The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-06-18
LAUNCH VINO
SAFETY DRIVE
Concerted Action to Re-
duce Highway Deaths
Gets Underway

ASHEVILLE, June 1S.-North
Cardinals concerted effort to re-
duce highway accidents by county
organization was launched here
Wednesday at meeting Of West
ern North Cardinals commission
ers and state official held under
sponsorship Of the Western North
Carolina safety council.
Governor Glide X. Hoey, in an
impromptu address before the as
sembly, heartily endorsed the pro-
gram and stated his office will is
sue shortly an appeal to citizens
of North Carolina to join in a
campaign of careful and prudent
operation Of motor vehicles on
the highways of the state.
He said that through the press,
county and city governments,
civic clubs and other organiza-
tons he hoped TO impart to the
people of North Carolina the
magnitude of the problem of
highway safety in this state.
Under plans outlined at yeSter-
days session, commissioners of
each of the 23 western counties
included in this district will APP
point a citizens committee to
make a study Of the problems Of
their own community and conduct
a program of education designed
to reduce the number of acct
dents.
The movement is patterned af-
ter a similar campaign which for
the past ten years has been in
operation among the various in
dustrial plants of this section. So
effective, members of the safety
council said, has been this drive,
that during the past two years the
frequency of plant accidents has
been greatly reduced while the
number of highway fatalities
among employees has mounted
steadily.
Il. A. Wilson, chairman of the
state industrial commission, point
ed out that such a program must
have a leader, and said that this
responsibility rests with county Of
fcialS, just as the safety move
ment in industry falls to the plant
management.
The full cooperation of the
state highway patrol was assured
by Captain Charles d. Farmer,
while Arthur Fulk, director of the
state division of highway safety,
rendered the services of that body
in the drive.
Ben r. Stroup, of Greenville,
S. c., Southern representative of
the National Safety Council, told
the county officials that their first
problem was to educate the public
to safe driving. Methods he sug-
gested included the operation of
traffic schools, radio broadcasts of
court trials, the showing of mo-
ton pictures, staging of rallies
and by introducing into high
schools a course in proper opera
ton of automobiles.
Other necessary steps, Mr..
Stroup pointed out, include the
compiling of statistics on acct
dents which will enable the high
way department to remedy road
conditions that might contribute
to accident frequency, and an in
crease in the number of highway
patrolmen. The statewide police
radio system which Captain Far
mer said would go into operation
at an early date, will double the
efficiency of patrolmen, Mr.
Stroup added.
The full cooperation of the
State Highway Patrol in the pro-
gram was assured by Captain
Charles d. Farmer, while Arthur
Fulk, director of the State Divis-
ion of Highway Safety, rendered
the services of that body in the
drive.
G. w. Justice, of Henderson
vile, was among the county COM
missioners from Western North
Carolina in attendance.