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department. The number requested
will then be furnished. After they are
signed the pledge cards will be col
lected and sent to the secretary to
the board"
1900 Pledge Requests.
The first request made for pledges
to The Star was for 600. Later an
additional request for 1000 was made,
bringing the total to date up to 1000.
The action of the Commissioners
follows the program of the heads of
the Fire and Police Departments,
who have already organized their
units in anticipation of the participa-
ton of the city heads. The District
penal institutions also have joined in
! the drive.
The District Government now COM
pletely stands shoulder to shoulder
with branches of the Federal Govern
ment. led by the President of the
United States and Federal Depart
ment Secretaries; business. civic, re-
ligious and fraternal organizations in
their joint fight for a safe National
Capital.
Commissioner Hazen commenting
on the campaign declared that it
was of paramount importance to safe
guard life and property on the streets
of Washington.
Police enforcement Of the exist
ing regulations" he said, must con-
tinue with increasing vigilance.
believe the police to be safety con-
scious.' 1t is now up to the motor
lists to become safety conscious and
drive of the sort being waged will
accomplish that purpose to a great
extent.
Good government depends upon
protection of its citizens. We try to
protect them against fire and rob-
berry. Neither one kills as many as
the careless driver. Therefore the
necessity of making the streets of
our city free from this menace Is
apparent.
II am glad to indorse the present
safe driving campaign. I hope every
one, not only signs the pledge, but
what is of far greater Importance
lives up to it,
To the Parents Safety Council of
the Wheatley Public School, Montello
avenue and Neal street northeast, goes
the honor of being the first local pub
lie school group to affiliate with The
Star council in the present safety
campaign.
Cards Signed at School.
Meeting yesterday at the Wheatley
School, teachers and parents COM
prising the council under leadership
of Mrs. ]. B. Brooks, president, signed
safe driving pledge cards. Plans were
discussed for a campaign in the
neighborhood to obtain the sigma
lures Of every teacher and of the
parents Of all children attending the
school to similar pledge cards.
The council will at once begin its
work of educating children in the
Wheatley School classes in street SAT-
ETY. behavior"
A preliminary showing Of q safety
film prepared for the Traffic Commit
tee Of the washington Board of Trade
was held yesterday afternoon in Room
628, Earle Building, and arrangements
are being made to give the widest pos
sible showing of the film to Washing
ton motorists as an object lesson In
correct and incorrect methods OF
driving.
The absolute necessity for greater
caution on the part of drivers In
watching for school children is i'm
pressed upon all drivers for the Aero
Mayfiower Transit Co., 1913 U street,
one of the recent organizations to
enter The Star safety campaign, in a
memorandum to all employees. Both
Aero Mayflower and Smiths Transfer
& Storage Co., at the same address.
have joined as members of The Star
Safety Council.
In the memorandum to its drivers
calling their attention to the opening
OF schools, the transit company says:
This means thousands upon thou
sands of children are on the road to
and from school, 1t means that manv
school busses go on the highways In
every State in the Union So for &c