Evening star., 1935-12-19

courage safe driving and to suggest
safety regulations.
Devices, c. c. Carlton, Lansing,
Mich, chairman, to investigate various
| devices with q view to determining
their value in accident prevention.
| These three subcommittee are to
go to work at once and within 80 days
there will be a meeting of the full
committee to consider the results Of
the subcommittee activities. Members
of the committee expressed the opin-
ion that the most effective results will
be obtained through work on car
drivers to make them realize the folly
of taking chances. Special efforts will
be made to educate young people on
the value Of safety through special
instruction in schools. The committee
expects to take advantage of the work
completed by various safety groups
working along these lines, it was
pointed out last night.
Lovett Urges Care.
"It was felt also that while addi-
tional legislation and regulation might
be advisable, care should be exercised
lest these regulatory laws be over
drastic and burdensome without actu-
ally reducing accidents" Chairman
Lovett said.
At a three an one-half hour session
Of the Education Committee. attended
by representatives Of newspapers,
schools, insurance companies, automo-
bile clubs and other groups, under
Craftsmanship of Mr.. Collier, the fol-
lowing proposals were approved:
THAT the address of Secretary
Roper to the Accident Prevention Con-
ference be printed to the number of
100000 and distributed as a public
document.
That a permanent Committee on
Education be established and main
tained.
That an attempt be made to estab-
liSh in every State contact for the
dissemination of International ma
terial and the Secretary be requested
to assign Labert st. Clair to have
charge of the coordination of mate
| rial in Washington. 1t was empha-
Sized however, that the committee
was opposed to the establishment of
another large publicity bureau that
would mail quantities of materials
direct to newspapers.
That the committee recommend
the establishment of safety courses
in primary, grade and high schools
which would embrace accident pre-
vention on land and sea and in the
air. It was emphasized that this work
should be a co-ordinated effort and
that no single type of accident pre-
vention should be taught to the ex-
clusion of others"
To Study Safety Devices.
The Committee on Street and High
way Improvements will begin work at
once through technical subcommit-
tee, which will go into problems OF
construction and reconstruction of city
and rural highways to meet modern
car use with the greatest degree ot
safety. The subcommittee was in
structed to consider every device that
would decrease or eliminate physica.
hazards on the highways and to pre-.
sent plans for traffic control, sigma
and street-nghting developments.
The Uniform Traffic Regulations
Committee instructed its chairman
Representative O'Neal, to appoint G
representative from each State TO con-
stitute national committee of 48 tt
| F1anINiIi1n niy-in nnd nFEaio1 fAY
uniform code of traffic control
Each State representative is to CO.
operate with the Governor of his State
in the appointment of State safety
commission to promote the program
locally and recommend legislation
The committee strongly advocated 6
system of traffic control in the citie!
and on the highways that would per-
NIT operation of an automobile entire.
ly across the Nation under one Sc
of regulations. The committee alsC
agreed to call upon the States anC
local governments for better enforce
ment Of existing laws, after severa
State safety directors had criticized
laxity on the part of public officials.
Publicity Held Vital.
The Committee on Rural and Home
/ Accidents, with Robert z. Bondy
American Red Cross, presiding in the
absence of Senator Capper, voted thai
aggressive publicity is vital to the en-.
lightenment of the public on the many
safety hazards in the homes and or
the farms and the methods of prevent.
ing them. The committee will CO.
operate with 40 or more national or.
ganizations already active in home anc
farm safety work.
Creation of a special committee oi
seven to take up various phases Of itS
safety problem was voted by the Com
mittee on Causes and Remedies. Foul
of the seven members were appointed
as follows: Sidney j. Williams, Ma.
tional Safety Council, Chicago; Rogel
L. Morrison, University of Michigan
Albert w. Whitney, National Bureau
Of Casualty and Surety Underwriters
New York, and Maj. Paul H. Hines
Boston. Meetings of the committet
will be held after the Christmas holi
days.
Reporting that "a serious situation
confronts the United States today with
respect to safety at sea-" the Com
mittee on Accident Prevention an
nounced that it would consider at one,
necessary legislation to prevent marin,
disasters. During the past fiscal year
it was pointed out, there were 8o6 yes
sells involved in accidents resulting il
355 deaths and an unknown numbe
Of injuries and involving more thai
10000 passengers and 81 900 member