstrom Of traffic. Millions of
other children have for months been
away from traffic hazards and will
come back with an unwarranted feel
ing of security. For all Of them the
first months Of the school year are
particularly dangerous"
In connection with the organized
effort to promote child safety, Mr.
Henry announced that for the COM
ing school year, the American Auto
mobile Association and its affiliated
motor clubs had greatly extended
their program for safety education iIi
the schools, through regular lessons,
safety posters and school patrols
His statement, in part, follows:
while progress has been made In
improving the trafic fatality record
among children" said Mr.. Henry, "the
problem continues to demand the help
of every citizen. It Is significant,
however, that the children themselves
are doing as much as, If not more than,
adults in the way Of responding to
traffic control and using care when
on the streets and highways. This is
largely responsible for the fact that
only II per cent of the motor deaths
during 1888 were in the age Group
from to IA, as compared tc 10 per
cent involving persons between the
sges of Is and "a.
"The splendid record of the age
group including school children may
be attributed to safety education in
the schools, to the effective work of
Schoolboy patrols in safeguarding
children en- route to and from school
and the wide use of caution signs on
highways near rural schools and on
streets adjacent to city schools With
the reopening Of schools some 250, 900
A. A. A. schoolboy patrolmen will be
at their posts in 1000 cities and towns
and A. A. A. motor clubs will sponsor
the distribution of around 1,500,0
safety lessons and posters during the
1934-35 school year The extension Of
this safety program has been one of
our major civic concerns during the
present year"
Retail Tire Prices Change.
The retail prices of rubber tires
changed Monday for the period until
October /, according to an N. r. A.
announcement. Tire producers have
been divided into five permanent
groups in rearranging prices, varied
sales differentials being allowed for
each group. The prices for the five
major manufacturers were showed
upward IL per cent, while the prices
for others have been lowered.
The range Of new prices, while
recognizing the necessity for different
minimum prices for different groups
of distributors, has not been revised
upward" it was said at N. r. A.
headquarters.
THE new prices established are not
market or maximum prices, but are
intended as levels below which de-
structive price-cutting will be recog-
nized. The new prices relieve the
strain on manufacturers and retailers
and yet permit the economies of eff
cient distribution to be passed on to
consumers.
Investigation by the Division Of
Research and Planning indicated that
small manufacturers and independent
distributors were not obtaining their
customary shares of the reduced vol
ume of business since minimum prices
were set in May
The permanently established divi-
sion No. includes the five leading
manufacturers, whose tires are ma
tionally advertised and have wide
consumer acceptance, which easily
separates them from other lesser
known tires. Floor prices of tires in
this division have been increased IL
per cent for flrSt-line tires and per
cent for second-line tires. No in
creases were made in third-line or
truck tires.
Division No 2 includes the tires sold
by filling station outlets. These out
lets sell only first-line tires. the floor
prices Of which are advanced 4 per
cent.
Division No. includes stores oper-
ated by well-known mail order houses
the outlets of Is medium1sized manu-
facturers and 10 subsidiaries of di-
vision No. l manufacturers. FlooI
prices of first and Second-line tires ir
this division remain the same, while
third-line and truck tires have beer
reduced 5 per cent.
Division No. 4 includes % small
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