Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-09-18

association, Is composed of Charles H.
Cooke, Otis H. Johnson, Edgar B. Hell
mer, William N. Schaefer, Oscar T.
Wright and George C. Cole. This
committee arranged for the distribu-
ton TO the heads OF all establishments
composing the association of safe
driving pledge cards provided by The
Star Council.
The Graphic Arts Association
represents the commercial printing,
hthographing. engraving, electrotyp-
ing, paper and allied trades. It's
officers, in addition to President Edel-
blut, are w. w. Rapley, vice president;
Maxwell L. Jones, treasurer; Lee E,
Eynon, recording secretary, and Gerald
A. Walsh, regional manager.
Mayfower Joins Campaign.
Commencing the campaign TO halt
the needless manning of men, women
and children on the streets of Wash
ington," officers and employees of The
Mayflower today joined the safety
drive in a body. This is the first
Washington hotel to participate in
the safety drive as a unit.
In signing up every employe OF the
Mayflower organization who drives
an automobile in the District of Co.
lumbia for business or pleasure, We
have stressed the seriousness of
the pledge" explained r. L. Polio,
manager.
Department heads have been
charged with the responsibility Of see
ing that not one of the IL cardinal
points Of safety is forgotten. The
very nature of hotel operation, re-
Quiring the presence of large body
OF employees "a hours of the day,
means that many of our staff come
to work at odd hours. We have in
systematic rallies emphasized that safe
driving is called for just as much after
midnight when the streets are COM
paratively free of vehicles as during
the rush hours.
The Evening Star is doing great
public service in formation of the
Safety Council. Traffic Director Van
Duzer has set forth the principal
causes of accidents that have ex-
acted such an appalling toll in recent
months.
PLEASE be assured of 100 per cent
cooperation on the part of the May
flower in this move to halt the
needless manning of men. women
and children on the streets of
Washington"
The Mayflower has ordered from
The Star Council 800 pledge cards for
Its employees.
Road Firm Backs Movement.
The Highway Engineering & Con-
struction Co., first local road paving
firm to join the campaign for high
way safety, has formed its own safety
council in cooperation with The Star.
The safety campaign has been in
dorsed by the Washington General
Assembly. Fourth Degree, knights of
Columbus, The Star council was noti-
fed today. Approval of the cam
paign was voted at meeting of the
assembly at the Mayflower Hotel Mon
day night At this meeting Rev. Ed
ward P. McAdams, who addressed the
meeting in support of the safety cam
paign, was elected friar of the assem-
bly, to succeed Rev. Coleman Nevis.
The motion to approve the drive was
made by John Francis Hillyard, faith
full navigator of the assembly.
The Star council also has been noti-
fed by Arthur Clarendon Smith,
president Of the Central Business
Mems Association, that the traf1c
safety campaign was approved by the
association at meeting Monday
night The District of Columbia
Trucking Association, OF which Mr..
Smith Is vice president, also approved
the campaign this week. The Cleve-
land Park Business Mems Associa-
ton will be asked to indorse the cam
paign at meeting Monday night. The
Brookland Woodbridge Business Mems
Association has voted its support.
Business Men to Act.
The Federation Of Business Mems
Associations is to meet at the Lafay-
cite Hotel at o'clock tomorrow night
and will consider the part 1t is to
play in the safety drive.
Among the signed pledges returned
90 far by the United States Treasury
Department Beneficial Association is
that of Elmer E. Trey, chief of the in
telligence unit, Internal Revenue Bu-
reau. Approximately 1000 signed
pledge cards have been received to date
from the association, which has
branches in more than a halfscore Of
Federal buildings.
The Western Union Telegraph Co.
messenger personnel unit has returned
to the safety council 1877 pledges signed
BY Western Union messengers "who
are on the streets all of the time they
are on duty"
I'VE feel that the campaign will
have o very good effect on our mes
sengers in preventing accidents, both
to themselves and to others, and ap-
~.rnnjot "a vo,Ir hind ro-oDerati0n" said