Milford chronicle., 1943-01-08
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Industrial News Review

Industrial News Review
After the Boston night club fire
tragedy, the best way to help elm
mate a repetition of such a holo-
caust would be for patrons of
amusement centers TO complain to
arrangements about flammable dec
orations and improper exits. Cash
customers get results. Cities
which have modern fire prevention
ordinances and building codes. both
properly enforced, can feel quite
safe from the possibility of a flash
fire. such as the one in Boston"
says George W. Booth, Chief En-
gineer of the National Board of
Fire Underwriters. This security
results from the fact that a model
ordinance provides for the flame
prOofing of otherwise inhammable
decorations and draperies usually
found in night clubs, and also gives
authority to the fire department to
require the installation of suitable
fire protection equipment and to
maintain adequate fire exits. In
view of the fact that the deaths in
the Boston fire were about equal
to those suffered by our armed
forces in the landings in North
Africa, it might be advisable to
study all lo fire. prevention Ordi-
nances, even modern ones. with
view of requiring more stringent
safeguards against fire in taverns.
night clubs and similar places
Usually such places are poorly
lighted, have flammable decOra-
tions, frequently do not have auto
matte sprinklers and seldom have
sufficient exits. Usually passage
ways and stairways are narrow and
exits poorly lighted Such condi-
tions can readily cause panic and
serious loss of life in case of a
fire. During the past IA months, 81
cities have protected
their residents against the likeli-
hood of such a holocaust by en-
actment of modern fire prevention
The next question is
to see that such ordinances are en-
forced.
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At time when the functions of
government and the powers of its
boards and bureaus are growing
so rapidly that no man knows how
great they are, and when they are (
actually usurping the functions OF ,
he courts. Arthur Hays Sulzberg- !
er, publisher of the New York
Times, told 200 Detroit automotive {
md advertising executives that the !
press of America and industry
must guard the fundamentals of ,
)ur system of free enterprise
against encroachments of govern
nent. Mr. Sulzberger said: Il can
lot over-emphasize the power and I.
piling up in Washington. l
would be derelict if | were not to 1
,oint out that there are those in Il
ny opinion who seek to use the =
of America S foreign +
vars to promote and forward their D
revolution. We of the D
ress must be alert to. protect the u
of our system of free {,
and you must be doing p
ONE more egg Matching. You must a
e preparing to show the people of III
his country what industry can and el
ill do for each man. woman and lc
hid in the community when our
lajor task is completed, far away III
S that goal still is" The men of al
ldustry must keep ahead of the III
recession in helping prepare a -
)und plan, said Mr.. Sulzberger:
Let us paint it in all the colors of II
IT. genius-new houses, new cars, hi
ew education, new opportunity of WI
Tery kind. That's what democracy Ell
fers when we, the people. do it. OF
nd to do all that, we need a free du
'ess." In other words. industry tn
ust go on the offensive. 1t has the fiji
aims and it has the capital. Man pr
cement and labor must work to- oil
ther as never before. Our people ap
we everything to gain from free in
terprise system. They have ev- wi
ything to lose by the extension fo'
state socialism. We have but III
look around the world to prove ar
is point to ourselves. Real states wa
lnship, industrial and labor lead ca
ship, and an informed public arr
ISL cooperate TO see that the Du
Iited States remains the land of AT
iividual opportunity. ate
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I|| Mr.
Peter F. Drucker, writing in the ing
turday Evening Post, observes Chi
It: "The production battle is not goa
ng won in Washington. The en- der
eers in Detroit and Cleveland, Its
chemists in West .Virginia's ind
nawha Valley, the foremen and con
chanics in thousands of plants try
over the country have convert of
this country in a few months run
m the least armed into the best pro