Evening star., 1938-08-09
SAFETY PROGRAM.
CONFERENCE SET
Long.Range Plans to Save
Children to Be Taken Up
Next Friday.

children in Washington since the
schools were closed.
Summoned to the safety rally. to be
held at 10 am. In the District Build
ing. will be heads Of trafiic and play
ground departments. police ofncials,
automobile club representatives and
heads Of various civic and welfare
groups which have interested them
selves in the safety campaign.
Commissioner Hazen today received
= pledge Of active cooperation from
Brig Gen. Albert L. Cox. commander
Of the District National Guard Gen.
Cox suggested that guardsmen and
members Of reserve units be enlisted as
instructors In . city-wide educational
campaign in the interest Of street
safety.
Meanwhile. officials were encour-
aged by a let-up in serious traf1ic ac-
cidents. There were only two slight
injuries to children in Washington
yesterday. although a Maryland boy
was badly hurt at Tuxedo In . fall
from = milk truck.
The seriously injured child was
James Crowley. 8, who suffered a pos
sible fracture OF the skull and inter-
nal injuries when he fell from the
truck near his home His condition
was described a. undetermined at Cas-
ualty Hospital today.
Two colored children ran into the
side Of An automobile today at Ver-
mont avenue and v street NV, but
were not hurt seriously. CARMEL
Lawson, 4, received a slight cut on his
lip and a cracked tooth. while his
brother, Elwood. 3, Was reported un-
injured At Children's Hospital. They
live at l25 X street NV Police said
the automobile involved was oper-
ated by Frank T. Sherman, -, of 1916
Allison street Me-
Report on Streets.
Police Chief Ernest w. Brown an
nounced yesterday afternoon that the
captains Of four precincts had re-
ported on streets they had selected
tentatively to be roped Of as extra
play areas for children. Commanders
of the other nine precincts will re-
port later on city-wide survey or
dered last week by Maj. Brown. The
street areas suggested were:
No. precinct-Myrtle street NE.
from North Capitol to First street;
Defrees street, from North Capitol
to First street NV.
No. 3 precinct-The commander
suggested that some Of the school
Fairgrounds be opened.
No. 4 precinct-I street from One
Half street to First street SW; M
streets sW.. and Union street be-
tween N and M streets S.W.
No. 10 preclnct-Kenyon street be-
tween Georgia and Sherman avenues
NV: Center street from Ogden
street to Oak street NV, and Marl-
boro place from Third to Fourth
street NV.
A seven-point program to cut down
child trafic deaths in Washington
was agreed on tentatively at meet
ing at American Automobile Associa-
ton headquarters yesterday afternoon,
attended by Inspector L. I. H. Ed
wards. assistant superintendent Of
police; Mrs. Elizabeth K. Peoples. d.
rector Of the Community Center De-
partment: Miss Sibyl Baker. director
Of municipal Fairgrounds: Richard NJ
Hamm. safety director Of the District
Motor Club. and the police co-ordina-
tors who have been assigned to CO.
operate with playground safety pa
tro!s.
Tells Of Safety Patrols.
Miss Baker told how safety pa
trolls have operated at the municipal
Fairgrounds for the last six years
She explained that at first the juve-
nile patrolmen supervised only play
ground activities and then found it
necessary to protest children crossing
the streets on their way to and from
the Fairgrounds.
Thirteen new Fairgrounds were
opened yesterday under play super
visors provided by the P. w. A.
1t was decided at the meeting that
the boy and girl patrolmen assigned
to the Fairgrounds should make occa-
sional tours in their neighborhoods to
see if children are playing in the streets
and to persuade them to come to the
Fairgrounds.
The co-ordinators provided by the
Police Department will make safety
talks to the children. and the A. A. A.
will distribute safety posters and in
formation. The playground super
visors also will instruct the children
in street safety rules.
In opening the meeting. Mr. Ham
pointed out that most of the nine chill
dren killed since school closed were
under school age. This circumstance.
he said, emphasized the need for par
ents to take more responsibility in
instructing and guarding young chill
dren.
In the past we have lacked ade-
quate playground facilities" Mr. Ham
said. I'VE hope that through the
opening Of new Fairgrounds under the
Community Center Department, the
operation Of the safety patrols and
the teaching Of safe pedestrian prac-
LiCcS We Will We dOlc W CuIU Vic
mounting death TOLL
Club Renews Plea.
Meanwhile, the Keystone Automobile
Club renewed its plea for the opening
Of 30 available school grounds for play
purposes, whether or not adequate
supervision is available.
The club has been advocating this
measure for the last year. 1t contends
that the primary concern of the mo-
ment Is to keep as many children as
possible OH the streets for as long .
period As possible each day"
The seven-point child safety pro-
gram recommended at yesterdays s
meeting follows:
/. Children leaving Fairgrounds
should be sent home under the pro-
lection Of the schoolboy safety patrol.
2. There should be more safety talks
by policemen at the Fairgrounds.
3. The playground locations should
be more widely advertised.