Evening star., 1935-12-19
SWEEPING SAFETY
PLANS ANNOUNCED
Fingerprinting of Motorists
and Control of Speed
Urged by Council.

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Compulsory public safety courses in
schools, redesign of features OF homes
and their equipment which contribute
to accidents, uniform traffic laws for
the Nation, fingerprinting OF all mo-
torists and the showing Of their pho
tographs on license cards, stringent
legislation to prevent sea disasters
and hundreds of other proposals to
reduce the annual toll Of 100000
deaths in America from preventable
accidents were considered by delegates
from 25 States in a national safety
conference yesterday in the Commerce
Department.
Many of the proposals, such as
fingerprinting of motorists, compul-
sorry use of speed governors on motor
vehicles, designing "non-skid'
bathtubs and stepladders which will
not fall, electric fixtures which will
not electrocute the layman, farm
machinery which will cut grass and
cordwood, but not farmers, and other
detailed items were not acted on
Delegates Garry Plans Home.
Scores of actual safety projects,
however, were set in motion by IL
committees of the conference at ses-
sions following the general conference.
Delegates to the conference are on
the way home today to undertake
co-ordinated safety campaigns which
are expected ultimately to reach into
H.. en1, n in
duStrial plant and barnyard IN the
Nation.
The delegates scattered to carry on
their work encouraged by the promise
of Federal cooperation and the aid
of national organizations, State and
local traffic and safety departments
and leading press associations, news
papers and magazines.
Action Promised Next Week.
BY next week, it was indicated last
night as the subcommittee broke up,
safety committees will be function
ing in all parts of the country to
carry the safety program into effect
in every line Of transportation. every
hazardous industry and to every farm
ana into every nome.
A large part of the national safety
work will be concentrated on the re-
duction of street and highway acci-
dents, which took toll Of $500 lives
last year. and on reduction Of acci-
dents in the home, with the almost
equal toll of $4,000 lives.
The American Red Cross promised
to take the safety program to the
farm, where, Secretary Roper said
I'VE find American agriculture to be
the most hazardous of all occupa-
tons"
IL Committees Formed.
The work of the national safety
conference will be carried on through
IL committees, which laid the ground
work for their campaigns at meetings
which were held following the general
session. These committees and their
leaders are as follows:
Causes and Remedies-Henry H
Heimann, Niles, Mich.
Rural and Home Accidents-Sen.
Ator Arthur Capper, Topeka, Kans.
Urban Street Safety-Thomas ]
Watson, New York City, president In
ternational Business Machine Co.
Cooperation With Common Car
riers-W Averell Hartman, New Yorl
City, chairman Of the Union Pacific
Railroad Co.
Cooperation With the Automotivt
Industry-John L. Lovett, Detroit
Mich, general manager Michigan
Manufacturing Association.
Uniform Traffic Regulations-Rep-
resentative Emmett O'Neal, Louisville
Ky.
Driver Training and Law Enforce
ment-Dr. B. L. Corbett, executive
secretary Milwaukee, Wis, Safety
Commission.
Education-Barron G.. Collier, New
York City. former deputy police COM
missioner in charge of safety for New
York City.
Cooperation With. Safety Groups
Fred NJ. Rosseland, Newark, N. j., for
mer secretary Governors Street and
Highway Committee.
Salty in the Air-senator W. G.
MCAOOO, bOo A1lS6IcS, Ne11A., pEcolOcI1l
National Aeronautic Association.
Safety at Sea-Walter Parker, New
Orleans, La, former chairman of the
National Flood Prevention and River
Regulation Commission.
Labert st. Clair, transportation as
sistant to the Secretary Of Commerce
director of activities.
Three Subcommittee Created.
The Committee on Cooperation
With the Automotive Industry cre-
ated three subcommittee, as follows:
Automobile Manufacturers, Pau
Hoffman. South Bend, Ind, president
of the Studebaker Corp, chairman, tc
secure views of automobile manufac-
turers on safety plans.
Drivers and Drivers Regulations
Thomas P. Henry, Detroit, president
American Automobile, chairman, tc
devise educational campaigns to en-.