The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-09-22
Save A Life A Day
Goal OF Maryland Traffic Safety
Committee

While organization plans are un-
der way to make the committee a
continuing, self-perpetuating body
to operate on long-range program,
the Maryland Traffic Safety Com
mittee recently appointed by Gov
ernor Herbert r. O'Conor lost no
time in getting down to business at
it's organization meeting.
Recognizing that the coming
three-month period, October, Mo-
vember and December, regularly
produces high percentage of the
total of yearly deaths from traffic
accidents, the Committee agreed to
tackle the problem of reducing &C.
cidents over this period as its first
order of business, and set goal
for itself to "Save Life Day"
during these months.
Specifically, the first seven days
of each of these months will be
designated by Governor O'Conor as
Traffic Safety Days., and the COM
mittee has started making plans to
utilize every avenue of publicity
available to bring home to the
people of the State during those
days the necessity of improved eau
ton in driving, in walking and in
every activity that can have bear
ing on the safety of our streets and
highways.
Executive Committee Named
AS the first step towards perman-
ent organization, Governor O'Conor
announced to the meeting the forma-
ton of an Executive Committee,
consisting of two members from
each of the five natural divisions of
the State-Central, Southern and
Western Maryland; the Eastern
Shore and Baltimore City-who will
sit in with the heads of the five
State Agencies most vitality concern
ed, to map out plans for reducing
the total of traffic fatalities.
Those named were: Mrs. Harry l..
Harcum, Pres, Maryland Fedora
ton Women's Clubs, Salisbury;
Washington 1. Cleveland, Kensing-
ton, Maryland; Edwin A. Dempsey,
Towson, Maryland; John r. Sher-
wood, Executive Committee, Balti-
more Safety Council, % Light St.,
Baltimore; Samuel Hoffberger. 215
N. Calvert St., Baltimore; S. S.
Steinberg, Dean of the School of
Engineering, University of Mary
land; Caesar A. Aiello, Past Com
mander, American Legion, Depart
ment of Maryland, Hyattsville; Mrs.
Guy R. Clements, President, Mary
land Federation P. T. A, Annapolis;
William Usilton, Publisher, Chester
town; John McMullen, Publisher,
Cumberland.
State and City officials who will
complete the Executive Committee
are: Col. Beverly Ober, Superintend-
ent of State Police; w. Lee Elgin,
Commissioner of Motor Vehicles;
Major Ezra B. Whitman, Chairman
of the State Roads Commission;
Albert S. Cook, State Superintend-
ent of Education, and Robert F.
Stanton, Police Commissioner OF
Baltimore City.
Plans for October Week Under Way
With 6S of 76 members of the
Statewide Committee present at the
first meeting, Governor O'Conor
took occasion to point out that the
call for assistance in the matter OF
Traffic Safety had brought the most
wholehearted response of any plea
that he had addressed to the State
since he took Office in January
which augured well, he believed,
for the success of the undertaking
In urging the necessity for COM
plete cooper9 ton of everyone to
make the October Safety Week a
success, Governor O'Conor asked the
members to get to work immediate.
ly in their respective counties. and
arrange for the spreading of the
gospel of Safety in every possible
way during these seven days He
asked that the civic and fraternal
clubs be induced to have speakers on
safety during that period; that the
radio broadcasting stations be ap-
preached with view to having SAFE
ty talks; that schools, veterans or
CARNATIONS, Boy Scouts and every
type of organization be called upon
to cooperate.